As severe thunderstorms moved through Stewart County during the evening hours on Wednesday, September 14th, thunderstorm wind damage occurred in two locations across the county. A severe thunderstorm moved through Hickman County during the evening hours also, resulting in thunderstorm wind damage.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
As severe thunderstorms moved through Stewart County during the evening hours on Wednesday, September 14th, thunderstorm wind damage occurred in two locations across the county. A severe thunderstorm moved through Hickman County during the evening hours also, resulting in thunderstorm wind damage.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 14, 5:34 PM CST, 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 634 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2011 .UPDATE... 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .AVIATION... LINE OF SHRA/TSRA APPROACHING CWA BORDER FROM THE WEST WITH -SHRA OUT AHEAD OF ACTIVITY NEARING BNA. HAVE MOVED UP TIMING OF PRECIP BASED ON LATEST TRENDS AT BNA BUT ONLY SLIGHTLY AT CSV. PRELIM 00Z OHX SOUNDING STILL SHOWING CONSIDERABLE DRY AIR THROUGHOUT THE COLUMN WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE CURRENT ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH AS IT MOVES ACROSS MID TN. HOWEVER...STILL EXPECTING RAPID DECLINE FROM CURRENT VFR CONDITIONS DOWN TO MVFR/IFR AS ACTIVITY REACHES AIRPORTS THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT. STRATIFORM SHRA/TSRA TO AFFECT TERMINALS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER INITIAL ACTIVITY WITH PRECIP ENDING BY 10-14Z. MVFR CIGS WITH GUSTY NORTH/NORTHEAST WINDS ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OVER 20 KTS AT TIMES. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 226 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2011/ DISCUSSION...SURFACE MAP AT 19Z SHOWS COLD FRONT EDGING ITS WAY INTO KENTUCKY, WITH AN AREA OF ACTIVE WEATHER IN WEST TENNESSEE INCHING ITS WAY TOWARD THE TENNESSEE RIVER. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE MID STATE HAVE RISEN WELL INTO THE 80'S, WITH DEW POINTS MAINLY IN THE MID 50'S TO AROUND 60. LATEST WRF MODEL SHOWS THE FRONT ENTERING MIDDLE TENNESSEE AROUND 02Z, WITH THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION OCCURRING BEHIND THE SURFACE BOUNDARY GIVEN OUR LACK OF PRE-FRONTAL INSTABILITY. MOST OF THE RAIN WILL BE EAST OF NASHVILLE BY SUNRISE, WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO THE AFTERNOON ALONG THE PLATEAU BEFORE THE SYSTEM EXITS THE MID STATE. EXPECT SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NW, WITH MORE FALL-LIKE WEATHER GOING INTO THE WEEKEND. EXPECT THE SFC RIDGE TO MOVE EAST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON SUNDAY, USHERING IN A WARMING TREND, WITH THE NEXT SURFACE SYSTEM NOT FAR BEHIND. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 55
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 501 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2011 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-151000- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON- HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE- SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS- WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE- CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- GILES- 501 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT... MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. MAIN CONCERNS WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... EVEN THOUGH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF AND ISOLATED, SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO CALL IN ANYTHING REACHING REPORTING CRITERIA. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN 31
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
644 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2011
TNZ005-022>024-150030-
BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-STEWART-
644 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BENTON...HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS AND
STEWART COUNTIES...
AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MURRAY TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUENA VISTA...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MURRAY TO 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CAMDEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CAMDEN BY 710 PM CDT.
DOVER BY 720 PM CDT.
NEW JOHNSONVILLE BY 725 PM CDT.
TENNESSEE RIDGE BY 730 PM CDT.
WAVERLY BY 730 PM CDT.
PEOPLE IN BENTON...STEWART...WESTERN HOUSTON AND WESTERN HUMPHREYS
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CAMDEN...DOVER...NEW JOHNSONVILLE
AND TENNESSEE RIDGE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY.
LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
LAT...LON 3667 8786 3664 8784 3664 8764 3654 8763
3623 8764 3584 8786 3585 8822 3612 8822
3626 8809 3636 8810 3637 8801 3644 8807
3653 8804 3668 8807
55The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were downed along State Highway 232 near Kentucky Lake.
Several trees were downed and partially blocking State Highway 49.
Several trees were downed across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, September 2011
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 332881, 332882, 341984.