A severe thunderstorm that developed during the evening hours on Saturday, September 3rd, caused thunderstorm wind damage.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm that developed during the evening hours on Saturday, September 3rd, caused 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 3, 7:05 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 805 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011 .UPDATE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN MOIST FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM LEE, AND SPREADING NORTHWESTWARD OUT OF EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE MID STATE. THUS, WILL UPDATE WEATHER AND POP GRIDS AND AMEND ZFP ACCORDINGLY. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-041030- 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- 530 AM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM LEE WILL SPREAD RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UP INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE BEGINNING LATER SUNDAY AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. THE RAINFALL WILL BE ESPECIALLY HEAVY SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY WHERE AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES IN THE NORTHWEST TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST ARE POSSIBLE. THIS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. 07
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:12 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were downed and power outages occurred between Gallatin and Castalian Springs.
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