Widely scattered thunderstorms developed again during the afternoon and evening hours across mainly southern Middle Tennessee. One storm become severe with wind damage reported.
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Widely scattered thunderstorms developed again during the afternoon and evening hours across mainly southern Middle Tennessee. One storm become severe with wind damage reported.
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 Aug 2, 2:51 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 351 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST REASONING WILL LEAN TOWARD A CONSENSUS MODEL SOLUTION COMPROMISE FOR THE FORECAST PERIOD UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. FORECAST QUANDARIES...IMPACTS OF POTENTIAL MCS TONIGHT AND ON FRI... POTENTIAL FOR SHWRS/TSTMS THRU MID WEEK NEXT WEEK...TEMPS. AS FOR TONIGHT...WILL BE WAITING CLOSE TO PRESS TIME PER REGIONAL RADAR TRENDS FOR FINAL DECISION...BUT EXPECT MVV ACROSS NRN MO PRESENTLY...ALONG WITH DEVELOPING EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE IN PREDOMINATELY NWLY FLOW ALOFT...TO RESULTING IN EVENTUAL AN MCS DEVELOPMENT EITHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS CNTRL AND SERN MO...EVENTUALLY MOVING SEWD INTO AT LEAST WRN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE DURING THE LATE EVENING HRS. MAY NEED TO BREAK OUT A LATE AFTERNOON GROUPING IN THE ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT TO EMPHASIZE ACTUAL TIMING IMPACTS. WILL CONTINUE TO GO WITH REASONING CLOSE TO MORNING FORECAST PACKAGE WITH MOST LOCATIONS W OF THE PLATEAU HAVING A CHANCE...TO EVEN LIKELY...SHWRS/TSTMS TOWARD DAYBREAK. WILL GO CLOSE TO CONSENSUS MODEL GUIDANCE ON LOWS...MAINLY IN THE MID 70S...BUT...WITH CLOUD COVERAGE POSSIBLY NOT AS PRONOUNCED ACROSS THE PLATEAU AND ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHWRS/TSTMS PLATEAU LATE...WILL GO A COUPLE OF DEGREES COOLER THAN CONSENSUS GUIDANCE WITH LOWS MAINLY IN THE MID 60S. AS FOR FRI...WILL CONTINUE CLOSE TO PREVIOUS MORNING FORECAST REASONING CONCERNING FRI ALSO...WITH SHWRS/TSTMS LIKELY AREA WIDE DURING AT LEAST THE MORNING HRS. WITH SOME TIMING UNCERTAINTIES STILL IN PLAY THOUGH TO ACTUAL MOVEMENT AND EVENTUAL DISSIPATION ACROSS THE MID STATE...ALONG WITH THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF A WEAK SFC BOUNDARY...EXPECT SOME CLRING POSSIBLY LATE...BUT WILL GO WITH HIGH CHANCE POPS FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY W OF THE PLATEAU. WILL GO WITH A MODEL COMPROMISE ON HIGHS FOR FRI...WITH MOST LOCATIONS W OF THE PLATEAU IN THE UPPER 80S...MID 80S PLATEAU. AS FOR FRI NIGHT...EXPECT AN UNSETTLED WX PATTERN THRU FRI NIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF SHWRS/TSTMS THRU THE NIGHT...WITH LOWS MAINLY IN THE LOWER 70S...UPPER 60S TO 70 PLATEAU AS UPPER LEVEL FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL ORIENTATED IN NATURE...AND NOT MUCH POTENTIAL FOR OVERALL AIRMASS MOISTURE TO SIGNIFICANTLY DRY OUT AFTER AFTERNOON MCS INFLUENCES HAVE WEAKENED. AS FOR SAT...AS MENTIONED ALSO IN THIS MORNINGS DISCUSSION...AND MODELS CONSENSUS CONTINUING TO EMPHASIZE...ANOTHER SHORT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO SCOOT EASTWARD IN THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW...ACROSS KENTUCKY...ON SAT. HOWEVER...THIS DISTURBANCE CONTINUES TO LOOKS TO BE A LITTLE WEAKER AND...PERHAPS...A LITTLE FURTHER N THAN THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN ACROSS THE MID STATE FRI NIGHT. HOWEVER... TSTMS TO OUR N SHOULD BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO SWING SOME OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES SWD INTO OUR OUR NRN COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...AND IT CONTINUES TO LOOK SO...ATM ACROSS THE MID STATE WILL REMAIN CHOCKED FULL OF MOISTURE...SUPPORTIVE OF AT LEAST SCT TSTMS DURING THE DAY ON SAT PER DIURNAL HEATING INFLUENCES KICKING IN...AND WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGH CHANCE POPS AREA-WIDE. WILL GO WITH HIGHS CLOSE TO CONSENSUS GUIDANCE VALUES AROUND 90...MID 80S PLATEAU. AS FOR SAT NIGHT...THE POTENTIAL FOR AN UPPER LEVEL EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE PASSAGE AROUND THE BASE OF A DEVELOPING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ACROSS AT LEAST NRN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE MAY BE POSSIBLE SAT NIGHT...AND THUS WILL CONTINUE WITH A CHANCE OF SHWRS/TSTMS THRU THE NIGHT TIME HRS. LOWS WILL MAINLY BE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S...AROUND 70 TO UPPER 60S PLATEAU. AS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...A CONTINUANCE OF THE OVERALL UNSETTLED WX PATTERN ON SUN AND MON...WITH A POTENTIAL DRYING TREND TOWARD THE MID PORTION OF NEXT WEEK IS THE GENERAL TREND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. OVERALL...IT LOOKS LIKE THE MID STATE WILL EITHER BE POSITIONED BETWEEN A SUMMERTIME COLD FRONT TO OUR N...AND A WARM MOIST AIRMASS TO OUR S...IF YOU LEAN MORE TOWARD THE EURO SOLUTION...OR THIS FRONT WILL PASS THRU THE MID STATE FROM OUR N SOMETIME LATE SUN NIGHT OR MON...AND THE AREA WILL BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE A DRYING AND WARMING TREND...IF YOU LEAN MORE TOWARD THE GFS SOLUTION. WITH SOME OVERALL UNCERTAINTY IN MIND...ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU FIGURE IN THE POSSIBILITY OF A POTENTIAL SHORTWAVE PASSAGE ACROSS THE NRN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE ON SUN AIDING TO ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL FOR TSTM DEVELOPMENT...BELIEVE AT THIS TIME...THAT OVERALL... PREVIOUS FORECAST REASONING IS STILL VERY SOUND...AND OTHER THAN A TWEEK HERE AND THERE...WILL CONTINUE TO LEAN TOWARD IT ACCORDINGLY... I.E. MORE TOWARD THE GFS SOLUTION. THUS...WILL CONTINUE WITH THE MENTIONING OF LIKELY SHWRS/TSTMS DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON SUN... WITH A DRYING TREND BEGINNING TO ESTABLISH ITSELF BY MID WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN TEMPS NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONABLE NORMS...WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S...MID 80S PLATEAU...AND LOWS AROUND 70...MID 60S PLATEAU. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 75 89 73 91 / 40 60 40 50 CLARKSVILLE 74 88 72 89 / 60 60 30 50 CROSSVILLE 67 84 69 85 / 20 60 50 50 COLUMBIA 75 90 73 91 / 40 60 40 50 LAWRENCEBURG 74 90 72 90 / 40 60 40 50 WAVERLY 74 89 73 89 / 60 60 30 50 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 558 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-031030- 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- 558 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ROSE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 226 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 TNZ058-060-094-022030- LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MAURY- 226 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAWRENCE...LEWIS AND MAURY COUNTIES... AT 213 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES EAST OF HOHENWALD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAWRENCEBURG. PEOPLE IN EASTERN LEWIS...NORTHERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHWESTERN MAURY COUNTIES...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LAT...LON 3561 8720 3535 8727 3535 8748 3560 8745 13
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:12 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown onto and blocked Baugh Road just east of Elkton.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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