A line of thunderstorms that developed across Arkansas and Missouri swept eastward into Middle Tennessee during the afternoon. Several reports of wind damage were received across western portions of the Mid State.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms that developed across Arkansas and Missouri swept eastward into Middle Tennessee during the afternoon. Several reports of wind damage were received across western portions of the Mid State.
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 Jun 11, 2:43 PM CST, 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 343 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST REASONING WILL LEAN TOWARD A CONSENSUS MODEL SOLUTION COMPROMISE FOR THE FORECAST PERIOD UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. FORECAST QUANDARIES...SHWR/TSTM IMPACTS TONIGHT...TEMPS. AS FOR TONIGHT...WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORING THRU PRESS TIME TO MAKE FINAL FINAL DECISIONS CURRENT TRENDS IN SHWRS/TSTMS ACROSS THE MID STATE AND INFLUENCES OF APPROACHING MCS TO OUR NW...AND WILL PROBABLY BREAK OUT A LATE AFTERNOON GROUPING TO ADDRESS THESE TIMING DECISIONS...BUT BELIEVE THAT LOCATIONS WITHIN SVR TSTM WATCH NUMBER 373 ACROSS WRN MIDDLE TN WILL EXPERIENCE DEFINITE SHWRS/TSTMS...WITH THIS AREA SHIFTING TO LOCATIONS GENERALLY W OF I-24 THRU THE EVENING HRS...AS SRN PORTIONS OF MCS MOVES INTO THE MID STATE. SHORT RANGE MODEL RUNS...INCLUDING THE LATEST HIGH RESOLUTION RAPID REFRESH CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS REASONING AS WITH GREATEST INSTABILITY...MOISTURE... AND LIFT POTENTIAL EXPECTED ACROSS THIS REGION. SFC FRONT SHOULD MOVE INTO NW PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE NEAR THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES REGION BY LATE TONIGHT...AND AREAS AHEAD OF IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNSTABLE ENOUGH AND HAVE ENOUGH AVAILABLE MOISTURE POTENTIAL... WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES IN A NWLY ORIENTATED FLOW ALOFT...TO SUPPORT LIKELY SHWRS/TSTMS THRU MOST OF THE NIGHT FOR THE AREA. WILL GO WITH LOWS CLOSE TO CONSENSUS GUIDANCE VALUES AROUND 70... MID 60S PLATEAU. EXPECT FRONT TO PUSH S OF THE MID STATE SOMETIME DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUE...AND THEN THE MID STATE WILL BE DRY UNDER SFC RIDGING INFLUENCES THRU THU NIGHT. A MORE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE THRU THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHWRS/TSTMS DURING THE AFTERNOON...CHANCE PLATEAU...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHWRS/TSTMS THRU THE EARLY EVENING HRS. AFTERNOON HIGHS DURING THIS PERIOD WILL REMAIN CLOSE TO IF NOT A FEW DEGREES ABOVE SEASONABLE NORMS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S...LOWER 80S PLATEAU. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ALSO BE CLOSE TO SEASONABLE NORMS WITH LOWS MAINLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S...LOWER 60S TO AROUND 60 PLATEAU. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 70 86 62 84 / 70 40 10 05 CLARKSVILLE 70 85 59 84 / 80 20 10 05 CROSSVILLE 65 83 61 81 / 70 60 10 05 COLUMBIA 70 87 63 85 / 80 40 10 05 LAWRENCEBURG 70 88 63 86 / 80 60 10 05 WAVERLY 70 86 60 84 / 80 40 10 05 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1230 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-121000- 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- 1230 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 THROUGH TONIGHT. MAIN CONCERNS WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS THE MID STATE COULD EXPERIENCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH MAIN CONCERNS BEING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE MID STATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE MAIN CONCERNS BEING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN 31
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
11 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down on Big Sandy River Road.
Several trees were blown down on Industrial Road in Camden.
A tree was blown down in the Land Between the Lakes region.
Two trees were blown down around Linden.
One tree was blown down on Highway 13 north of Waverly.
A few trees and power lines were blown down across the county with power outages reported.
The steeple of a church in Tennessee Ridge was blown off.
A wind gust of 59 mph was measured at the intersection of US Highway 412 and Garrison Road west of Hohenwald.
Several trees and power lines were blown down at Evans Road and Britton Springs Road in northwest Clarksville. Power lines were also blown down on Madison Street in downtown Clarksville.
A tree was blown down 5 miles east of White House.
Trees were blown down and a shed was damaged north of Pulaski.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, June 2012
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: 377642, 377644, 377645, 377646, 377647, 377648, 377650, 377651, 377652, 377653, 377654.