Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 15, 2012

Name: Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 15, 2012
Start: 2012-06-15T17:40
End: 2012-06-15T17:40
Location: Tennessee

June 15, 2012 · NWS OHX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Widely scattered thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours of June 15. One storm produced wind damage in Rutherford County.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $15,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.

Widely scattered thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours of June 15. One storm produced wind damage in Rutherford County.

What forecasters said that day

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 15, 1:56 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 1:56 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
256 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012

.DISCUSSION...
SUBSIDENCE UNDERNEATH A SOMEWHAT WEAK UPPER RIDGE HAS HELD
CONVECTION DOWN EVEN LESS THAN I EXPECTED. CU FIELD ON VISIBLE NOT
IMPRESSIVE BUT THERE IS SOME VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT BEGINNING TO
BUBBLE UP ACROSS NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND PLATEAU. DEWPOINTS ARE
IN THE 60S AND WITH WATER DRIPPING OFF MY ICE TEA GLASS EXPECT
THERE WILL BE AT LEAST ISOLATED STORMS INTO THE EVENING BUT MANY
OF THE CUMULUS CONGESTUS CLOUDS WILL HAVE A HARD TIME GAINING ANY
HEIGHT UNDERNEATH RIDGE. I PLAN ON RUNNING A SMALL POP ACROSS ALL
OF MID STATE UNTIL 06Z TONIGHT...AND KEEP A SMAL POP OVER FAR
WESTERN MIDDLE ALONG DEWPOINT AXIS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY. WILL HAVE SMALL
POP IN FOR SATURDAY ACROSS THE WEST AND NORTHERN AREAS OF THE MID
STATE AS DEWPOINTS AND MOISTURE WILL BE A LITTLE HIGHER IN THOSE
AREAS AND A SMALL POP NEAR THE KENTUCKY BORDER FOR SUNDAY. AFTER
SUNDAY I DONT SEE MUCH CHANCE FOR RAIN UNTIL LATE IN THE WORK WEEK
AND THEN THERE IS ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
LOOKS LIKE 90 DEGREE TEMPS WILL BE WITH US FOR THE NEXT 7
DAYS...MID AND UPPER 80S ALONG THE PLATEAU. WITH TEMPS THIS WARM
WE WILL LOSE ANYWHERE FROM .2 INCH TO .4 INCH OF WATER EACH DAY
THROUGH EVAPOTRANSPIRATION. THIS WILL BE HARD ON LAWNS AND GARDENS.

BOYD

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE      68  89  66  90 /  20  20  05  20
CLARKSVILLE    66  89  64  89 /  20  20  05  20
CROSSVILLE     61  82  61  84 /  20  10  05  20
COLUMBIA       67  89  65  90 /  20  20  05  10
LAWRENCEBURG   65  89  63  89 /  20  20  05  10
WAVERLY        67  89  64  90 /  20  20  05  20

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

BOYD

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 3:27 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
427 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-161000-
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-
427 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH STRONG THRESHOLDS...
WITH GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND SMALL HAIL THE
MAIN CONCERNS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

EVEN THOUGH ANY STRONG 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

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The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 24 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:41 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford

When: June 15, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Rutherford County, 0.25 mi SW of Sandhill to 0.71 mi NE of La Vergne
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 36.027, -86.553

A microburst caused wind damage along a 1 mile long east to west swath in La Vergne. Two businesses suffered blown in metal doors, loss of metal siding, and broken windows on Sand Hill Road. Trees were blown down on Stones River Road. One tree fell on a house on Scenic Drive. A power line was blown down on Mercury Drive.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Tennessee in 2012 Every state in 2012 This day in weather history Warnings in Tennessee, June 2012

Sources

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: 377656.