Scattered thunderstorms moved southward out of Kentucky across Middle Tennessee during the late evening hours of June 4 into the early morning hours of June 5. Some of the storms produced wind damage.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms moved southward out of Kentucky across Middle Tennessee during the late evening hours of June 4 into the early morning hours of June 5. Some of the storms produced 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 Jun 4, 9:11 PM CST, 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1011 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012 .UPDATE... HAVE UPDATED THE SUITE OF FORECAST PRODUCTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 357. && .PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 843 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012/ MESOSCALE UPDATE... FULL 00Z KOHX SOUNDING PROFILE AND SOUNDING PARAMETERS SHOWING WEAK CAP JUST OFF THE SFC WITH A RELATIVELY DRY AIRMASS UP TO 600 MB...WITH SIGNIFICANT DRYING THEREAFTER. VERY UNIDIRECTIONAL WEAK NWLY FLOW THRU 700MB AND MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND CAPE PROFILES. AS EXPECTED WITH DIURNAL INFLUENCES WEAKENING...MARGINAL SFC BASED INSTABILITY EXCEPT FOR LOCATIONS FAR SW ALSO DISSIPATING. FAR SW LOCATIONS NEAR THE TN/AL BORDER ALSO BEST LOCATIONS FOR CAPE VALUES APPROACHING 2000 J/KG PER LATEST LAPS DATA. ISO TO SCT SHWRS/TSTMS FINALLY DEVELOPING ACROSS LOCATIONS TO OUR N AND NW...AND TO OUR NW IS WHERE THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING. WEAK SFC BOUNDARY HAS MOVED FROM THE NE SLOWLY SWD ACROSS THE MID STATE TO NEAR A CLARKSVILLE TO SPENCER LINE. LATEST SATELLITE IR IMAGERY SHOWING A WEAK OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING INTO NRN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE. SHORT RANGE MODEL RUNS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR SHWRS/TSTMS TO MOVE FROM SRN KY INTO N CNTRL MID TN BETWEEN 02Z AND 03Z. MAIN AREA OF MCS DEVELOPMENT SEEMS TO HAVE SHIFTED A LITTLE FURTHER W ACROSS THE SRN IL...E MO...AND WRN KY THAN PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS HAVE SUGGESTED. LOOKS LIKE BULK OF MCS ACTIVITY THAT COULD EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO TN IS ALSO POSSIBLY SHIFTING FURTHER W...W OF THE TN RIVER. PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 640 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012/ MESOSCALE UPDATE... LATEST LAPS/MSAS SFC DATA SHOWING A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS SWRN KY STRETCHING SEWD ACROSS NRN PORTIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU WITH A WIND SHIFT BOUNDARY WELL TO OUR S ACROSS CNTRL MS AND AL. BEST OVERALL SFC BASED INSTABILITY...CAPE VALUES AROUND 2000 J/KG...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S REMAINS ACROSS LOCATIONS NEAR THE TN/AL BORDER...S OF THE COUNTIES IN SVR TSTMS WATCH 353...BUT MODERATE VALUES OF BOTH REMAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. LAPS SOUNDING PROFILES AROUND THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA ALSO SHOWING A CONTINUATION OF A WEAK CAP. THIS IS ALSO ECHOED IN PRELIMINARY DATA FROM THE 00Z KOHX SOUNDING AND SOUNDING PROFILE WHICH IS ALSO SHOWING A VERY UNIDIRECTIONAL RATHER LIGHT NWLY FLOW REGIME. VSBY SAT IMAGERY SHOWING AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING INTO WRN KY FROM SRN IL...BUT REGIONAL RADAR NOT SHOWING ANY SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT ALONG IT. DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS AVERAGING 15 TO 20 DEGREES ON THE WHOLE...WITH DEWPOINTS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. HOWEVER...CONSENSUS OF THE SHORT TERM MODEL RUNS...INCLUDING THE LATEST FULL RUN OF THE HIGH RESOLUTION RAPID REFRESH...CONTINUING TO SHOWING THE BULK OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHWRS/TSTMS ACROSS SRN KY INTO NRN MIDDLE TN BETWEEN 00Z- 01Z...WITH THE PREVAILING NWLY FLOW PATTERN ALOFT CONTINUING THRU THIS TIME FRAME ALSO. PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 404 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012/ DISCUSSION... LATEST LAPS DATA STILL SHOWING THE CAP REMAINING BUT SLOWLY WEAKENING AS WE WARM THIS AFTERNOON. DYNAMICS ARE MINIMAL CURRENTLY BUT THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS OUR AREA IS WORKING NORTHWARD NOW. AN AREA OF MOISTURE TO OUR NORTH IS PRODUCING SHOWERS FROM CENTRAL IL SE THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN KY. THIS AREA OF MOISTURE ENHANCEMENT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD AND WILL MOVE ACROSS TN TONIGHT. THUS...WILL INCLUDE 50-60 POPS FOR TONIGHT. STILL LOOKS AS THOUGH SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN AREAS. IN FACT...TSTM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST ZONES THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. OTW...THE ACTIVITY TONIGHT SHOULD END BY SUNRISE ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MOST AREAS. THE WEATHER PATTERN THEREAFTER WILL TAKE A TURN TOWARD AN EXTENDED DRY PERIOD. NW FLOW REMAINS BUT DRY CONDITIONS UPSTREAM WILL PREVAIL. AND...BY THE WEEKEND HIGHER PRESSURE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL BUILD ACROSS TX AND HEAD OUR WAY. SOME MOISTURE WILL ATTEMPT TO UNDERCUT THE RIDGE BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. HOWEVER...CONVECTION CHANCES ARE IFFY AND I WILL LEAVE THOSE CHANCES OUT OF THE FCST FOR NOW. FOR THE NEAR TERMS TEMPS...THE DRY NW FLOW ALOFT WILL EQUATE TO COOL OVERNIGHTS FOR EARLY JUNE. THE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE 50S FOR MOST AREAS AS THE SFC HIGH IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. AGAINST THE MAV GUIDANCE...MY TEMPS WONT DIFFER MUCH. FOR THE EXT TEMPS...WARMING TREND TO TAKE PLACE AS THE UPPER HIGH BUILDS IN. BY THE WEEKEND...TEMPS WILL RETURN TO LEVELS THAT WILL RUN ABOUT 3-5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. WILL GO ABOVE THE MEX GUIDANCE BY A DEGREE OR TWO AS THE LONG TERM NUMERIC DRIFTS TOWARD CLIMO. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 507 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2012 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-051015- 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- 507 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-24 CORRIDOR. A WARM FRONT SITUATED NEAR THE I-24 CORRIDOR WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN 55
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
944 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012
TNZ010-011-031-033-034-050330-
CLAY-FENTRESS-JACKSON-OVERTON-PICKETT-
944 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLAY...FENTRESS...JACKSON...
OVERTON AND PICKETT COUNTIES...
AT 940 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TOMPKINSVILLE...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CELINA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
PEOPLE IN CLAY...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...NORTHWESTERN FENTRESS...
OVERTON AND PICKETT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CELINA...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 THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3661 8479 3658 8476 3623 8533 3662 8577
3663 8507
13The Nashville radar (KOHX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:29 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down on Thomas Allen Road at Fairview Road.
A large downburst struck areas along a 5 mile long swath from Bangham through Algood. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down, with power outages in Algood, and some trees falling on cars in Bangham. Roadways with fallen trees in Bangham included Holland Drive, and in Algood included Timber View Lane, Mirandy Drive, Brotherton Mountain Road, Plantation Drive, and Turnberry Place.
A few trees were blown down on roadways across southern Benton County.
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: 377637, 377632, 377638.