As a line of thunderstorms moved through Dickson and Davidson Counties during the afternoon hours on Saturday, November 3rd, a few thunderstorms reached severe thresholds with thunderstorm wind damage, large hail, and even a funnel cloud reported in Dickson County.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
As a line of thunderstorms moved through Dickson and Davidson Counties during the afternoon hours on Saturday, November 3rd, a few thunderstorms reached severe thresholds with thunderstorm wind damage, large hail, and even a funnel cloud reported in Dickson County.
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 Nov 3, 12:27 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 127 PM CDT SAT NOV 3 2012 .DISCUSSION... SURFACE LOW CENTERED OVER BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI AT 18Z WILL WORK EASTWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CROSS TENNESSEE FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. MUCH WARMER AIR WILL PULL NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL KY AHEAD OF THE LOW WITH TEMPS NEAR 80 ALONG THE ALABAMA BORDER BY 21Z THIS AFTERNOON. CU LINE FORMING AT EARLY AFTERNOON FROM CAIRO ILLINOIS DOWN THROUGH BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS LINE AS SURFACE LOW TRACKS EASTWARD CLOSE TO THE TENNESSEE/KENTUCKY BORDER WITH A NARROW BAND OF CONVECTION FROM LOW CENTER SOUTHWESTWARD AS IT PROGRESSES. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO ENTER WESTERN AREAS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AROUND 21Z TO 22Z AND THEN WORK EASTWARD INTO THE NASHVILLE AREA AROUND 23Z AND ONTO THE PLATEAU BY 01Z TO 02Z. SOME UNCERTAINITY EXISTS IN TIMING SINCE SHOWERS HAVE YET TO FORM. LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SURFACE LOW SHIFTS INTO THE CAROLINAS AFTER MIDNIGHT ENDING THE CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MID STATE. SUNDAY WILL BE DRY WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S. UPPER TROUGH WILL DOMINATE THE PATTERN OVER THE EASTERN US UNTIL ABOUT THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK. THIS MEANS TEMPS WILL AVERAGE BELOW NORMAL DURING THAT PERIOD. ON MONDAY A SHORT WAVE DIVES SOUTHEAST FROM THE HIGH PLAINS CARVING OUT THE UPPER TROUGH EVEN DEEPER WHILE BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS MONDAY AFTERNOON TO WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND TO ALL OF THE MID STATE MONDAY NIGHT AS THE SHORT WAVE SWINGS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. I THINK QPF AMOUNTS ON AVERAGE WILL BE LIGHT ON THE ORDER OF < 0.05 INCH WITH THIS SYSTEM. A FEW SHOWERS COULD LINGER EASTERN AREAS/PLATEAU FIRST HALF OF TUESDAY. ON THURSDAY A PATTERN CHANGE TAKES PLACE AS A BROAD UPPER RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS CENTRAL US INCLUDING THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS. THIS WILL MEAN WARMER TEMPS FOR THE MID STATE LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. ON THE HORIZON THERE IS A DEEP UPPER TROUGH OUT WEST IN THE COMPUTER MODELS AT 180 HOURS THAT COULD BRING A ROUND OF RAIN TO THE MID STATE AS IT PULLS EAST. AS FOR TEMPS I STAYED CLOSE TO MOS WITH ONLY A FEW TWEAKS. BOYD && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 45 57 35 57 / 40 05 0 10 CLARKSVILLE 38 55 33 54 / 40 05 05 20 CROSSVILLE 43 55 32 53 / 50 10 05 05 COLUMBIA 46 60 35 59 / 40 05 0 10 LAWRENCEBURG 46 62 35 60 / 40 10 0 10 WAVERLY 41 57 34 56 / 40 05 05 20 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && BOYD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 510 AM CDT SAT NOV 3 2012 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-041015- 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- 510 AM CDT SAT NOV 3 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
421 PM CDT SAT NOV 03 2012
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0419 PM HAIL 4 ENE GREENBRIER 36.45N 86.73W
11/03/2012 E0.70 INCH ROBERTSON TN TRAINED SPOTTER
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EVENT NUMBER OHX1200079
JLMThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was downed along State Highway 49. Nickel sized hail was also reported.
Several trees were downed along State Highway 100 west of Bellevue.
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, November 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: 414245, 414249, 414247, 414248.