Hail, Smith
- When
- August 21, 10:33 AM CST
- Where
- Smith County, Carthage
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -85.930
Quarter size hail was reported in Carthage.
Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, August 21, 2013
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed once again during the morning and afternoon hours on August 21. One report of large hail and another report of flash flooding were received.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed once again during the morning and afternoon hours on August 21. One report of large hail and another report of flash flooding were received.
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 Aug 21, 8:48 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 8:48 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 948 AM CDT WED AUG 21 2013 .UPDATE... TAILORED THE POPS A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THE CURRENT RADAR...WITH A BIT MORE THAN SCATTERED POPS OVER THE SE PORTION OF MIDDLE TN. INCREASED THOSE AREAS TO LIKELY/NUMEROUS SHRA/TSRA WITH SCATTERED ELSEWHERE. WEST AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE CWA MAY REMAIN DRY MOST OF THE DAY AS DRIER AIR ALOFT/CAPPING IS IN PLACE. KEPT ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA MENTIONED THERE. NO OTHER CHANGES MADE. LOTS OF INSTABILITY IN PLACE ACROSS MIDDLE TN SO ANY STORM THAT DOES FORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL/CG LIGHTNING BEING THE MAIN THREATS. ZONE UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. WEB UPDATE ALREADY SENT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 637 AM CDT WED AUG 21 2013/ UPDATE...FOR 12Z AVIATION FORECASTS. AVIATION...CSV AIRPORT PLAYING ITS USUAL TRICKS THIS MORNING. THEIR VSBY IS UP, THEN THEIR VSBY IS DOWN. EXPECT HIGHLY VARIABLE CONDITIONS AT CSV THROUGH ABOUT 13Z, RANGING ANYWHERE FROM VFR TO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO IFR, AS THE FOG ROLLS IN, THEN ROLLS OUT AGAIN. OTHERWISE...MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT REMAINS OVER THE MID STATE THROUGH THE PERIOD. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL, ALTHOUGH BRIEFLY LOWER MVFR CONDITIONS INVOF TSTMS AND AFTER 09Z DUE TO VSBY RESTRICTIONS IN BR. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && AL
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 3:36 AM CST, 6 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 436 AM CDT WED AUG 21 2013 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-220945- 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- 436 AM CDT WED AUG 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE, ONCE AGAIN, EXPECTED IN THE MID-STATE...A FEW OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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 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 19
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 8:26 AM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
926 AM CDT WED AUG 21 2013
TNZ027-211500-
DAVIDSON-
926 AM CDT WED AUG 21 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY...
AT 925 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ANTIOCH...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE ANTIOCH...OAK HILL...BERRY HILL
AND PERCY PRIEST LAKE.
SMALL HAIL...WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3609 8652 3602 8674 3606 8682 3613 8682
3619 8658
31Special weather statement, Aug 21, 9:44 AM CST, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1044 AM CDT WED AUG 21 2013
TNZ030-031-211615-
JACKSON-SMITH-
1044 AM CDT WED AUG 21 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JACKSON AND SMITH COUNTIES...
AT 1043 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CARTHAGE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE DIXON SPRINGS...SOUTH CARTHAGE...
CARTHAGE...PLEASANT SHADE...GRANVILLE AND GAINESBORO.
SMALL HAIL...WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3650 8566 3648 8559 3636 8549 3626 8552
3626 8553 3624 8554 3622 8564 3623 8574
3625 8578 3622 8578 3620 8609 3629 8613
3636 8606 3641 8583 3650 8579
31Special weather statement, Aug 21, 10:31 AM CST, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1131 AM CDT WED AUG 21 2013 TNZ030>032-211700- JACKSON-PUTNAM-SMITH- 1131 AM CDT WED AUG 21 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JACKSON...PUTNAM AND SMITH COUNTIES... AT 1131 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CARTHAGE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE SOUTH CARTHAGE...GORDONSVILLE... CARTHAGE...GRANVILLE AND GAINESBORO. SMALL HAIL...WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LAT...LON 3643 8567 3619 8558 3613 8593 3630 8600 31
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:34 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Smith
- When
- August 21, 10:42 AM CST
- Where
- Smith County, 1.09 mi NW of Club Spgs to 1.14 mi E of Difficult
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 36.181, -85.864
Smith County Emergency Management reported numerous road closures due to flooding and high water across the county including Highway 70 east of Carthage.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, August 21, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 21, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 21, 2013
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in West Virginia, August 21, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 21 to 22, 2013
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Florida, August 21, 2013
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, August 21, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 21, 2013
- Lightning Strikes in Florida, August 21, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 21, 2013
- Dense Fog in New Jersey, August 21, 2013
- Lightning Strikes in Georgia, August 21, 2013
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, August 2013
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: 473669, 473670.