Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on August 23. A few reports of wind damage were received along the Interstate 65 corridor.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on August 23. A few reports of wind damage were received along the Interstate 65 corridor.
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 23, 2:18 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 318 PM CDT FRI AUG 23 2013 .DISCUSSION...THE MAIN WX STORY FOR OUR AREA OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS CONTINUES TO BE A TRANSITION TO HOT TEMPERATURES WITH LOW RAIN CHANCES. THIS AFTERNOON...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER MID TN...AND ESPECIALLY OVER WEST KY IN VICINITY OF A WEAK COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE MID STATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. WE DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IF ANY SEVERE WX...BUT SOME STRONG STORMS WITH 35 MPH WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL OCCUR. A FEW SPOTS MAY HAVE HEAVY RAIN...OVER 1 INCH...THANKS TO SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS. THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH LOSS OF HEATING AND INTRUSION OF SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR. WE EXPECT MOST STORMS TO END OVER THE NORTH HALF BY 9 PM...AND BEFORE 11 PM OVER THE SOUTH. CLEARING SKIES WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...WITH ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINING FOR PATCHY FOG...ESPECIALLY PLATEAU. FOR SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN WITH A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE NORTHEAST AND A STRONG MID AND UPPER RIDGE FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL MEAN CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND TYPICAL AUGUST TEMPERATURES. CONDITIONS WILL BE SOMEWHAT HUMID WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S...BUT MORE COMFORTABLE THAN THE PAST FEW DAYS. WE WILL NOT POST ANY POPS SATURDAY OR SUNDAY WITH THE STRONG RIDGE IN PLACE...BUT WE CANNOT ABSOLUTELY RULE OUT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH MODELS SHOWING SOME WEAK MOISTURE POOLING OVER THE SOUTH PLATEAU AND SOUTHWEST COUNTIES. THROUGH NEXT WEEK...A STRONG RIDGE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MID MS VALLEY REGION. THE RIDGE WILL SPRAWL ACROSS MID TN WITH HOTTER WX AND VERY LOW RAIN CHANCES. WE EXPECT HIGHS TO BE MOSTLY IN THE LOWER 90S...WITH SOME MID 90S MID TO LATE WEEK. THE PLATEAU WILL HAVE HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. HUMIDITY WILL CREEP UPWARD...AND THIS WILL PUSH HEAT INDEX VALUES TOWARD 100 LATER IN THE WEEK. A BRIEF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT EACH DAY...BUT WE WILL ONLY INCLUDE THE MENTION OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WHEN MODELS SHOW INCREASING MOISTURE AND A LITTLE WEAKNESS IN THE RIDGE. OVERALL...THIS WILL BE THE MOST SUMMER LIKE PERIOD OF WX WE HAVE HAD ALL SUMMER. 13 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 69 91 68 90 / 20 0 0 0 CLARKSVILLE 66 91 65 90 / 20 0 0 05 CROSSVILLE 63 85 64 84 / 20 10 0 0 COLUMBIA 68 92 67 90 / 20 0 05 0 LAWRENCEBURG 67 92 68 90 / 30 10 05 05 WAVERLY 68 92 66 91 / 20 0 05 05 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 503 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 2013 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-241015- 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- 503 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 2013 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 27
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:18 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
One 10 inch diameter tree was blown down onto a car at Woodland Street and 15th Street in East Nashville.
Numerous trees were blown down in the Aston Woods subdivision of Thompsons Station.
One large oak tree was blown down in Spring Hill.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, August 2013
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: 473671, 473672, 473673.