As a slow moving cold front moved west to east across Middle Tennesssee during the late morning through afternoon hours on Sunday, January 13th, an area of showers and thunderstorms developed along and ahead of this cold front. Because of the slow movement of this cold front, the heavier showers and thunderstorms produced flash flooding in five counties across the mid state, with another two…
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
As a slow moving cold front moved west to east across Middle Tennesssee during the late morning through afternoon hours on Sunday, January 13th, an area of showers and thunderstorms developed along and ahead of this cold front. Because of the slow movement of this cold front, the heavier showers and thunderstorms produced flash flooding in five counties across the mid state, with another two counties experiencing thunderstorm wind damage and a funnel cloud respectively.
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 Jan 13, 10:26 AM CST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1026 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013 .MESOSCALE UPDATE... STORM IN HICKMAN COUNTY CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT BOWING AS 50 KNOT 850 JET CONTINUES TO PUNCH INTO SOUTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE ONLY REPORT WE'VE HAD IS A DIME SIZED HAIL REPORT FROM PERRY COUNTY EARLIER FROM THIS STORM. UPDRAFT REGION OUT AHEAD OF STORM HAS REMAINED INTACT. BEST ROTATION HAS BEEN JUST NORTH OF CENTERVILLE. STORM WILL CONTINUE TO RACE NORTHEAST AROUND 50 KNOTS. BOYD && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR TNZ005>011-022>034- 056>066-075-077>080-093>095. && BOYD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 500 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-141100- 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- 500 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BRING INTENSE RAINFALL RATES AT TIMES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL TOTAL ONE TO TWO INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS MUCH RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES ON SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS... AS WELL AS PRODUCE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE. 31
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
852 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013
TNZ022-024-056-057-131530-
BENTON-HICKMAN-HUMPHREYS-PERRY-
852 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BENTON...HICKMAN...HUMPHREYS AND
PERRY COUNTIES...
AT 843 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARSONS...OR 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...WHICH
WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN SHALLOW ROOTED TREES. IN FACT...RECENT
RAINS...WHICH HAVE SATURATED THE GROUNDS...WILL MAKE SOME TREES MORE
VULNERABLE TO BEING UPROOTED.
LAT...LON 3624 8789 3624 8785 3602 8755 3599 8753
3599 8750 3558 8802 3565 8804 3569 8802
3572 8804 3576 8799 3581 8798 3581 8802
3584 8804 3584 8807 3588 8808
19SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1007 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013
TNZ006-007-025-026-131700-
CHEATHAM-DICKSON-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-
1007 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEATHAM...DICKSON...MONTGOMERY
AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES...
AT 958 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A SLOW MOVING BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...COVERING PARTS
OF EASTERN MONTGOMERY...WESTERN ROBERTSON...NORTHWESTERN CHEATHAM...
AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF DICKSON COUNTY.
BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH
WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN SHALLOW ROOTED TREES. IN FACT...RECENT
RAINS...WHICH HAVE SATURATED THE GROUNDS...WILL MAKE SOME TREES MORE
VULNERABLE TO BEING UPROOTED. IN ADDITION TO STRONG WIND GUSTS...SOME
OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL TO DIME SIZE.
LAT...LON 3664 8677 3597 8727 3600 8754 3620 8755
3624 8753 3625 8753 3625 8752 3632 8751
3663 8717
19The Nashville radar (KOHX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:39 UTC.
4 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
State Highway 100 near Centerville reported to have water over top of road. The actual depth of the water over the roadway was unknown along with specific details concerning associated travel impacts.
The west fork of the Piney River had risen out of its banks and into low lying fields a few miles southwest of Dickson. This also caused roads around this area to be closed off as they become impassible due to high water on them.
Water was overflowing the creek bank and onto North Berry Chapel Road. The actual depth of the water over this roadway was unknown along with specific details concerning associated travel impacts.
Trailer park was evacuated due to high water near Victory Lane in Waverly. Specific details concerning if any damage occured to the trailer park were unknown.
Several trees were downed along Chestnut Ridge Road.
Several trees were downed along Rally Hill Road.
An NWS damage survey team confirmed that an EF0 tornado touched down Sunday afternoon just southwest of Eagleville in Rutherford County. Initial damage was noted on Floyd road approximately 2 miles southwest of Eagleville, where several cedar trees were snapped. A residence along Floyd road suffered partial roof loss along with a window and door blown out. An older outbuilding on Floyd road was flattened. Approximately 100 trees were snapped and uprooted along the approximate 1.5 mile track of the tornado.
Multiple roads were closed throughout the county. Also a telephone pole was downed on State Highway 10 North.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Tennessee, 2013Warnings in Tennessee, January 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: 424483, 424482, 424485, 424488, 424456, 424455, 428322, 428318.