Isolated to scattered, east-to-west moving severe thunderstorms developed in the early afternoon hours in eastern Middle Tennessee and progressed through the early evening. These storms resulted in multiple wind damage reports across Middle Tennessee.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Isolated to scattered, east-to-west moving severe thunderstorms developed in the early afternoon hours in eastern Middle Tennessee and progressed through the early evening. These storms resulted in multiple wind damage reports across Middle Tennessee.
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 Jul 18, 11:53 AM CST, 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1253 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2013 .UPDATE...FOR 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .AVIATION...18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. UNCERTAINTIES...ACTUAL SHWR/TSTM LOCATION DEVELOPMENT THRU AT LEAST 19/02Z. ATM DIURNAL BASED INSTABILITY AND LIFT ALONG WITH HIGH PRECIP WATER VALUES ALL IN LINE TO PRODUCE ISO/SCT SHWR TSTM DEVELOPMENT THRU AT LEAST 19/02Z. EXPECT BEST POTENTIAL ACROSS PLATEAU AND FAR W PER LIFTING AND MORNING CONVECTION BOUNDARIES...BUT STILL HARD TO PINPOINT DEVELOPMENTAL TIMING AT TAF SITES AND THUS WILL ADDRESS WITH VCTS WORDING/CB REMARKS. EXPECT GRADUAL CLRING AFTER 19/02Z WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MVFR FOG...MOST LIKELY CSV...AFTER 19/06Z. EXPECT PATTERN CONTINUANCE THRU 19/18Z WITH SCT CU/CI BY 19/15Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 1005 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2013/ MESOSCALE UPDATE...TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING A BIT COOLER THAN 24 HOURS AGO...THANKS TO CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS MORNING. MOST OF THESE EARLY MORNING CLOUDS AND SHOWERS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A DISTURBANCE THAT IS SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS OUR WESTERN COUNTIES. AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES...WE WILL SEE INCREASING SUNSHINE...AND TEMPERATURES WILL JUMP QUICKLY THROUGH THE 80S. WE ARE STILL ON TRACK TO REACH AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S WEST OF THE PLATEAU...PROBABLY A DEGREE OR 2 SHY OF YESTERDAY/S HIGHS. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL AGAIN CLIMB INTO THE 100-103 RANGE. PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY...COMBINED WITH THE DISTURBANCE AND SOME RESIDUAL SURFACE BOUNDARIES...WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. POPS WILL KEPT IN THE 20-40 PERCENT RANGE. 13 PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 712 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2013/ MESOSCALE UPDATE...MORNING SOUNDING DATA ARE NOT QUITE IN YET, BUT THE LAPS SOUNDING FOR BNA AT 11Z SHOWS PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ALREADY IN PLACE. SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS AREAS TO THE SW OF NASHVILLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WEAK, WESTWARD-MOVING UPPER TROUGH. EXPECT THESE CELLS TO EXIT THE MID STATE SHORTLY, AND WE SHOULD SEE A REPRIEVE FROM ANY MORE ACTIVE WEATHER UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. HAVE UPDATED THE PUBLIC FORECAST TO REFLECT HIGHER MORNING POP'S. PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 627 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2013/ UPDATE...ADDED AVIATION SECTION FOR 12Z TAF'S. AVIATION...BNA/CKV/CSV...WARM, UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE, EVEN AS A BROAD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS LOCKED IN ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER, DEEPER MOISTURE APPEARS TO MOVE EAST- TO-WEST ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY, MEANING A FEW MORE CLOUDS AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION. BEST CHANCES WILL BE AREAS EAST AND SOUTH OF NASHVILLE, AND THIS TREND WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE TAF'S. LOOK FOR LIGHT FOG THIS MORNING UNTIL 13Z, AND MORE LIGHT FOG OVERNIGHT DUE TO RADIATIONAL COOLING. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 358 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2013/ SHORT TERM...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVED IN FROM THE EAST, ACROSS THE UPPER CUMBERLAND EARLIER IN THE NIGHT. HOWEVER, BY 3 AM, THE ACTIVITY HAD DIMINISHED TO JUST A PATCH OF SHOWERS BETWEEN THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE PLATEAU AND WILSON AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES. STILL LOOKS LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE SOME RELATIVELY DEEP MOISTURE IN PLACE OVER THE MID STATE TODAY. THUS, EVEN THOUGH WE'LL BE STARTING THE MORNING AS WARM AS YESTERDAY, BELIEVE CLOUDS WILL HELP TO KEEP TEMPS FROM REACHING THE HIGHS SEEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE MAV HAS DONE A BETTER JOB THAN THE NAM DURING THIS HOT SPELL AND WILL STICK CLOSE TO MAV MOS NUMBERS FOR TODAY. STILL EXPECT AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES TO PUSH TO AROUND 100 TODAY AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY IN AREAS WEST OF THE UPPER CUMBERLAND. HOWEVER, BY SATURDAY, POOLING OF MOISTURE AHEAD OF SHALLOW COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY, WILL PROVIDE MORE CLOUDS AND STORMS OVER THE AREA, AND KEEP TEMPS FROM RISING MUCH ABOVE 90 DEGS. THIS WILL DROP MAX AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES A FEW DEGREES, AND AVERAGE MAINLY BETWEEN 95 AND 97 WEST OF THE UPPER CUMBERLAND. LOOKS LIKE SHALLOW FRONT WILL PRETTY MUCH WASH OUT BEFORE REACHING THE MID STATE. HOWEVER, BAND OF POOLED MOISTURE WILL SAG SLOWLY SOUTHWARD SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS RUNNING SATURDAY NIGHT AND EXTEND THEM INTO SUNDAY AS WELL. WILL EVEN KEEP POPS IN THE 30-50% RANGE FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. CLOUDS, SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL KEEP AFTERNOON TEMPS ON SUNDAY MAINLY IN THE UPPER 80S WEST OF THE UPPER CUMBERLAND, AND ARE EXPECTED TO GET NO HIGHER THAN THE LOWER 90S ON MONDAY. LONG TERM...BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, MIDDLE TENNESSEE IS BACK IN A NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN, WITH MAIN RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BACK OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS PUTS US BACK IN A MORE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN, AND POSSIBLY EVEN VULNERABLE TO AN MCS ROLLING DOWN ON US AT SOME POINT. POPS GO BACK DOWN INTO THE 20-30% RANGE, WITH HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 80S ALONG THE UPPER CUMBERLAND TO LOWER 90S ELSEWHERE. NOT A BAD WAY TO BE ENDING UP THE MONTH OF JULY. UNLESS THINGS HEAT BACK UP DURING THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH, WE MIGHT ESCAPE JULY HAVING HAD ONLY A FEW RELATIVELY HOT DAYS, WHERE HIGHS REACHED THE MIDDLE 90S. OF COURSE, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF SUMMER LEFT TO GO AND THERE COULD CERTAINLY BE SOME MORE HOT SPELLS AT SOME POINT. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 522 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2013 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-191030- 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- 522 AM CDT THU JUL 18 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ROSE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1206 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2013
TNZ010-011-031>034-181736-
CLAY-FENTRESS-JACKSON-OVERTON-PICKETT-PUTNAM-
1206 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLAY...FENTRESS...JACKSON...
OVERTON...PICKETT AND PUTNAM COUNTIES...
AT 1206 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LIVINGSTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE CRAWFORD...RICKMAN...LIVINGSTON
AND STANDING STONE STATE PARK.
SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...WINDS 40
TO 50 MPH...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
LAT...LON 3621 8549 3640 8568 3653 8528 3631 8492
3612 8516
31The Nashville radar (KOHX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:57 UTC.
13 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was reported down at 143 Alcorn Street. Another tree was downed on power lines nearby on Apple Street in the same neighborhood.
A tree was blown down and damaged a home on 2nd Ave in Algood. Report was received via Facebook.
Nickel sized hail was reported in Buffalo Valley Tennessee. Report was received via Facebook.
A tree was reported down on the exit 221 off ramp of Interstate 40 westbound in Hermitage.
A lightning strike caused a fire in the backyard of a home at 2729 Riverbend Drive in the Pennington Bend area of northeast Nashville.
Trees were reported down at the intersection of Smith Springs Road and Anderson Road.
Trees were reported down at 14624 Old Hickory Blvd in Antioch.
A tree was snapped and power lines were down on Briggs Avenue just east of Oak Hill. Report received via Twitter.
A tree was blown down and blocking Town Branch Road in Charlotte. Power outages were reported in the town of Charlotte.
Trees were reported down on Southerland Road northeast of the city of Dickson.
Trees were blown down at the intersection of Allen Road and Tiny Town Road. Nearby KCKV ASOS recorded a 55 mph gust at about this time.
A row of trees was blown down on Ridge Road near Highway 48 south of Charlotte.
A couple trees were reported down inside the Dickson city limit.
Small trees were blown down on Green Acres Drive and Tiny Town Road near Outlaw Field. Nearby KCKV ASOS recorded a wind gust of 55 mph.
Trees were blown down at the intersection of Highway 13 and Bryant Hollow Road west of the town of Cunningham.
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, July 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: 467688, 467689, 467690, 467691, 467692, 467694, 467693, 467695, 467697, 467698, 467699, 467696, 467700, 467701, 467702.