Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours across Middle Tennessee. Several reports of wind damage and large hail were received.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours across Middle Tennessee. Several reports of wind damage and large hail were received.
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 Jun 1, 1:05 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 205 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION IN WEST TENNESSEE HAS CONTINUED TO WEAKEN AS THE STRONGER INSTABILITY REMAINS DOWN THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI JUTTING UP INTO SOUTHEASTERN WEST TENNESSEE AT THIS TIME. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE. AS WE GO INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON AM EXPECTING THUNDERSTORMS TO REFIRE DOWN THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE AS WELL AS BACK IN WESTERN TENNESSEE AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. AM EXPECTING 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID STATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE SURFACE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON EXTENDS DOWN THROUGH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND APPEARS TO HAVE SLOWED DOWN. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE ON- GOING SUNDAY MORNING AND PULL EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING INTO THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. HIGH TEMPS ARE A LITTLE COOLER SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY BUT GO WE RIGHT BACK UP INTO THE MID AND UPPER 80S WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. NIGHTTIME LOWS COOL DOWN CLOSE TO 60 DEGREES BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WITH LOWER DEWPOINTS. BOYD && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 70 81 61 78 / 100 50 05 05 CLARKSVILLE 68 79 58 78 / 90 30 0 05 CROSSVILLE 68 78 58 76 / 80 60 20 05 COLUMBIA 70 82 60 79 / 90 60 05 05 LAWRENCEBURG 70 82 59 79 / 90 60 05 05 WAVERLY 68 80 58 77 / 90 40 0 05 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && BOYD 01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 500 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-021000- 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 CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL FOR MAINLY LOCATIONS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65... ALTHOUGH THE FORMATION OF ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN ALSO NOT BE RULED OUT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALSO. THIS COULD RESULT IN SOME PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS ALONG WITH FLOODING OF LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS AND ALONG SMALL STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU REGION. MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS... ALTHOUGH HAIL AND THE FORMATION OF ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNEESSEE ON SUNDAY. FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE MID STATE OF AROUND TWO INCHES SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS TO ONE TO TWO INCHES ELSEWHERE WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS COULD RESULT IN SOME PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS ALONG WITH FLOODING OF LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS AND ALONG SMALL STREAMS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN 31
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
253 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013
TNZ024>027-056>061-093>095-012100-
CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-DICKSON-GILES-HICKMAN-HUMPHREYS-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-
MARSHALL-MAURY-PERRY-WAYNE-WILLIAMSON-
253 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...CHEATHAM...DAVIDSON...DICKSON...GILES...HICKMAN...
HUMPHREYS...LAWRENCE...LEWIS...MARSHALL...MAURY...PERRY...WAYNE
AND WILLIAMSON...
AT 248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HURRICANE MILLS TO SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING
OUT AHEAD OF THIS LINE.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE HURRICANE MILLS...LINDEN...
LOBELVILLE...LUTTS...FLATWOODS...BUCKSNORT...PLEASANTVILLE...
WAYNESBORO...COLLINWOOD...PINEWOOD...HOHENWALD AND KIMMINS.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER
IN LOW LYING AREAS...ALONG WITH BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3594 8791 3619 8679 3510 8690 3502 8799
3538 8797
19SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
259 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013
TNZ011-032>034-066-012045-
CUMBERLAND-FENTRESS-OVERTON-PICKETT-PUTNAM-
259 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CUMBERLAND...FENTRESS...
OVERTON...PICKETT AND PUTNAM COUNTIES...
AT 254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
HEAVY SHOWERS...AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM BYRDSTOWN TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTEREY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE CRAWFORD...BYRDSTOWN...
CLARKRANGE...PALL MALL...GRIMSLEY...JAMESTOWN...SLATE SPRINGS...
ALLARDT AND PICKETT STATE PARK.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN
LOW LYING AREAS...AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3636 8470 3637 8472 3634 8473 3633 8477
3629 8479 3629 8487 3620 8491 3616 8490
3610 8483 3609 8480 3604 8477 3601 8526
3662 8517 3663 8506 3661 8479 3639 8466
19SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
347 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013
TNZ007>009-026>029-059-062-012115-
CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-MACON-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-
WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
347 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEATHAM...DAVIDSON...MACON...
ROBERTSON...RUTHERFORD...SUMNER...TROUSDALE...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON
COUNTIES...
AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCOTTSVILLE TO GOODLETTSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE OAK GROVE...COTTONTOWN...OLD
HICKORY...WHITE HOUSE...HENDERSONVILLE...GOODLETTSVILLE...MOUNT
JULIET...BELINDA CITY...GLADEVILLE...WESTMORELAND...GALLATIN AND
LEBANON.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN
LOW LYING AREAS...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3663 8596 3596 8650 3602 8719 3608 8717
3666 8664 3666 8659 3664 8657 3666 8652
3666 8633
11SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
358 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013
TNZ058>062-093>095-012145-
GILES-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MARSHALL-MAURY-RUTHERFORD-WAYNE-WILLIAMSON-
358 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GILES...LAWRENCE...LEWIS...
MARSHALL...MAURY...RUTHERFORD...WAYNE AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES...
AT 353 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
BELLEVUE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LORETTO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE WESTPOINT...SUMMERTOWN...
HENRYVILLE...WILLIAMSPORT...NATCHEZ TRACE AT HIGHWAY 96...LEIPERS
FORK...SANTA FE...ST. JOSEPH...MOUNT PLEASANT...IRON CITY...ETHRIDGE
AND LAWRENCEBURG.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN
LOW LYING AREAS...AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3500 8765 3602 8705 3599 8704 3602 8698
3600 8669 3598 8667 3597 8662 3599 8661
3599 8652 3499 8706
11The Nashville radar (KOHX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down on a powerline in Bellevue.
Nickel size hail was reported in Thompsons Station near Highway 31 and Buckner Road.
A tree was blown down on a powerline in Madison.
A tree was blown down on Lickton Pike in Goodlettsville.
A tree was blown down at 206 Elm Street in downtown Nashville.
Several trees were blown down and snapped in Beechgrove.
Trees were blown down in Dodson Branch.
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, June 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: 460859, 460860, 460861, 460862, 460863, 460864, 460865.