Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon across Middle Tennessee. One person was reportedly struck by lightning in Nashville.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon across Middle Tennessee. One person was reportedly struck by lightning in Nashville.
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 7, 2:20 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 320 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013 DISCUSSION... CLEARING LINE ALONG THE TN RIVER THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SCT CU DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST. TEMPS HAVE WARMED ABOVE CONVECTIVE VALUES OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS AND THUS...SEEING MORE IN THE WAY OF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT NOW. LOW TC VALUES EXIST COMPLIMENTS OF THE WEAK MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING OVER THE EASTERN U.S.. LOWER LEVEL HUMIDITY LEVELS TO REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH TONIGHT. LATEST TOVER VALUES ARE NEGATIVE AND MODEL SFC 12Z TDD VALUES ARE MOSTLY AOB 1F. THUS...WITH MODEL NUMERICS CHIMING IN WITH LOWER EXPECTED VSBYS...WILL OPT TO EXPAND THE FOG COVERAGE OVERNIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THAT OCCURS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL ONLY AID WITH THE FOG DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL. OTW...PRONOUNCED AREAS OF CURVATURE AND SHEAR UPSTREAM ARE NOT INDICATED OVERNIGHT. WILL THEREFORE INCLUDE ONLY 10 POPS. HOWEVER...AS WE APPROACH 4 PM...WILL ADHERE TO THE RECENT RADAR TRENDS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT EVENING POPS WILL BE INCLUDED. ON SATURDAY...PATTERN TO CHANGE WITH VERY WEAK RIDGING IN PLACE. LOW LEVEL FORCING IS MINIMAL AT BEST AND MRH VALUES DECREASE MARKEDLY. THIS WILL TRANSLATE INTO A STRONG CAP AND WEAK CAPES AND THUS...LITTLE IF ANY CHANCE FOR CONVECTION. THE PATTERN WILL REMAIN PROGRESSIVE INTO SUNDAY AS A STRONG UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE DEEPER NEARLY UNIFORM SW FLOW WILL TRANSPORT HUMIDITY BACK INTO THE AREA AT MULTIPLE LEVELS. ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...DESCENT CAPES WILL RETURN WITH CAP EROSION BY 18Z. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL AGAIN BE IN THE FORECAST. ASSOCIATED FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL MON NT. HENCE..AN UNSETTLED PERIOD CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH MON NT. AS FOR ANY SEVERE POTENTIAL...NOTHING REALLY JUMPS OFF THE MONITOR AT ME. SHEAR TO INCREASE JUST TO OUR NW ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CAPES TO INCREASE ON MONDAY BACK TO OUR SW. MEAN STORM MOTION WILL BE TOWARD THE EAST SO PERHAPS SOME STRONG STORMS ON MONDAY. AS FOR THE NEAR TERM TEMPS...DESPITE THE GENERAL WEAK TROUGHING PATTERN...HEIGHTS ARE A BIT ELEVATED AS TN REMAIN ON THE SOUTHERN TROUGH EDGE. SO...TEMPS SHOULD RUN A DEGREE OR 2 ABOVE NORMAL. IN THE EXT FCST...A RATHER ACTIVE PATTERN FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR TO CONTINUE. THE AFOREMENTIONED TROUGH WILL SLIDE EAST AND BRING A COUPLE OF NICE DRY DAYS TO THE AREA. HOWEVER...NW FLOW TO RETURN ON WEST SIDE OF TROUGH AXIS AS UPPER HIGH BUILDS OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS. NW FLOW DOES APPEAR TO BE DISTURBANCE RIDDEN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 1 OR 2 MCS'S TO DIVE SOUTHEAST. WILL INCLUDE MORE SHOWER AND TSTM CHANCES FOR WED AND THU. FOR THE EXT TEMPS...A SLOW WARMING TREND EXPECTED AS THE UPPER HIGH OVER THE PLAINS ATTEMPTS TO DRIFT EASTWARD. HIGH TEMPS IN THE MID 80S FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WILL APPROACH 90 DEGREES BY THE WEEKEND. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 62 82 62 87 / 10 05 0 30 CLARKSVILLE 59 82 59 86 / 10 05 0 30 CROSSVILLE 58 79 59 82 / 30 10 05 30 COLUMBIA 61 83 63 87 / 10 05 0 30 LAWRENCEBURG 59 83 63 86 / 10 05 0 30 WAVERLY 58 82 60 86 / 10 05 0 30 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 443 AM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-080945- 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- 443 AM CDT FRI JUN 7 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... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
304 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013
TNZ007-072030-
ROBERTSON-
304 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ROBERTSON COUNTY...
AT 302 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE CEDAR HILL...SPRINGFIELD...
RIDGETOP AND GREENBRIER.
SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3646 8666 3641 8669 3642 8675 3637 8679
3636 8679 3635 8682 3636 8684 3638 8685
3637 8687 3639 8691 3638 8694 3651 8710
3662 8698
27PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
457 PM CDT FRI JUN 07 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0355 PM TSTM WND DMG MADISON 36.26N 86.71W
06/07/2013 DAVIDSON TN TWITTER
DAMAGE TO AWNING AT MAPCO STATION ON NEELYS BEND ROAD
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EVENT NUMBER OHX1300462
MROSEThe Nashville radar (KOHX), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
One person was reportedly struck by lightning and injured in Sylvan Park. Reported via tspotter on Twitter.
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