A cluster of strong thunderstorms developed across central and western portions of Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours.
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A cluster of strong thunderstorms developed across central and western portions of Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours.
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 Sep 10, 11:55 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1255 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 2013 .UPDATE...FOR 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .AVIATION...18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. UNCERTAINTIES...ISO/SCT SHWRS/TSTM POTENTIAL 10/18Z-11/03Z AND MVFR FOG POTENTIAL 11/06Z-11/15Z. DESPITE UPPER LEVEL RIDGING INFLUENCES...BEST ATM MOISTURE...INSTABILITY...AND LIFT CONTINUING ACROSS WRN PORTIONS OF MID STATE APPROACHING 18Z AND SHOULD CONTINUE THRU 11/03Z...THUS BEST TS POTENTIAL CKV...BUT PINPOINT LOCATION DEVELOPMENT UNCERTAINTY...AND WILL MENTION VCTS ONLY. VCTS MENTIONED BNA/CSV ALSO PER DIURNAL HEATING INFLUENCES AND SHOULD LAST THRU 11/02Z. USUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE POOLING AT CKV/CSV WILL OCCUR...THUS MVFR FOG WITH TEMPOS APPROACHING IFR. WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGING INFLUENCES CONTINUE THRU 11/18Z...EXPECT BY 11/15Z SCT CU...SCT AC...AND SCT/BKN CI THRU 11/18Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 952 AM CDT TUE SEP 10 2013/ UPDATE...A FEW ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE THIS MORNING INCLUDING...RAISING HIGHS ABOUT 1 DEGREE TO MATCH YESTERDAY/S HIGHS...RAISING DEW POINTS A COUPLE OF DEGREES TO MATCH CURRENT TRENDS...AND SPREADING LOW POPS ACROSS AREAS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY UNCOVERED. HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE REGION WITH SOME WEAKNESS INDICATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGH. THIS WEAK AREA WITHIN THE HIGH ALONG WITH ADEQUATE MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS AGAIN TODAY. MORNING UPPER AIR DATA SHOWS A RELATIVELY UNCHANGED THERMAL PROFILE SINCE YESTERDAY...SO HIGH TEMPS SHOULD BE ABOUT THE SAME. ANY ISOLATED STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY...POSSIBLY DUMPING OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN OVER A VERY SMALL AREA. OTHERWISE...LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM ISOLATED STORMS. 13 PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 611 AM CDT TUE SEP 10 2013/ AVIATION UPDATE...FOR 12Z TAF PACKAGE... UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE POSITIONED OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS MORNING RESULTING IN MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. ONLY A FEW HIGH CLOUDS IN THE KCKV AREA AT TAF ISSUANCE TIME. EXPECT SOME HIGH CEILINGS TODAY BUT NOT MUCH ELSE. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL MORE ENTIRITY WITH SOME LIGHT FOG CONCERNS NEAR DAWN TOMORROW MORNING. PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 321 AM CDT TUE SEP 10 2013/ DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVEL HIGH AND ASSOCIATED RIDGING IS ON THE UPSWING IN TERMS OF STRENGTH TODAY. THUS...SHOULD SEE ANOTHER HOT DAY WITH HIGHS REACHING THE LOWER 90S FOR MANY AREAS WEST OF THE PLATEAU. A CLOSER CONVECTIVE EXAMINATION DOES REVEAL A PREVAILING LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE AXIS FROM WESTERN KY SOUTHWARD WITH SOME ELEVATION IN CAPE BY AFTERNOON. SO...NOT TOTALLY FREE FROM POPS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WEST AND CENTRAL AREAS WHERE 20 POPS WILL BE INCLUDED. ON WEDNESDAY...PERHAPS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN POPS AS MID LEVEL TEMPS AND HEIGHTS DECREASE A BIT. THIS IS DUE TO A DEVELOPING TROUGH TO OUR NORTH AND A WEAK EASTERLY WAVE TO OUR SOUTH. VERTICALLY DOWNWARD TEMP TRANSLATION DOES NOT QUITE REACH THE 850 MB LEVEL SO AGAIN...STILL LOOKING QUITE WARM WITH HIGHS AGAIN IN THE LOWER 90S WEST OF PLATEAU. ON THURSDAY...UPPER PATTERN CONTINUES TO EVOLVE INTO A WEAK NORTHWESTERLY FLOW AS THE REMNANTS OF THE UPPER HIGH SHIFTS WEST OVER TX AND ASSOCIATED HEIGHT VALUES CONTINUE TO LOWER. SFC HIGH WILL MOVE SOUTH FROM CANADA AND HELP PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE MID STATE BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THUS...POP CHANCES TO INCREASE THU AND ESPECIALLY THU NT. MOISTURE DEPTH PROFILES ARE NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE FOR SUPPORTING WIDESPREAD HIGH POP PRECIP. THUS...OVERALL POPS WILL BE KEPT ON THE LOWER SIDE. AGAINST THE MAV GUIDANCE...WILL UTILIZE LITTLE DEVIATION THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. BETTER OPPORTUNITIES SEEM TO EXIST AT CKV AND CSV WHERE MAV LOWS APPEAR TO BE A LITTLE TOO LOW. IN THE EXT FCST...THE PREVAILING COOLER AIR MASS DOES PACK A REASONABLE DEGREE OF COOLER AIR DEPTH. 850 MB TEMPS DO DROP TO NEAR 10C-14C BY THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL EQUATE TO HIGH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 WEST OF PLATEAU. WITH AFT DEWPOINTS DOWN INTO THE LOWER 50S IT WILL BE QUITE COMFORTABLE. AS THE UPPER TROUGH CENTERED OVER THE NEW ENGLAND STATES CONTINUES TO PRESS EASTWARD...HEIGHTS WILL AGAIN RISE AND TEMPS WILL WARM BACK INTO THE MID 80S BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. LOW LEVEL FLOW STILL LOOKS TO BE RATHER LAND LOCKED AND THUS...MOISTURE RETURN AND POPS WILL BE LIMITED. VERSUS THE MEX...WILL OPT TO TAKE THE UNDER ON MINS ON SAT AND SUN MORNINGS. 4 PANEL SFC TEMP COMPOSITE UNDERCUTS THE MEX MINS BY A CONSIDERABLE MARGIN EVEN THOUGH SFC HIGH PROXIMITY IS NOT REAL CLOSE. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 201 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 2013 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-111015- 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- 201 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MAIN CONCERNS WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO MINOR FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING STRIKES...AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... EVEN THOUGH ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF AND ISOLATED, SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO CALL IN ANYTHING REACHING REPORTING CRITERIA. 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 110 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 2013 TNZ058-093-094-101830- LAWRENCE-LEWIS-WAYNE- 110 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAWRENCE...LEWIS AND WAYNE COUNTIES... AT 110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE LEWIS...LAWRENCE COUNTY LINE AND IN NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE HOHENWALD. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES... POTENTIALLY SOME SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3544 8779 3560 8749 3535 8721 3517 8752 31
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 155 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 2013 TNZ005>008-022>028-056>062-075-093>095-110000- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS- DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON- MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-BEDFORD-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY... NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE... HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG... MURFREESBORO...SHELBYVILLE...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 155 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 2013 ...SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH STRONG THRESHOLDS...RESULTING IN BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF ONE...TO APPROACHING AROUND TWO INCHES AN HOUR...WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. THIS COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF TYPICAL LOW LYING PRONE AREAS ALONG WITH PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. CAUTION IS ADVISED TRAVELING ACROSS AREA ROADWAYS THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THIS PONDING OF WATER POTENTIAL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. WITH THE ELEVATION OF THE FREEZING LEVEL RATHER HIGH IN THE ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON...THE POTENTIAL OF HAIL REACHING THE SURFACE IS RATHER LOW. 31
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:18 UTC.
1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines were reported down on North Lake Drive in Brentwood due to a lightning strike.
Nickel sized hail was reported 4 miles northwest of Joelton, TN. This report was received via Facebook.
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, September 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: 478276, 478278.