A cluster of showers and thunderstorms moved quickly across Middle Tennessee during the late afternoon and evening hours on April 11. One report of wind damage was received.
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A cluster of showers and thunderstorms moved quickly across Middle Tennessee during the late afternoon and evening hours on April 11. One report of wind damage was 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 Apr 11, 5:38 PM CST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 638 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2014 .UPDATE...FOR 00Z AVIATION FORECASTS. && .AVIATION...A STATIONARY FRONT WAS DRAPED ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING, WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE UNSTABLE AIR JUST SOUTH OF THE FRONT, OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF THE MID STATE. EXPECT MOST OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS TO DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING AND DISSIPATE BTWN 02Z AND 05Z. AS OF 2330Z, THE SHOWERS AND STORMS HAD ALREADY PASSED SOUTH OF CKV, ALTHOUGH BNA COULD SEE VCTS THROUGH 02Z OR SO, WITH MAINLY JUST VCSH AT CSV BTWN 02Z AND 05Z. MVFR VSBY EXPECTED AT CKV AND CSV LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, BTWN 11Z AND 13Z. AFTER THAT, EXPECT VFR AT ALL TERMINALS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. SOUTHERLY SFC WINDS BECOME GUSTY BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON, WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 20-25KTS. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 500 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2014 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-121000- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-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 FRI APR 11 2014 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. SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY WITH MAIN CONCERNS BEING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. FROST OR FREEZE CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE WEDNESDAY MORNING. .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
628 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2014
TNZ023>025-056-057-120030-
DICKSON-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-PERRY-
628 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DICKSON...HICKMAN...HOUSTON...
HUMPHREYS AND PERRY COUNTIES...
AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...JUST WEST OF HUMPHREYS COUNTY
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE NEW JOHNSONVILLE...WAVERLY...
HURRICANE MILLS...BUCKSNORT...PINEWOOD...DICKSON...LYLES...BON AQUA
AND BURNS.
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL.
LAT...LON 3600 8801 3605 8800 3613 8792 3617 8792
3622 8796 3627 8727 3572 8734 3576 8799
3584 8797 3587 8794 3593 8793 3594 8801
3598 8803
19The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down at Paint Rock Road and Bakerville Road east of New Johnsonville.
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