Scattered slow-moving thunderstorms once again affected much of Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on August 11. A few reports of flash flooding and wind damage were received.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Scattered slow-moving thunderstorms once again affected much of Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on August 11. A few reports of flash flooding and wind damage 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 Aug 11, 11:59 AM CST, 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1259 PM CDT MON AUG 11 2014 .UPDATE... 18Z TAF DISCUSSION. && .AVIATION... CONVECTION DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THE MID STATE NOW WITH VCTS AT ALL AIRPORTS THROUGH 00-01Z. WILL MENTION TEMPO TSRA ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY AFFECT ALL AIRPORTS AT SOME POINT THIS AFTERNOON. BY THIS EVENING...CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH WITH FOG DEVELOPMENT BRINGING MVFR VIS TO BNA OVERNIGHT AND IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS TO CKV/CSV. LIGHT SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL BE LIGHT WEST TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. SHAMBURGER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1014 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2014/ UPDATE... SEVERAL PARAMETERS IN PLACE FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WITH UPPER TROUGH...SURFACE FRONT AND HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER ALONG WITH FAIRLY STRONG OMEGA. FORECAST ON TRACK. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 55
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 500 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2014 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-121030- 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 MON AUG 11 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALSO, MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ROSE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1125 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2014
TNZ008-009-111700-
MACON-SUMNER-
1125 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MACON AND SUMNER COUNTIES...
AT 1123 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WESTMORELAND...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE OAK GROVE...BETHPAGE AND
WESTMORELAND.
WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3664 8607 3648 8601 3647 8618 3648 8619
3649 8623 3647 8624 3647 8646 3659 8650
3665 8628
SHAMBURGERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1240 PM CDT MON AUG 11 2014
TNZ009-010-029>031-111830-
CLAY-JACKSON-MACON-SMITH-TROUSDALE-
1240 PM CDT MON AUG 11 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLAY...JACKSON...MACON...SMITH
AND TROUSDALE COUNTIES...
AT 1237 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DIXON SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM LAFAYETTE TO
CELINA.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE PLEASANT SHADE...RED BOILING
SPRING...WHITLEYVILLE...BOLES...MOSS AND CELINA.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3663 8586 3662 8539 3654 8539 3626 8600
3641 8613 3663 8587
SHAMBURGERThe Nashville radar (KOHX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:02 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Clay County EMA reported heavy rainfall caused minor street flooding in Celina as well as flooded parts of the county jail.
A tree was blown down on Cainsville Road south of Lebanon.
A tree was blown down on Dodson Branch Highway at Overton Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, August 2014
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: 534090, 534094, 534095.