Scattered slow-moving thunderstorms affected much of Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on August 9. A few reports of flash flooding were received.
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Scattered slow-moving thunderstorms affected much of Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on August 9. A few reports of flash flooding 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 9, 3:31 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 431 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014 .DISCUSSION... EXPECT THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM AND SHOWER ACTIVITY THAT IS STILL ONGOING TO DECREASE THIS EVENING AS THE AIR MASS OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE STABILIZES. SHOWERS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL CONTINUE TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BY MIDNIGHT ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF ANY SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA. LIGHT WINDS AND MOIST WARM AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL ALLOW FOR SOME PATCHY FOG TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT/EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. POPS INCREASE ONCE AGAIN ON SUNDAY AS WEAK NW FLOW CONTINUES...LESS CHANCE OF PRECIP TOMORROW THAN THERE WAS TODAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL DEVELOP AND DEEPEN OVER THE EASTERN U.S DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE WORK WEEK BRINGING A WEAK COLD FRONT THROUGH OUR AREA ON MONDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. DECENT CAPE VALUES AND HELICITIES COULD BE ENOUGH FOR SOME STRONG STORMS TO DEVELOP MONDAY EVENING WITH THE HELP OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. PWAT VALUES REMAIN AROUND 1.8 TO 2 INCHES DURING THE DAY WHICH MAY LEAD TO HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONDITIONS DRY OUT AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES EAST TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER...UPPER 80S...TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ENTERS THE FORECAST ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS WARM MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS TO THE AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 73 89 72 90 / 40 30 20 50 CLARKSVILLE 70 89 69 89 / 20 30 20 50 CROSSVILLE 69 80 67 81 / 40 50 40 50 COLUMBIA 72 88 72 88 / 40 30 20 50 LAWRENCEBURG 71 87 71 87 / 40 30 20 50 WAVERLY 71 89 70 89 / 20 30 20 50 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 509 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-101030- 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- 509 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 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, PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS IS POSSIBLE DURING HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. HOWEVER, NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND THROUGH TUESDAY, BUT NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ROSE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 546 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014 TNZ027-028-059-062-092330- DAVIDSON-RUTHERFORD-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- 546 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DAVIDSON...RUTHERFORD... WILLIAMSON AND WILSON COUNTIES... AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ANTIOCH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE OAK HILL...ANTIOCH...PERCY PRIEST LAKE...NOLENSVILLE...RURAL HILL...LA VERGNE AND SMYRNA. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3605 8632 3583 8647 3604 8683 3620 8670 07
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:29 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain resulted in flooding along Alf Threet Road and Taylor Place Road south of Jamestown with water flowing across the roadways.
Heavy rainfall resulted in flooding along several areas of Murfreesboro Road in southeast Nashville, including at Murfreesboro Road and Briley Parkway where a water rescue was conducted.
Heavy rainfall resulted in flooding around Woodbury forcing the closure of three roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 534047, 534046, 534048.