During the afternoon, strong to severe thunderstorms developed over southern Middle Tennessee. Continued development in western Tennessee resulted in training cells over the southern counties resulting in some flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
During the afternoon, strong to severe thunderstorms developed over southern Middle Tennessee. Continued development in western Tennessee resulted in training cells over the southern counties resulting in some flash flooding.
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 Jul 8, 12:56 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 156 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014 .DISCUSSION... STEPPED OUTSIDE AND NOTICED WE STILL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF ALTOCUMULUS OVERHEAD INDICATIVE OF WARM ADVECTION AT THAT LEVEL. TEMPS ARE WARMING AT 700 MBARS WITH +8 CELSIUS ALONG THE PLATEAU TO A +10 CELSIUS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND EVEN WARMER 700 TEMPS BACK IN OKLAHOMA THAT ARE GETTING ADVECTED EASTWARD TOWARD ARKANSAS...BUT STILL NOT ENOUGH TO CAP US OFF. SURFACE FRONT DRAPED DOWN THROUGH FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THEN DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THEN INTO OKLAHOMA. FRONT IS SLOWING ON SOUTH END WITH 35 KNOT WESTERLY LOW LEVEL JET BOOTHEEL INTO WEST TENNESSEE. STILL A LOT OF CONVECTIVE INHIBITION TO OVERCOME AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE. STILL BEST SURFACE BASED LI'S IN EASTERN ARKANSAS INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE ALONG WITH 2 INCH PRECIPITABLE WATER THAT IS BEING TRANSPORTED IN THIS DIRECTION. ALL IN ALL THINK IT WILL BE LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE WE SEE DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF FRONT AND IT MAY BE EVEN AFTER 23Z THIS EVENING. BEST AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE BOOTHEEL AND ALONG KENTUCKY/TENNESSEE BORDER. AM BEGINNING TO SEE SOME NEWLY DEVELOPED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG ALABAMA BORDER WORKING EASTWARD. THIS IN AN AREA OF HIGH SURFACE BASED CAPES AND LI'S DOWN AROUND -6. STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SURFACE FRONT WILL BISECT MID STATE ON WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHER POPS GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. COULD STILL SEE SOME STRONG STORMS SOUTHERN AREAS WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS ON WEDNESDAY WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY AS FRONT SINKS SOUTH OF MID STATE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. I KEPT A SMALL POP IN FOR SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND PLATEAU FOR WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH FRONT NEARBY. UPPER TROUGH DOMINATES INTO FRIDAY BUT UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN AS WE GO THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH UPPER TROUGH DIGGING DOWN EATING INTO UPPER RIDGE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK. THEREFORE I KEPT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY DRY THEN INTRODUCED A SMALL POP FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND INCREASED POPS MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS NORTHWEST FLOW DOMINATES EARLY IN THE WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 70 87 66 88 / 70 40 20 05 CLARKSVILLE 67 87 62 88 / 60 20 10 05 CROSSVILLE 68 80 62 83 / 60 60 30 20 COLUMBIA 70 86 64 87 / 70 60 20 05 LAWRENCEBURG 71 86 65 89 / 70 70 30 05 WAVERLY 69 87 64 88 / 60 30 10 05 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && BOYD 01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 506 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-091015- 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- 506 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE TIMING OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WILL BE FROM 9 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF THE MID STATE...AND MIDNIGHT UNTIL 3 AM FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF. SOME SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO THAT TIME ACROSS SOUTHERN MIDDLE TN AS WELL. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CREATE A LOCALIZED FLASH FLOOD THREAT...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...BUT ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE CLOSER TO THE ALABAMA STATE LINE. STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN 21
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
502 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014
TNZ056-093-082230-
PERRY-WAYNE-
502 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN PERRY AND NORTHERN
WAYNE COUNTIES...
AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CLIFTON AND LINDEN...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE FLATWOODS AND WAYNESBORO.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
LAT...LON 3546 8805 3550 8798 3553 8798 3559 8802
3563 8771 3526 8771 3535 8801 3539 8803
3540 8798 3541 8798 3542 8802 3543 8804
SHAMBURGERThe Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:14 UTC.
4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 strong wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Two small trees were reported down near the intersection of Spring Street and Highway 41 in the city of Manchester.
Hail up to the size of nickels was reported just east of Eagleville.
Minor flooding occurred in and around the city of Waynesboro. Water was covering the roadway at Woodtown Street. Also, minor flooding was reported along portion of highway 99 and Mink Branch Road.
A tree was reported down on Long Branch Road via Facebook.
WLX Radio reports trees limbs down on Busby Road between Loretto and Westpoint.
A tree was reported down on State Line Road near St. Joseph via Facebook.
Report of flooding on Railroad Bed Road at Natchez Trace Parkway in Collinwood.
Six to eight inches of water was approaching a house on Thompson Hollow Road. The road was covered by water and impassable.
The Lawrenceburg Sheriff's office reported South Chisholm Creek Road washed out due to heavy rain.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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