A weak cold front moving southward out of Kentucky spawned numerous showers and thunderstorms throughout Middle Tennessee from the late evening hours on June 4 and continuing throughout the day on June 5. Many reports of damaging winds were received with these storms.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
A weak cold front moving southward out of Kentucky spawned numerous showers and thunderstorms throughout Middle Tennessee from the late evening hours on June 4 and continuing throughout the day on June 5. Many reports of damaging winds were received with these storms. In addition, as the front stalled across southwest Middle Tennessee early on June 5, thunderstorms began training across the same areas from Lobelville to Pulaski, dumping up to 8 inches of rain and causing major flash flooding. The flooding damaged numerous roads, homes, and businesses, and resulted in 2 fatalities due to drowning.
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 Jun 4, 7:40 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 840 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014 .UPDATE... HEAVY RAINFALL APPEARS TO BE MASSING ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF KY. 1 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS ARE LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE. JUST POPULATED WITH THE LATEST HPC QPF GUIDANCE AND IT DOES INDEED JACK UP OUR QPF FOR THE OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...FFG LOOKS SAFE AT THIS POINT AND A WIDESPREAD FLOOD EVENT IS NOT EXPECTED. WILL GO AHEAD AND ADD THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE GRIDS. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL THREAT WILL MOVE INTO OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT SO I WILL INCLUDE THAT AS WELL. OTHERWISE...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES. 2 SEVERE CELLS ARE NOTED ON RADAR. ONE IS SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN AND THE OTHER NORTH OF HOPKINSVILLE. BOTH OF THESE WILL TRANSLATE EAST SOUTHEAST AND THE CONVECTION SHOULD REACH OUR NORTHERN MOST COUNTIES BETWEEN 9 PM AND 11 PM. LAPS HELICITY VALUES DO INCREASE SOME AS WE MOVE TOWARD OUR PLATEAU. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 708 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014/ UPDATE...FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. AVIATION...00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. LOOKING FOR OVERALL BEST CHANCE OF SHWRS/TSTMS ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPING MCS TO IMPACT TAF SITES 05/02Z-05/05Z CKV...05/03Z-05/06Z BNA...TO 05/05Z-05/08Z...WITH SOME CONVECTIVE GUSTS TO 40KTS ALSO POSSIBLE. SOME HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED WITH THIS BEST WINDOW OF TSTMS TOO. EXPECT DEVELOPING MCS TO PASS S OF THESE AREAS AFTER 05/05Z E - 05/08Z W WITH VCSH POSSIBLE. WITH SFC BOUNDARY NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO MID STATE UNTIL 18Z ON THU...WILL ADDRESS CONTINUED POTENTIAL OF TSTMS THRU 05/24Z WITH VCTS REMARKS. PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 331 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014/ MESOSCALE UPDATE...FINAL THOUGHTS LINE OF CONVECTION FROM JUST SOUTH OF SAINT LOUIS EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. ELEVATED MIXED LAYER FROM OKLAHOMA EASTWARD INTO TENNESSEE BEGINNING TO RELAX A BIT OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE AT 20Z. 35-40 KNOT 850 MBAR JET PUNCHING UP ALONG THE OHIO RIVER WITH A NORTHWESTERLY 500 MBAR JET INTERSECTING. ALL THIS IN AREA OF TORNADO WATCHES. PRECIPITABLE WATER CLOSE TO 2 INCHES WILL ADVECT SOUTHEASTWARD TONIGHT FROM SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ONCE THE INITIAL LINE OF CONVECTION ARRIVES HERE IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS EVENING IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL POSSIBLY FOR SEVERAL HOURS AT SOME LOCATIONS IN THE MID STATE THAT COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THIS IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS WITH THE INITIAL LINE OF CONVECTION. ARRIVAL TIMES IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSION STILL ON TRACK. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 542 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-051000- 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- 542 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT. A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AS THE EVENING HOURS PROGRESS AND THEN MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE MID STATE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...HOWEVER...HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND AS THIS COMPLEX MOVES SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH...PONDING OF WATERS ON ROADWAYS TO ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING COULD ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS EACH DAY. WHILE DIURNALLY DRIVEN THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES MAY DEVELOP UPSTREAM AND MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO THE MID- STATE AREA WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...HOWEVER...HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...AS WELL AS DURING THE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. 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 533 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-051000- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...ERIN...WAVERLY... DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET... HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON... JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN... BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY... SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA... MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...WAYNESBORO... LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 533 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT... A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN KENTUCKY AND PUSH INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE EARLY THIS EVENING AND MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE MID STATE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HOURS...EVENTUALLY PUSHING SOUTH OF THE MID STATE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. WITHIN THIS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...WITH MAIN THREATS BEING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. HOWEVER...HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN ALSO NOT BE RULED OUT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH FLASH FLOODING BEING POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS AS THESE STORMS MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE MID STATE. FOR THOSE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS EVENING...CAUTION IS ADVISED...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA...WHERE THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA INTEREST...AND ALSO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NASHVILLE FOR THE LATEST ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. 31
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
915 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014
TNZ009-010-050245-
CLAY-MACON-
915 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLAY AND MACON COUNTIES...
AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR TOMPKINSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE BOLES...MOSS AND CELINA.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
LAT...LON 3663 8584 3662 8544 3661 8541 3648 8558
3663 8607 3664 8605
31SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1005 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014
TNZ008-050330-
SUMNER-
1005 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SUMNER COUNTY...
AT 1005 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FRANKLIN...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE MITCHELLVILLE...PORTLAND...OAK
GROVE AND WESTMORELAND.
SMALL HAIL...WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH.....BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3665 8635 3665 8621 3664 8621 3650 8623
3656 8660 3661 8659 3665 8655 3666 8651
3666 8635
31SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1032 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014
TNZ008-009-029-050400-
MACON-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-
1032 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MACON...SUMNER AND TROUSDALE
COUNTIES...
AT 1031 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR WESTMORELAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE OAK GROVE...BETHPAGE...
WESTMORELAND AND LAFAYETTE.
HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3664 8622 3662 8579 3638 8620 3657 8660
3665 8654 3666 8651 3666 8644
31The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:50 UTC.
13 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 3 heavy rain, 1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and power lines were blown down around Woodlawn.
Significant wind damage was reported in Centerville with other wind damage all across Hickman County. A hotel and a tobacco store in Centerville suffered roof damage and many other buildings with sheet metal roofs were also damaged. Some billboards were blown down as were several road signs and a flag pole. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down all across the county.
Sixteen trees were blown down across northern Warren County.
CoCoRaHS Station Hohenwald 2.2 SE measured a rainfall of 7.33 inches from midnight through 8 AM CDT.
The Trinity Church of the Nazarene on Vultee Boulevard was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire. This was the second time the church had been struck by lightning, as it was previously struck in July 2012.
Numerous trees were blown down all across Maury County.
A microburst struck southern Franklin along Henpeck Lane and in the Oak Leaf subdivision. A power pole was snapped along Henpeck Lane and several homes suffered minor roof and siding damage. Dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted. Winds were estimated around 70 mph.
Several trees were blown down in Shelbyville with one tree falling onto a house.
Major flash flooding affected much of Lewis County throughout the day on June 5 with numerous road closures, including Highway 412 in Hohenwald which was under water. The worst flooding was in the Buffalo River area of southern Lewis County, where several bridges were washed out.
Major and widespread flash flooding occurred across northern Lawrence County, with several homes flooded and road closures due to roads being washed out in up to 20 different places. A 72 year old man drowned when his car was swept off the washed-out roadway at the intersection of Denson Road and Highway 240 in Summertown. Three people were rescued out of a flooded house at 35 Waterfork Road in Henryville. Buffalo Road at Highway 242 was down to one lane due to flooding. Highway 240 had 1 foot of water over the roadway. Branch Drive and Lance Drive in Lawrenceburg were also flooded.
Several roadways were flooded across Maury County with one water rescue performed due to a person trapped in a vehicle.
Several roads were flooded all across Hickman County with numerous road closures. A 6 year old boy drowned on East Beaverdam Road southwest of Centerville when his family tried to drive their vehicle through flood waters from Beaver Dam Creek that had covered the roadway. The vehicle stalled in the high water, with the boy being swept away. Rescue searches did not find the child's body until two days later, where it was discovered three-quarters of a mile downstream.
Widespread flash flooding affected much of Giles County with several roads flooded and closed. Two people were rescued from vehicles stranded in flood waters.
Widespread and major flash flooding affected much of Perry County with several homes and businesses flooded. Many roadways were also flooded and closed, including Main Street in Lobelville.
Several trees were snapped and uprooted across northern Lawrence County including on Oaks Road.
Numerous trees were blown down all across Giles County.
The Buffalo River Gauge at Lobelville measured 7.45 inches of rain from midnight through 855 AM CDT.
Public reported 5.50 inches of rain fell from midnight through 1155 AM CDT.
A few trees were blown down in Clifton.
A few trees were blown down in Waynesboro.
One tree was snapped in Leoma.
Trees were blown down on State Highway 438 West.
Trees were blown down at the intersection of Little Dry Creek and Fields Road.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Lawrence | 2014-06-05 | 72 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
| Flash Flood, Hickman | 2014-06-05 | 6 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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, June 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: 512980, 512981, 512982, 517172, 512983, 512984, 512986, 512987, 512988, 517170, 517173, 517174, 517176, 517345, 517347, 512989, 517171, 517175, 517348, 517350, 517351, 517352, 517353, 517354.