A series of isolated to scattered storms impacted much of Middle Tennessee in the late morning and continuing through the afternoon hours. A line of storms then approached from the west during the late afternoon and into the evening hours.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 series of isolated to scattered storms impacted much of Middle Tennessee in the late morning and continuing through the afternoon hours. A line of storms then approached from the west during the late afternoon and into the evening hours.
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 May 14, 9:45 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1045 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014 .UPDATE... LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE MID STATE EARLIER THIS MORNING NOW WELL OFF TO THE NORTH AFTER DROPPING FAIRLY WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE ALREADY FORMED AND NOW ENTERING THE UPPER CUMBERLAND REGION AND SOUTHWEST MID TN. WITH STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS WESTERN ZONES AND DEEPENING SURFACE LOW MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION...EXPECTING OFF AND ON SHOWERS AND STORMS AREAWIDE THE REST OF TODAY. HIGHEST COVERAGE LOOKS TO BE GENERALLY AROUND THE I-65 CORRIDOR TO EAST OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WITH SOMEWHAT LESS COVERAGE FAR WEST AND ON PLATEAU. SEVERE RISK STILL APPARENT ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL SURFACE HEATING...AND HAVE ALREADY SEEN SOME WEAK ROTATION IN SOME OF THE STRONGER UPDRAFTS. BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY IN THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80 UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY STRONGER STORMS TODAY...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO AS LLJ CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN. HAVE ADDED MENTION OF SEVERE STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO GRIDS AND ZONES FOR REST OF TODAY AS WELL AS RAISED POPS. UPDATED PRODUCTS ALREADY SENT. SHAMBURGER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 645 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014/ AVIATION... UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN IN STORE FOR THIS TAF PD AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES TOWARD THE AREA. AS A SFC LOW DEVELOPS ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND MOVES NORTHWARD...SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS MIDDLE TN. AS WE GET BEYOND 00Z...AREAL COVERAGE OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD DECREASE. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 352 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014/ DISCUSSION... TROUGH INVERSION BEGINNING TO SETUP ACROSS THE MID AND DEEP SOUTH. LATEST SFC ANALYSIS PLACES THE TROUGH AXIS ACROSS SRN MS AND EXTENDS NORTHWARD TOWARD MIDDLE TN. MEANWHILE...UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NATIONS INTERIOR AND WILL BEGIN TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD. AS THE STRONGER UPPER DYNAMICS BEGIN TO OVERLAP THE DEVELOPING SFC TROUGH...CYCLOGENESIS IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE LATER TODAY WITH THE SFC LOW DEVELOPING ACROSS MIDDLE TN THIS AFTERNOON. THE SFC LOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK OFF TO THE NORTH AND INTENSIFY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL ACT TO KEEP THE BETTER SHEAR TO OUR NORTH. NEVERTHELESS...THE DEEP SOUTHERLY MOIST FLOW AND NEGATIVE SHOWALTER VALUES MEANS SHOWERS AND TSTMS FOR THE AREA TODAY. POPS WILL BE IN THE LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL LEVEL. TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THE WIND SHIFT LOOKS AS THOUGH IT WILL TAKE PLACE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. AT THAT TIME...THE STRONG UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL BE ON A SLOW APPROACH WITH THE MAIN VORT CENTER STILL TO OUR WEST. SOME DESCENT POS VORT ADVECTION WILL BE IN PLACE AND WILL CONTINUE WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR LATE TONIGHT. COOLER WEATHER WITH A CONTINUING LOW CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO A GOOD 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...COMPLIMENTS OF THE STRONG AND SLOW MOVING UPPER TROUGH. IN THE EXT FCST...UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL FINALLY MOVE EAST OF TN BY THIS WEEKEND. HOWEVER...HEIGHT VALUES ARE STILL RATHER FLAT AND THE BELOW NORMAL TEMPS WILL REMAIN INTO SUNDAY. LOW RAIN CHANCES WILL PERSIST AS WELL AS A FEW WEAK IMPULSES TRAVERSE THE AREA. BY THE VERY END OF THE EXTENDED...A STRONG UPPER HIGH WILL ATTEMPT TO GRAB A FOOTHOLD ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY. 850 MB TEMPS WILL SOAR ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE UPPER HIGH WITH THERMAL RIDGING ATTEMPTING TO SPREAD OUR WAY. BY TUESDAY...HIGHS BACK UP INTO THE MID 80S LOOKS LIKELY. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 55
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 426 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-151030- 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- 426 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1047 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
TNZ028-030-063-064-141615-
CANNON-DE KALB-SMITH-WILSON-
1047 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CANNON...WESTERN DE
KALB...SOUTHERN SMITH AND SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTIES...
AT 1044 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR AUBURNTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE LIBERTY...DOWELLTOWN...
ALEXANDRIA...HICKMAN AND GORDONSVILLE.
WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3618 8581 3583 8605 3587 8617 3590 8616
3591 8614 3599 8617 3625 8605
SHAMBURGERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1057 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
TNZ063-064-078-141630-
CANNON-DE KALB-WARREN-
1057 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CANNON...SOUTHERN DE
KALB AND NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTIES...
AT 1054 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CENTERTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE CENTERTOWN...SMITHVILLE AND
DOWELLTOWN.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3597 8567 3566 8597 3565 8603 3565 8607
3566 8610 3604 8596
SHAMBURGERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1127 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1124 AM HAIL SMITHVILLE 35.96N 85.82W
05/14/2014 E0.50 INCH DE KALB TN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED.
&&
EVENT NUMBER OHX1400339
SHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1127 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014 TNZ009-030-031-141700- JACKSON-MACON-SMITH- 1127 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JACKSON...MACON AND SMITH COUNTIES... AT 1126 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CARTHAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE SOUTH CARTHAGE...CARTHAGE... GRANVILLE AND PLEASANT SHADE. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3645 8593 3643 8563 3619 8587 3624 8602 AL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1128 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
TNZ032-064-141700-
DE KALB-PUTNAM-
1128 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DE KALB AND PUTNAM COUNTIES...
AT 1126 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SMITHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE SMITHVILLE...EDGAR EVANS STATE
PARK...CENTER HILL LAKE AND BAXTER.
AT 1124 AM...HALF INCH SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SMITHVILLE WITH
THIS STORM.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3623 8574 3622 8566 3622 8562 3623 8559
3620 8551 3587 8578 3597 8596 3612 8585
3614 8580 3617 8581 3617 8579 3618 8580
3624 8578
SHAMBURGERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1149 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
TNZ010-031-033-141715-
CLAY-JACKSON-OVERTON-
1149 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLAY...EASTERN JACKSON AND
WESTERN OVERTON COUNTIES...
AT 1147 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DODSONS CHAPEL...MOVING NORTH AT
30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE STANDING STONE STATE
PARK...CELINA...AND DALE HOLLOW LAKE.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3657 8529 3630 8547 3630 8549 3626 8551
3626 8553 3625 8553 3624 8555 3625 8557
3660 8562
SHAMBURGERThe Nashville radar (KOHX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:51 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter sized hail was reported near the Jackson County and Putnam County line in southeastern Jackson County.
A tree was reported blown down at a daycare center on Lebanon Road in Donelson. Limbs were blown down across the Donelson area as well.
A hay shed was blown down, a roof was damaged, and numerous trees were blown down near Maddux Cemetary in Putnam County.
A tree was reported blown down across Stone Road near the community of Doyle.
Up to 1.5 inch diameter hail was reported by WKRN Channel 2.
Multiple trees down and power outages reported around 6105 Murfreesboro Road near the Cedars of Lebanon State Park.
A tree was blown down in McFerrin Park in East Nashville. The tree knocked down phone and cable lines. Report was submitted via Twitter.
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, May 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: 518203, 518242, 518215, 518222, 518207, 518226, 518240.