A line of scattered strong to severe thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on April 2. A few reports of wind damage were received.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
A line of scattered strong to severe thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on April 2. A few reports of 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 Apr 2, 2:00 PM CST, 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 300 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015 .DISCUSSION... MAIN SFC BOUNDARY STRETCHES FROM MI SW ACROSS OK. ORGANIZED LINEAR CONVECTION NOW FIRING EAST OF THE BOUNDARY AND IS AS CLOSE AS WESTERN KY....JUST NW OF STEWART COUNTY. FURTHER SOUTH...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED TSTMS HAVE MOVED JUST EAST OF THE TN RIVER. THE BOUNDARY AND THE ASSOCIATED SFC LOW WILL MAKE SOME PROGRESS OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...THE BETTER LOW LEVEL FORCING IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH OF TN WITH THE SFC LOW TRACKING ACROSS WESTERN KY. BY 12Z...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL MAY REACH AS FAR SOUTH AS OUR NORTHERN BORDER...BUT CLEARLY THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WILL BE TO OUR NORTH. WILL INCLUDE AVG QPF VALUES OF JUST OVER OVER ONE HALF INCH NORTHWEST...WILL LESSER VALUES AS YOU GO SOUTH AND EAST. AS FAR AS TSTMS FOR THIS AFTERNOON...A FEW COULD REACH STRONG TO SEVERE LIMITS BUT IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE BETTER CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION WILL BE TOMORROW. ON FRIDAY...THE MAIN FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CROSS THE AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...MORE IN THE WAY OF INSTABILITY CAN BE EXPECTED. 850 MB FLOW WILL REACH 40 KTS AND COUPLE WITH SOME DESCENT LOW LEVEL FORCING. SPC CURRENTLY HAS THE AREA IN AN ENHANCED RISK. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR DOES NOT LOOK ALL THAT STRONG AND THUS...DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. OTW...QPF TOTALS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH ARE EXPECTED. SOME LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL EXIST FOR A SHORT SPELL IN WAKE OF THE FROPA. FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTIAL CLEARING TOWARD SUNRISE AND THAT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR MOSTLY SUNNY/CLEAR SKIES SAT AND SAT NT. FOR THE SHORT TERM TEMPS...AFTER HIGHS IN THE 70S ON FRIDAY...TEMPS WILL COOL DOWN TO SEASONAL LEVELS. IN THE EXT FCST...AN ACTIVE SUBTROPICAL JET WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN. SFC HIGH...THAT WILL BRING THE SEASONAL WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND...WILL SHIFT EAST WITH A DEEPER SOUTHERLY FLOW SETTING UP. SFC BOUNDARY WILL SET UP AND EXTEND FROM TX ENE ACROSS IL...IN AND OH. WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR...THAT MID TN WILL BE UNDER...MODELS HINT TOWARD A SERIES OF IMPULSES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THUS...SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL BE INCLUDED THROUGH THE PERIOD. BY LATE IN THE WEEK...THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL FINALLY REACH OUR AREA WITH PERHAPS SOME HEAVIER RAINFALL TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 63 76 45 62 / 50 80 60 0 CLARKSVILLE 61 73 41 60 / 80 80 50 0 CROSSVILLE 59 71 44 59 / 40 80 70 0 COLUMBIA 63 77 45 62 / 30 80 50 0 LAWRENCEBURG 61 76 46 62 / 30 80 50 0 WAVERLY 61 75 41 60 / 60 80 50 0 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 500 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-031000- 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 THU APR 2 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LOBELVILLE TO NASHVILLE TO LAFAYETTE LINE FOR THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE. MAIN CONCERNS WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALMOST ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. PICKETT... FENTRESS...AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES ARE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. MAIN CONCERNS WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. PATCHY FROST FORMATION MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED IN THE MID 30S IN LOW LYING AND SHELTER AREAS AND ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU REGION. .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 31
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
207 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
TNZ032>034-066-021945-
CUMBERLAND-FENTRESS-OVERTON-PUTNAM-
207 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CUMBERLAND...FENTRESS...OVERTON
AND PUTNAM COUNTIES...
AT 206 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONTEREY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE MONTEREY...CRAWFORD...
CLARKRANGE...GRIMSLEY AND ALLARDT.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE WATER TO RISE OVER ROADS AND FLOOD LOW
LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
LAT...LON 3629 8480 3628 8487 3624 8487 3621 8491
3616 8490 3612 8485 3598 8527 3599 8530
3601 8532 3603 8531 3604 8534 3612 8541
3651 8491 3633 8477
ROSEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
217 PM CDT THU APR 02 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 PM TSTM WND GST 8 NNW SPARTA 36.04N 85.53W
04/02/2015 M60 MPH WHITE TN AWOS
SPARTA AIRPORT
&&
EVENT NUMBER OHX1500416
MROSESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
321 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
TNZ005-006-023-022100-
HOUSTON-MONTGOMERY-STEWART-
321 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HOUSTON...MONTGOMERY AND STEWART
COUNTIES...
AT 318 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ERIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE INDIAN MOUND...CUMBERLAND CITY...
PALMYRA...WOODLAWN...CUNNINGHAM AND CLARKSVILLE.
HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3642 8723 3630 8767 3649 8775 3665 8745
3665 8730
11SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
323 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
TNZ024-025-057-022115-
DICKSON-HICKMAN-HUMPHREYS-
323 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DICKSON...HICKMAN AND HUMPHREYS
COUNTIES...
AT 321 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HURRICANE MILLS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE BUCKSNORT...PINEWOOD...NUNNELLY...
LYLES...BON AQUA...DICKSON AND BURNS.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3615 8731 3589 8721 3585 8722 3577 8772
3584 8772 3584 8776 3594 8780
ROSEThe Nashville radar (KOHX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:41 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Facebook report indicated several shingles ripped off a house roof and items thrown around in yard.
A Facebook report indicated power lines were blown down blocking one lane of traffic at Old Cox Pike at Crow Cut Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, April 2015
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: 567079, 567080.