Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the late morning and afternoon hours on July 1, with additional storms forming in the evening and overnight hours into July 2. Several reports of wind damage were received.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the late morning and afternoon hours on July 1, with additional storms forming in the evening and overnight hours into July 2. Several 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 Jul 1, 8:35 AM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 935 AM CDT WED JUL 1 2015 .UPDATE...FOR MORNING DISCUSSION. && ,DISCUSSION... WITH AN MCS BEARING DOWN ON THE MID-STATE THIS MORNING AND THE FACT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS NOTHING TO STOP ITS CONTINUATION... HAVE BUMPED POPS ACROSS MIDDLE TN ACCORDINGLY. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE CLOSER TO MIDDLE TN...EXPECTATION IS FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. 1500-2000 J/KG CAPE VALUES AND THE MCS CREATING ITS OWN SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT OF BULK SHEAR VALUES IN THE 30-35KT RANGE MEANS THERE WILL BE A MARGINAL WIND THREAT...ALONG WITH HAIL AND PERIODS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IN SOME OF THE STRONGER CELLS. I ALSO ADDED A LITTLE RESOLUTION TO THE WX GRIDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING AS IT LOOKS LIKE WE WON'T BE COMPLETELY BLANKETED WITH RAINFALL THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WE COULD GET A BRIEF RESPITE IN THE 9 PM TO 3 AM TIME FRAME BEFORE ANOTHER MCS DEVELOPS UPSTREAM IN THE NW FLOW ALOFT AND HEADS TOWARDS THE MID-STATE FOR THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. UPDATES ARE OUT. UNGER && .AVIATION...12Z TAF DISCUSSION. MID STATE WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT FOR NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES TRANSIENT WITHIN THE FLOW TRIGGERING SHOWERS AND TSTORMS JUST ABOUT ANYTIME OF DAY OR NIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 27
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 503 AM CDT WED JUL 1 2015 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-021015- 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- 503 AM CDT WED JUL 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY SPREAD INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG OR SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. IN ADDITION...AREAS THAT SEE REPEATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY SEE HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON THURSDAY...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS AFFECTING THE AREA ON FRIDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG OR SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. IN ADDITION...AREAS THAT SEE REPEATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY SEE HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TODAY...THURSDAY...AND FRIDAY. SHAMBURGER
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:08 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and power lines were blown down with power outages in Waverly. A tree was blown down on a house on Duffle Street.
Several trees and power lines were blown down with power outages in McEwen.
A barn roof was blown off on Manley Loop.
Trees were blown down along Eno Road at Highway 48 South.
Trees were blown down near Mile Marker 171 on I-40 south of Dickson.
Trees were blown down on Highway 48 North between Dickson and Charlotte.
Large tree was blown down on Clarksville Pike.
Trees were blown down blocking the road near the intersection of Beechcroft Road and Dr. Robertson Road.
Lightning struck a home on Skyview Drive near Bluegrass Drive. The resulting fire destroyed the home.
Two trees down were blown down in Shelbyville, one on Collier Avenue and another 1 mile south of the Shelbyville Municipal Airport. The KSYI AWOS at Shelbyville Municipal Airport measured a wind gust of 52 mph.
Lightning struck a house causing a fire in Leoma. Extent of damage is unknown.
A large tree branch was snapped by an estimated wind gust of 50 mph.
WKRN-TV reported numerous trees were blown down across Ashland City. One tree fell on top of a car at 119 W. McQuarry Street. Other trees were blown down on Fairgrounds Road and on Bell Street.
WSMV-TV reported a tree blown down on Woodmont Blvd at Granny White Pike.
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