Scattered strong to marginally severe thunderstorms spread across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on July 7. A couple of reports of wind damage were received.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Scattered strong to marginally severe thunderstorms spread across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on July 7. A couple of 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 7, 3:03 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 403 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015 .DISCUSSION... WILL BREAK OUT A LATE AFTERNOON ZONE GROUPING TO DEAL WITH SHWRS/TSTMS MOVING INTO MID STATE. OTHERWISE...WENT CLOSE TO REASONING OF MORNING SUITE OF FORECAST PRODUCTS AND FORECAST REASONING KEEPING SHWRS AND TSTMS IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT THRU THU NIGHT WITH MAINLY ISO SHWRS/TSTMS EXPECTED AND NEAR SEASONAL TEMPS. LOOK FOR UPPER LEVEL RIDGING INFLUENCES TO BUILD INTO THE REGION LATER IN THE WORK WEEK...OVER THIS WEEKEND...AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK...ALLOWING FOR A DRYING BUT WARMING TREND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 73 90 73 91 / 40 30 10 20 CLARKSVILLE 72 87 72 87 / 60 40 20 20 CROSSVILLE 70 84 70 86 / 40 30 10 10 COLUMBIA 72 91 72 92 / 40 20 10 10 LAWRENCEBURG 72 90 71 92 / 20 20 10 10 WAVERLY 72 89 72 89 / 60 30 20 20 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 550 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-081030- 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- 550 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
336 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015
TNZ005-023-024-072115-
STEWART TN-HUMPHREYS TN-HOUSTON TN-
336 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HOUSTON...NORTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS
AND SOUTHERN STEWART COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 335 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARIS
LANDING STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOVER...ERIN...TENNESSEE RIDGE...CUMBERLAND CITY...HOUSTON COUNTY
AIRPORT AND INDIAN MOUND.
LAT...LON 3657 8763 3619 8756 3617 8792 3622 8795
3625 8795 3626 8794 3631 8796 3635 8798
3638 8801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 252DEG 28KT 3631 8801
SHAMBURGERThe Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:30 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down on Ryes Chapel Road and Old Highway 48 in southeast Montgomery County.
One tree was blown down on Hygeia Road south of Greenbrier, and another tree was blown down in the backyard of a home in Greenbrier.
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, July 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: 595805, 595806.