Strong southerly gradient winds out ahead of an approaching line of showers and thunderstorms caused scattered wind damage throughout Middle Tennessee from late in the evening on November 17 into the early morning hours on November 18. Peak wind gusts were measured between 40 and 60 mph at many locations.
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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.
Strong southerly gradient winds out ahead of an approaching line of showers and thunderstorms caused scattered wind damage throughout Middle Tennessee from late in the evening on November 17 into the early morning hours on November 18. Peak wind gusts were measured between 40 and 60 mph at many locations.
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 Nov 17, 8:46 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 846 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015 .UPDATE...FOR PUBLIC FORECAST. && .DISCUSSION...BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS NOW ON THE MS RIVER, AND PUSHING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. LOOKS LIKE THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIP WILL REACH THE TN RIVER CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT, AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN COUNTIES BTWN 06Z AND 12Z. SHOWERS HAVE BEEN DECREASING IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A BAND OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS JUST AHEAD OF THESE SHOWERS. SFC OBS HAVE SHOWN GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH IN THIS BAND, WHICH COULD EASILY BREAK TREE LIMBS AND EVEN DOWN SOME SHALLOW ROOTED TREES. WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY. STILL LOOKS LIKE HIGH SHEAR LOW CAPE ENVIRONMENT, SO BLV TSTMS WILL BE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. SOME OF THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE IN THAT BAND JUST AHEAD OF THE PRECIP. HAVE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO TIMING OF PRECIP FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT, WITH A GENERAL TREND OF LOWERING POPS A BIT EAST OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR. HAVE ALSO LOWERED BNA'S POP TO 52% FOR LATE TONIGHT. HAVE ALSO UPDATED GRIDS THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HRS ON WED TO SHOW A MORE NOTICEABLE PROGRESSION OF THE FRONT ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 66 68 46 62 / 50 100 10 0 CLARKSVILLE 62 65 43 61 / 100 100 10 0 CROSSVILLE 63 68 47 61 / 10 100 40 0 COLUMBIA 65 67 42 63 / 70 100 10 0 LAWRENCEBURG 64 67 43 63 / 70 100 10 0 WAVERLY 61 62 44 62 / 100 100 10 0 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR TNZ005>011-023>034- 056>066-075-077>080-093>095. && 19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 500 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-181100- 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 CST TUE NOV 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. SOME TREE BRANCHES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. A FEW ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES ESPECIALLY FOR LARGE VEHICLES AND TRUCKS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM WEST TO EAST ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH SOME MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND OTHER LOW LYING LOCATIONS. A FEW STORMS COULD ALSO BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SHAMBURGER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Facebook report indicated a tree was blown down onto a parked car and knocked down power lines on South High Street in Columbia.
A Facebook report indicated a 57 mph wind gust was measured on a home weather station in Monteagle. A few trees and power lines were reportedly blown down.
A Facebook report indicated a large tree was blown down onto a home on North Oak Street in Springfield and damaged the roof.
Power lines were blown down knocking out power to over 2200 people in the Hillsboro area.
A tSpotter report via Twitter indicated a tree was blown down onto a carport and blocked the driveway of a home in Inglewood around 316 AM CST. TV media also reported a few other trees and power lines blown down across Davidson County. A peak wind gust of 44 mph was measured at the Nashville International Airport ASOS at 437 AM CST.
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, November 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: 606259, 606257, 606258, 606256, 606260.