Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 9, 2015

Name: Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 9, 2015
Start: 2015-10-09T12:57
End: 2015-10-09T12:57
Location: Tennessee

October 9, 2015 · NWS OHX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Scattered showers and non-severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours on October 9. One report of wind damage was received in downtown Nashville.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $15,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.

Scattered showers and non-severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours on October 9. One report of wind damage was received in downtown Nashville.

What forecasters said that day

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 Oct 9, 10:11 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 10:11 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1111 AM CDT FRI OCT 9 2015

.UPDATE...CLOUDS ARE SLOWER TO THICKEN THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED.
SO, WILL HAVE TO TREND MAX TEMP FORECAST UP ONCE AGAIN, AND PUSH
THE WARMER PRE-FRONTAL TEMPS FURTHER NORTH OVER THE ENTIRE FA
THIS TIME. NOW GOING FOR A HIGH OF 84 AT BNA. OTHERWISE, NO
CHANGE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE      84  57  72  48 /  90  50  10   0
CLARKSVILLE    80  53  70  46 /  90  20   0   0
CROSSVILLE     76  56  65  46 /  80  70  20   0
COLUMBIA       83  54  71  46 /  80  50   0   0
LAWRENCEBURG   84  55  71  47 /  80  50   0   0
WAVERLY        80  53  71  47 /  90  30   0   0

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 9, 4:00 AM CST, 8 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
500 AM CDT FRI OCT 9 2015

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-101000-
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 FRI OCT 9 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY...BRINGING
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. A COUPLE
OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG OR MARGINALLY SEVERE...WITH
STRONG GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson

When: October 9, 12:57 PM CST
Where: Davidson County, 1.34 mi SSE of Nashville
Measured: 43 kt (49 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: Social Media
Coordinates: 36.153, -86.770

Reports from tSpotter via Twitter indicated an aluminum storage shed was blown across the street and overturned onto cars near 3rd Avenue at Lindsley Avenue in downtown Nashville. The glass door to a nearby business was also damaged from the storage shed blowing into the building. Both OHX and TBNA radars showed peak base velocities of only 40 knots, well below severe criteria.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Tennessee in 2015 Every state in 2015 This day in weather history Warnings in Tennessee, October 2015

Sources

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: 605209.