A small but intense line of thunderstorms moved southwest to northeast across Middle Tennessee during the late afternoon hours on April 6. Numerous reports of wind damage were received.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
A small but intense line of thunderstorms moved southwest to northeast across Middle Tennessee during the late afternoon hours on April 6. Numerous 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 6, 2:14 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 314 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 .DISCUSSION... FRONTAL BOUNDARY CURRENTLY POSITIONED ACROSS EASTERN AR. JUST IN ADVANCE OF THIS FEATURE...WE SEE THE BETTER INSTABILITY AXIS AND THE SHOWER AND TSTM ACTIVITY ROUGHLY ALONG THE MS RIVER. FURTHER EAST...A SERIES OF PRE FRONTAL TROUGHS ARE HELPING TO INITIATE SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER THE MID STATE AND JUST TO THE WEST. THE INSTABILITY AXIS TO OUR WEST WILL TRANSLATE EASTWARD AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. HOWEVER...MODELS IN AGREEMENT WITH WEAKENING THE INSTABILITY FROM 18Z TO 00Z. THUS...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT LOOKING LIKELY. ADDITIONALLY...MID LEVEL CAPES LOOK RATHER FLAT AND SO EVEN SMALL HAIL POTENTIAL LOOKS MINIMAL. OTW...WE HAVE THE WIND ADVISORY GOING UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. WILL GO AHEAD AND LET THAT RIDE BUT WE SHOULD SEE THE GRADIENT RELAX OVERNIGHT. AS FOR PRECIP AMOUNTS...COULD SEE GREATER TOTALS OF UP TO 1/2 INCH ACROSS OUR PLATEAU WITH LESSER AMOUNTS WEST. THE REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE THE BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN WITH TIME AS THE SFC LOW OVER MICHIGAN STRENGTHENS AS IT MOVES EAST. 850 MB DIRECTIONAL CONVERGENCE WILL AMP UP WITH TIME. POPS TONIGHT WILL INCLUDE LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL VALUES. THE WIDESPREAD PRECIP SHOULD END ACROSS OUR PLATEAU AROUND MIDNIGHT. GOING FORWARD...UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG ACROSS THE U.S. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. BACKSIDE UPPER TROUGH ENERGY WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS GOING FOR OUR AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. A CANADIAN FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND KEEP OUR TEMPS BELOW NORMAL. FREEZING TEMPS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRI NIGHT AND SAT NIGHT AS WELL. STILL A LITTLE TO SOON FOR ANY FREEZE WATCH INCLUSION...BUT ONE MAY BE ISSUED IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. NEXT WEEK WILL FEATURE A WARMING TREND FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK ALONG WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF DISCUSSION. VFR FLIGHT CATEGORIES ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THIS TAF CYCLE. THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING WHERE ALL 3 TERMINALS WILL EXPERIENCE SOME IFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS AS A LINE OF SHOWERS/TS MOVES THROUGH THE MID-STATE BUT FLIGHT CATEGORIES SHOULD REBOUND QUICKLY. IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY BREEZY WITH SOUTHERLY GUSTS OF 30-35 KTS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS DUE TO A TIGHTENED PRESSURE GRADIENT. WINDS WILL RELAX A LITTLE OVERNIGHT BUT PICK UP AGAIN THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OF 20-25 KTS OUT OF THE WEST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 44 64 42 61 34 / 60 20 30 20 0 CLARKSVILLE 43 63 39 59 31 / 50 30 30 20 0 CROSSVILLE 42 56 37 53 30 / 80 30 40 30 10 COLUMBIA 43 64 42 60 34 / 60 20 20 10 0 LAWRENCEBURG 43 66 42 61 34 / 60 20 20 10 0 WAVERLY 43 64 41 60 33 / 50 20 20 0 0 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BEDFORD-CANNON- CHEATHAM-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON-DE KALB-DICKSON- FENTRESS-GILES-GRUNDY-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-JACKSON-LAWRENCE- LEWIS-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-OVERTON-PERRY-PICKETT- PUTNAM-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-VAN BUREN-WARREN-WAYNE-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION........UNGER LONG TERM..................21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1105 AM CDT WED APR 6 2016 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-071615- 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- 1105 AM CDT WED APR 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY. STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW TREES LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES COULD OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A LIGHT FREEZE IS POSSIBLE IN THE UPPER CUMBERLAND FRIDAY NIGHT... AND A LIGHT FREEZE ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD FROST IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 27
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:29 UTC.
21 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down along Highway 48N near Garner Creek and also on Highway 48N at Mile Marker 22.
Two large trees were blown down at 1746 Braxton Bend Drive south of Fairview.
A metal roof, power lines, and trees were blown down in the Mount Pleasant area.
A Facebook report indicated a 69 mph wind gust was measured and trees were blown down at Highway 100 and S. Harpeth Road.
Several trees were blown down in the Pasquo and Temple Hills area.
A large tree was blown down in Green Hills.
A #tSpotter Twitter report indicated high winds caused the glass to shatter in a revolving door at the Fifth Third Center in downtown Nashville.
A #tSpotter Twitter report indicated a large tree fell onto a car at 14th Street and Davidson Street in East Nashville.
A tree reportedly was blown down onto the Rumours East restaurant in East Nashville.
A tree fell onto and destroyed a mobile home on Dickerson Pike.
A tree was blown down across power lines in Rayon City.
A large tree limb in excess of one foot in diameter was snapped and blocked a lane of traffic on Andrew Jackson Parkway.
A tree was blown down on Needmore Road near Avalon Bay Drive.
A #tSpotter Twitter report indicated a tree was blown down near Indian Lake Elementary School.
A Facebook report indicated trees were blown down in the Windtree Trace subdivision.
A #tSpotter Twitter report indicated a tree and power line were blown down in the 500 block of Summit Way.
A tree was blown down across Woods Ferry Road in Gallatin.
A #tSpotter Twitter report indicated a tree was blown down near the intersection of Saundersville Road and Nonaville Road.
A tree was blown down on Defeated Creek Road.
A #tSpotter Twitter report indicated a tree was blown down in Carthage on Jefferson Avenue.
Numerous trees were blown down all across Clay County with numerous roads blocked.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, April 2016
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