Scattered thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on August 3. A few storms became strong and produced minor wind damage and flooding.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on August 3. A few storms became strong and produced minor wind damage and flooding.
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 Aug 3, 11:58 AM CST, 57 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Nashville TN 1258 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016 .UPDATE... FOR 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... No significant changes needed to this morning's forecast package. Will only make a few minor tweaks to very short term temps and dew points. Still don't expect TOO many storms this afternoon but most of what does develop will probably be across the west half of the mid state. In fact, a few showers and a thunderstorm were already creeping southeastward across the Tennessee River at 1630Z. && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF DISCUSSION. Scattered showers and storms moving into western middle TN and through western KY early this afternoon will drift southeastward next few hours...so added VCTS to KCKV. Only isolated TSRA elsewhere across the region this afternoon and evening. Had noticeable fog this morning and kept brief mention of light fog again for a few hours near sunrise Thursday. Could cause a moment or two of MVFR. Isolated to scattered storms are possible early Thursday as weak upper disturbance drops toward the region from the northwest. Included VCTS at KCKV in the morning but left out of KBNA/KCSV forecasts for now. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && DISCUSSION......08 AVIATION........49
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 910 AM CDT WED AUG 3 2016 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-041415- 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- 910 AM CDT WED AUG 3 2016 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY 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
151 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
TNZ058-093>095-031930-
LEWIS TN-WAYNE TN-LAWRENCE TN-GILES TN-
151 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAWRENCE...NORTHWESTERN GILES...
WAYNE AND SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...
AT 151 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOHENWALD TO 6 MILES EAST
OF OLIVE HILL. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI...WAYNESBORO...LORETTO...COLLINWOOD...
SUMMERTOWN...ST. JOSEPH...ETHRIDGE...LYNNVILLE...GOODSPRING...
WESTPOINT...HENRYVILLE...LUTTS...IRON CITY AND LEOMA.
LAT...LON 3502 8796 3530 8799 3554 8749 3552 8733
3544 8729 3538 8697 3514 8708 3502 8737
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 300DEG 32KT 3548 8750 3527 8792
LVThe Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 24 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:55 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
WKRN-TV reported one tree was blown down in Clarksville.
A small tree was blown down onto the front porch of a home on Belgium Drive at Belgium Court in Hermitage.
Social media reports and photos indicated street flooding on several roads in Brentwood including Edmondson Pike. No road closures or stalled vehicles.
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, August 2016
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: 656742, 656743, 656746.