A line of showers and thunderstorms spread eastward across Middle Tennessee during the morning and early afternoon hours on July 14. Several reports of wind damage and large hail were received.
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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.
A line of showers and thunderstorms spread eastward across Middle Tennessee during the morning and early afternoon hours on July 14. Several reports of wind damage and large hail 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 14, 5:52 AM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Nashville TN 652 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 .UPDATE... FOR 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... A pretty wet pattern will move in today and keep chances for rain in the forecast through next Wednesday. A more zonal flow pattern north of the region will allow a series of shortwaves to bring waves of precip chances to the area through early next week before the strong upper high arrives towards the end of the long term forecast. The first wave today will likely produce stronger thunderstorms off to the west that may move into western TN later today. Showers and thunderstorms look to develop this morning and continue across the area during the day today ahead of the stronger storms to the west. However, there is some decent instability over our area with MUCAPE values to around 4000 J/kg, but deep layer shear is quite weak. Still, will not rule out a couple of storms today having the potential for strong wind gusts, locally heavy rain, and even some hail with the strength of the mid level instability. Chances for precip will diminish slightly overnight as the mid state is between shortwaves, but will still have chance pops in overnight. Friday will see an increase in pops as the next shortwave axis crosses the MS River Valley around mid day. As the upper shortwave trough exits the region slowly Friday and early Saturday, rain chances will begin to decrease during the day Saturday. Currently have mainly dry conditions Saturday night, and slight chances of precip on Sunday but models have been trending drier on Sunday, so if that trend continues we may see dry conditions hold Sunday. Early Monday will be dry but models bring in chances for showers and thunderstorms later in the day on Monday. An upper trough coming off the Great Lakes region looks to be strong enough to kick off some convection over the area late Monday and again during the afternoon on Tuesday. The strong upper high over the Great Plains begins to take hold on the mid state later on Wednesday, so have dry conditions for the remainder of the forecast thereafter. Both the GFS and ECMWF have a very strong 500 mb high around 600 dm that slowly slides its way eastward during the later part of next week. For now, the very warm 850 mb temps around 25-30C stay out west of our area, but would not be surprised if next Friday has high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s across the mid state if models are correct with the strong 500 mb high. && .AVIATION... 12Z TAF DISCUSSION. VFR conditions will start out this TAF cycle however, a line of showers and thunderstorms is expected to move into the area later this morning. This will drive down flight categories for several hours at each mid-state terminal. IFR vis can be expected with some of the heavier rain before improving to MVFR with light rain then back to VFR by late this afternoon. Timing is based on latest Hi-Res guidance, so it may need to be tweaked as the storms move closer. Southwest winds will range from 8 to 10 kts, but if a TS moves over a terminal, a gust of 25 to 30 kts will be possible. VFR conditions this evening may fall back to IFR with reduced visibilities near sunrise Friday morning at KCKV and KCSV. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && DISCUSSION......Barnwell AVIATION........Unger
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 455 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-151000- 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- 455 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY FOR THOSE ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS PRIOR TO 3 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY TODAY AND TOMORROW. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >=1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN 27
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1037 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016
TNZ024-025-056-057-141600-
DICKSON TN-PERRY TN-HICKMAN TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
1037 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN DICKSON...NORTHEASTERN
PERRY...SOUTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS AND WESTERN HICKMAN COUNTIES UNTIL
1100 AM CDT...
AT 1036 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MCEWEN TO 8 MILES NORTH OF LINDEN.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DICKSON...CENTERVILLE...BURNS...CHARLOTTE...LOBELVILLE...NUNNELLY...
PINEWOOD AND BUCKSNORT.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3611 8759 3626 8718 3625 8719 3624 8718
3625 8718 3623 8717 3621 8719 3621 8718
3569 8755 3565 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 1536Z 252DEG 19KT 3607 8757 3573 8782
ROSEThe Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:44 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down on Weaks Cemetary Road at Freeman Fielders Road blocking the roadway.
A tree was blown down in Adams, another tree was blown down on Carter Road in Cedar Hill, and another tree was blown down in Orlinda.
Lightning struck and killed a 65 year old woman camping at the Piney Campground on Kentucky Lake.
Trees were blown down on Highway 48 North, Oak Springs Road, and Pinewood Road (Highway 944).
A picture of a fallen tree in Joelton was posted to the NWS Nashville Facebook page.
Quarter size hail was reported near Highway 109 just south of I-40.
A tSpotter Twitter photo showed tree down on house on Hartsville Pike.
Part of a tree was blown down on Doak Road in Manchester.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Stewart | 2016-07-14 | 65 | Female | Under Tree | Direct |
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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: 638982, 638983, 638992, 638985, 638996, 639004, 639000, 639002.