Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee throughout the day on June 27. Thunderstorms trained across areas of eastern Macon County and western Clay County for several hours, producing very heavy rainfall and causing flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee throughout the day on June 27. Thunderstorms trained across areas of eastern Macon County and western Clay County for several hours, producing very heavy rainfall and causing flash 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 Jun 27, 6:09 AM CST, 5 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Nashville TN 709 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2016 .UPDATE... FOR MORNING DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... Will update the suite of forecast products to remove the early this morning wording in the zone forecast product. Will also tweak hrly temp, dewpoint, and wind speed/direction grids. Remainder of forecast continues to be on track. && .AVIATION... 12Z TAF DISCUSSION. CONVECTION WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TODAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY PRESSES SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE AREA. COVERAGE SHOULD MAX OUT BETWEEN 17Z AND 21Z TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN OVERNIGHT BEHIND THE FROPA...ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE TOWARD 12Z. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && DISCUSSION......31 AVIATION........21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 101 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-281815- 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- 101 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ALTHOUGH ONE OR TWO SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT THIS AFTERNOON...MOST OF THE STORMS WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON. JACKSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1115 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
TNZ005-006-023-271700-
MONTGOMERY TN-STEWART TN-HOUSTON TN-
1115 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEWART...HOUSTON
AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CDT...
AT 1115 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR ERIN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOVER...ERIN...TENNESSEE RIDGE...CUMBERLAND CITY...PALMYRA AND INDIAN
MOUND.
LAT...LON 3653 8778 3646 8737 3633 8746 3633 8751
3624 8753 3618 8757 3620 8759 3620 8766
3622 8770 3624 8776 3636 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1615Z 289DEG 11KT 3640 8771
10The Nashville radar (KOHX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:02 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Widespread flash flooding was reported across western Clay County from Moss to the Macon County line, including at State Highway 52 and Moss Estates Drive.
Flash flooding affected eastern Macon County especially in the Red Boiling Springs area. A few roads were closed in Red Boiling Springs including Hillcrest Drive and Bennett Hill Road. One person was evacuated from their residence on High Street due to rising water.
Standing water was reported on streets on the south side of town.
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, June 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: 634257, 634258, 634261.