Scattered showers and thunderstorms, including some supercells, developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on May 1. A few reports of large hail and wind damage were received.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, including some supercells, developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on May 1. A few reports of large hail and 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 May 1, 1:15 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 215 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 .DISCUSSION...A ROLLER COASTER SPRING WX PATTERN IS AHEAD THIS WEEK FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE...INCLUDING SEVERE STORMS...RAIN...AND PERHAPS EVEN A LITTLE FROST. IN THE NEAR TERM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ABOUT THE NORTHWEST HALF OF MID TN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE CONCERNS...WITH VERY LOW TORNADO THREAT. STORMS ARE MAINLY DIURNAL...AND SHOULD DIMINISH WITH SUNSET. TEMPS CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER 80S FOR MANY AREAS...WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S...ARE PUSHING CAPES OVER 1500 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON. SHEAR WILL INCREASE AS 700-500 MB LAYER WINDS EXCEED 50KT. THE COLD FRONT MOVING INTO MID TN WILL STALL OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE AND SURFACE LOW MOVE ALONG THE BOUNDARY. THIS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY. WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE SEVERE STORMS MONDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE HALF TO 1 INCH WILL BE COMMON...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND PLATEAU WHERE CONVECTION PROBS ARE HIGHER. THIS SYSTEM FINALLY GETS THE PUSH IT NEEDS TO EXIT THE REGION ON TUESDAY AS SEVERAL SHORTWAVE TROUGHS ROUND THE BASE OF THE LARGER SCALE TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CONUS. THESE COUPLE OF SHORTWAVES ARE GOING TO BE THE DRIVING INFLUENCE IN A DRASTIC PATTERN CHANGE. DURING THE TRANSITION...THE DISTURBANCES WILL BRING A SMALL CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT RAIN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. BY LATE WEEK...A DEEP LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL IN PLACE OVER THE EASTERN STATES...WITH GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. HIGHS WILL ONLY BE IN THE 60S FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER 40S FOR MANY AREAS...WITH MID TO UPPER 30S AND PATCHY FROST POSSIBLE FOR THE UPPER CUMBERLAND FRIDAY MORNING. NEXT WEEKEND LOOKS DRY...WITH THE WX ROLLER COASTER HEADING UPHILL AGAIN AS HIGHS CLIMB THROUGH THE 70S...AND PERHAPS INTO THE LOWER 80S AGAIN BY NEXT MONDAY. && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF DISCUSSION. CIGS HAVE IMPROVED TO MVFR/VFR AT AREA AIRPORTS. TSRA DEVELOPING OVER WEST KY/TN EXPECTED TO AFFECT CKV/BNA BETWEEN 20-00Z...WITH ACTIVITY WEAKENING AND POSSIBLY BRINGING -SHRA TO CSV. MVFR CIGS RETURN TO ALL AIRPORTS OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF NEXT WAVE...WHICH WILL BRING -SHRA/-TSRA TO AIRPORTS ON MONDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 61 73 54 70 50 / 60 80 40 20 10 CLARKSVILLE 56 70 51 67 49 / 30 60 20 20 10 CROSSVILLE 60 72 54 66 48 / 50 90 70 20 20 COLUMBIA 61 72 53 69 49 / 60 80 40 20 10 LAWRENCEBURG 62 73 54 70 49 / 60 90 40 20 10 WAVERLY 58 72 50 70 49 / 30 70 20 20 10 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION........55/SHAMBURGER LONG TERM..................13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1129 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-021630- 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- 1129 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 13
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
157 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016
TNZ005-012000-
STEWART TN-
157 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STEWART COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM
CDT...
AT 155 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTH OF MURRAY KENTUCKY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE OR LARGER HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES INTO STEWART COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOVER...AND LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF ON OR NEAR LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
10 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3647 8805 3649 8806 3653 8803 3663 8805
3661 8772 3635 8775 3633 8780 3633 8784
3634 8791 3635 8794 3636 8799 3645 8806
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 277DEG 21KT 3651 8827
SHAMBURGERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
318 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016
TNZ005-006-012100-
MONTGOMERY TN-STEWART TN-
318 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEWART AND CENTRAL
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
AT 317 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIG ROCK...OR NEAR INDIAN MOUND...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARKSVILLE...PALMYRA...INDIAN MOUND AND WOODLAWN.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3641 8724 3640 8770 3659 8774 3664 8748
3664 8728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 260DEG 23KT 3650 8763
SHAMBURGERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
325 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016
TNZ005-023-012115-
STEWART TN-HOUSTON TN-
325 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEWART AND HOUSTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 324 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES WEST OF TENNESSEE RIDGE...OR 10 MILES WEST OF ERIN...MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ERIN...TENNESSEE RIDGE...CUMBERLAND CITY AND HOUSTON COUNTY AIRPORT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3645 8761 3634 8759 3620 8758 3620 8766
3622 8769 3623 8772 3625 8780 3623 8784
3624 8794 3631 8795 3635 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 269DEG 18KT 3632 8789
SHAMBURGERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
349 PM CDT SUN MAY 01 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0346 PM HAIL CLARKSVILLE 36.56N 87.35W
05/01/2016 M0.70 INCH MONTGOMERY TN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER OHX1600412
11The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:56 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees and power lines were blown down around Sango. Scattered pea to dime size hail was also reported on the south side of Clarksville by trained spotters.
A #tSpotter Twitter report indicated quarter size hail fell at the I-40 and Highway 96 exit. Numerous other reports of pea to dime size hail were received from Kingston Springs southeast to the north side of Franklin.
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, May 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: 627475, 627476.