Strong southerly gradient winds affected parts of Middle Tennessee during the early morning hours of May 9. The Nashville International Airport ASOS measured a peak wind gust of 37 knots / 43 mph at 439 AM CDT.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Strong southerly gradient winds affected parts of Middle Tennessee during the early morning hours of May 9. The Nashville International Airport ASOS measured a peak wind gust of 37 knots / 43 mph at 439 AM CDT. A few reports of wind damage were received across Davidson County.
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, 12:43 AM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Nashville TN 143 AM CDT Wed May 1 2019 .DISCUSSION... High pressure at the surface and aloft sits off to the east with strong return flow at the surface and a quasi-stationary frontal boundary situated to our north and west. As moisture increases today, we may see a few showers slip into northwest Middle Tennessee, with POP's increasing tonight and tomorrow as a few weak ripples in the southwest flow aloft trigger additional cells. A much stronger shortwave will move through Saturday or Saturday evening and bring the aforementioned front through Middle Tennessee, with a drier start to next week. We may see a few strong to severe storms during the period of Thursday through Saturday. Forecast soundings do show good instability numbers, mainly during peak-heating times, and the SPC suggests at least a marginal risk of severe storms. Temperatures through Friday will remain much above normal, with cooler weather this weekend, then warming right back up next week. && .AVIATION... 06Z TAF DISCUSSION. VFR. Scattered low and high level cloudiness expected this TAF period, with cloud cover increasing at CKV by 22Z as VCTS approach from the west. South winds 5-11kts early in the TAF period will increase after 14Z to 12-18kts with gusts 22-30kts at times. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Nashville 85 66 84 63 80 / 10 30 40 50 50 Clarksville 83 65 82 62 78 / 20 40 50 50 40 Crossville 81 63 79 61 77 / 10 20 50 40 60 Columbia 84 65 85 63 80 / 10 20 30 50 50 Lawrenceburg 84 66 85 64 80 / 10 20 30 40 50 Waverly 84 66 83 62 79 / 10 30 40 50 50 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && DISCUSSION......08 AVIATION........Shamburger
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Nashville TN 513 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-011015- 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- 513 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019 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...Wednesday through Monday A quasi-stationary surface front will enter Middle Tennessee by Thursday, with scattered to numerous storms lasting through Saturday. A few of these storms may become strong, with small hail and gusty winds. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely not be needed.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree snapped and fell on a car on Elliott Avenue near 9th Avenue South.
A Waze report indicated a tree was blown down across the eastbound lanes of Burkitt Road near Battle Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, May 2019
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: 818837, 818840.