Numerous thunderstorms affected much of Middle Tennessee during the early morning hours on January 1st, then again during the afternoon hours. These storms produced several reports of wind damage and one EF-1 tornado in Giles County.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
Numerous thunderstorms affected much of Middle Tennessee during the early morning hours on January 1st, then again during the afternoon hours. These storms produced several reports of wind damage and one EF-1 tornado in Giles 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 Jan 1, 11:12 AM CST, 43 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Nashville TN 1112 AM CST Sat Jan 1 2022 .UPDATE... FOR MORNING DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... Fairly strong dynamics are already in place right now and this afternoon will we are like to see a decent boost in CAPE. Latest HiRes pushing numbers 600-1000J depending, and we are already seeing stronger storms across our extreme northwest responding. Strong LL shear likely to produce quick spin-ups, and this trend will continue well into the evening. Also a few discrete supercells likely to precede QLCS expected later today. While tornadoes are possible area-wide, our south and east this afternoon seems to have the most favorable parameters for development. We have also seen gradient wind gusts around 40mph. Went ahead an issued a wind advisory into tonight. && .AVIATION... 12Z TAF DISCUSSION. VFR/MVFR conditions are expected at airports this morning with VCSH/-SHRA and gusty south to southwest winds. TSRA will move over all terminals this afternoon with IFR vis and strong tstorm wind gusts. IFR conditions will continue overnight with continued SHRA and winds becoming northwesterly. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory until 9 PM CST this evening for Bedford-Cannon- Cheatham-Clay-Coffee-Cumberland-Davidson-De Kalb-Dickson- Fentress-Giles-Grundy-Hickman-Houston-Humphreys-Jackson-Lawrence- Lewis-Macon-Marshall-Maury-Montgomery-Overton-Perry-Pickett- Putnam-Robertson-Rutherford-Smith-Stewart-Sumner-Trousdale-Van Buren-Warren-Wayne-White-Williamson-Wilson. Flood Watch until 9 PM CST this evening for Cheatham-Clay- Davidson-Dickson-Houston-Humphreys-Jackson-Macon-Montgomery- Robertson-Smith-Stewart-Sumner-Trousdale-Wilson. && DISCUSSION......07 AVIATION........Shamburger
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Nashville TN 520 AM CST Sat Jan 1 2022 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-021130- 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- 520 AM CST Sat Jan 1 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Middle Tennessee. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. As a stationary boundary just to our north continues to encounter some increasingly unstable air, a few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible across far northern and northwestern middle Tennessee through this morning. Strong to damaging winds, isolated tornadoes, and some hail will be possible. A Flood Watch remains in effect through 9 PM this evening mainly for areas along and north of I-40 where heavy rain may lead to isolated flooding. Up to 2 inches of rainfall will be possible across the watch area. A cold front will begin to approach the area late in the day. This cold front will be working across a very warm and unstable airmass. As a result, Severe thunderstorms will be possible from mid afternoon and continue into this evening. Straight line damaging winds, large hail and a few tornadoes will all be possible. Look for wind speeds to average from 10 to 15 mph today. By afternoon, some wind gusts of up to 35 mph will also be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. On Sunday, the rainshower activity will change over to snow showers as colder air moves into the region. At this time, only very light accumulation is possible to the west of the Cumberland Plateau. Along the Cumberland Plateau however, a half inch or so of accumulation will be possible, mainly on grassy areas. The warm ground temperatures should prevent any major driving problems. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines. 21
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:55 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down onto a home on Mudcat Road.
A large tree was blown down onto a vehicle and power lines were blown down on Highway 431 S.
Cumberland Electric reported trees and power lines were blown down in Chapmansboro.
Several trees were blown down near Old Hickory Blvd at Dickerson Pike.
Trees were blown down near Moss Trail at Garrett Drive.
A tree was blown down into a home in Madison near Donna Drive at Norman Drive.
This tornado touched down in Limestone County, Alabama near the intersection of Persimmon Tree Road and Siniard Road, where a few trees were snapped or uprooted. It moved to the northeast, snapping and uprooting numerous trees as it crossed Tommy Hill Road and Lester Road. As the tornado crossed Holly Lane, it downed dozens of trees. It continued its northeastward progression, uprooting trees along Salem Minor Hill Road and Gardner Holly Road. It then continued into Giles County, Tennessee. Special thanks to the Limestone County EMA for their assistance with this survey. In Tennessee, the tornado continued northeast where NASA satellite imagery showed it blew down dozens of trees south of Hagan Road. On the eastern end of Hagan Road, two homes received minor damage and several outbuildings were destroyed. Another home had minor damage on Case Road at Bethel Road. The worst damage occurred on Alf Harris Road where several homes and outbuildings received significant damage. The tornado then turned more eastward and passed just north of the Prospect community, before more homes and outbuildings were damaged on Liberty Road, Kelley Road, and Prospect Elkton Road. The tornado lifted just west of Elkton, Tennessee. Total path length of this EF-1 tornado in Alabama and Tennessee was 16.9 miles. Special thanks to Giles County EMA for their help with this storm damage survey.
Multiple trees were reportedly blown down in Fall Creek Falls State Park.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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