Two lines of thunderstorms moved through Middle Tennessee on July 30, 2024. One of these lines moved through the area during the afternoon while the second arrived late in the evening.
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.
Two lines of thunderstorms moved through Middle Tennessee on July 30, 2024. One of these lines moved through the area during the afternoon while the second arrived late in the evening. Damaging winds were the primary threat with these thunderstorms with numerous reports of downed trees and power lines received. Heavy rain was also reported across the Cumberland Plateau with flooding occurring in portions of Putnam and White counties. In Williamson County, a lightning strike caused a house fire which caused smoke inhalation for four firefighters.
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 30, 11:06 AM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Nashville TN 1206 PM CDT Tue Jul 30 2024 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (Rest of today through Wednesday Night) Issued at 1113 AM CDT Tue Jul 30 2024 Pretty quiet across Middle TN as we roll up on forecast time. Some stability waves are being seen in visible satellite across our eastern counties and this is likely keeping activity at-bay this morning. Because of the lack of activity, the Heat Advisory currently out for about 2/3 of the mid-state is proving to be worthy. Sticking with the 10 degrees at 10 am mantra, BNA is looking squarely at an afternoon high of 98 degrees. Coupled with mid-70s dew points, Heat Index values this afternoon will approach 110 degrees in many areas within the advisory. The next question is eventual thunderstorms and will we get them. The northwest flow aloft currently being experienced across the region is easily showing us why this pattern is so difficult to forecast. Storms were being shown in our eastern counties first thing this morning across most of the CAMs last night. All of that ended up well east of Middle TN. Not much is different at this time. CAMs are all over the place for this afternoon and evening. Currently, we are tracking two clusters of storms: first, the one in Illinois and a second behind it in Iowa. Watching in-situ radar and satellite, one would surmise that the first cluster may actually miss the mid-state altogether. For now, will focus afternoon PoPs east of I-65, in case this early round clips our northeast (northern Cumberland Plateau) or we see scattered activity ahead of it. The second round, currently back in Iowa, is being shown in several CAMs to broach the TN-KY state line in our north after 7 pm this evening. Not a boat-load of confidence in this occurring, however, due to the trajectory of the previous two MCSs. For now, will carry about a 40 PoP into the evening. In either of these two instances, this afternoon or this evening, any thunderstorms will carry a damaging wind risk (65+ mph), heavy (and potentially flooding) rains and as we saw yesterday, a tornado can't be ruled out. If you have outdoor plans between 1 pm and about midnight, please remain weather aware. Well, that covers the next 14 hours. Where do we go from there? The northwest flow aloft should start breaking down tomorrow night. This means tomorrow, we could see more of the same. Low- confidence PoP forecasts, as well as HOT and HUMID air, once again. Have issued a Heat Advisory for the same region of Middle TN for Wednesday, but with a low-confidence PoP forecast, any storms in the afternoon in the advisory area would negate the crazy heat. && .LONG TERM... (Thursday through next Tuesday) Issued at 1113 AM CDT Tue Jul 30 2024 Once the northwest flow ends (hopefully tomorrow night), upper ridging will start to influence the region a little more. This means Thursday might actually be the hottest day of the week. Southwest boundary layer flow may keep us from reaching triple digit mercury values, but Heat Index values will likely be at least Heat Advisory level. Will continue with the one-day-at-a-time thinking and see what Thursday looks like tomorrow. The other thing happening on Thursday is an upper level low that drags down over the Great Lakes, which may give us our next batch of weather on Friday and Saturday as an associated boundary slips into the Ohio and TN Valleys. This has been depicted for several days now, so I would say some storms will accompany this boundary, especially with the instability already in place. Timing is a little suspect right now, but best guess is sometime Friday afternoon, maybe lasting into early Saturday morning. Now for the best part of this forecast: after Saturday, we should get a break. We should be able to turn the spigot off for at least a few days and while temperatures will likely remain slightly above seasonal averages, we may get to dry out through the first part of next week. && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1200 PM CDT Tue Jul 30 2024 Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop across the region this afternoon and there may be some additional clusters of storms tonight into Wednesday morning. Greatest coverage will be around SRB/CSV this afternoon, so tempo groups will be included. Other sites BNA/MQY/CKV will have prob30 this afternoon. Storms will contain gusty winds and torrential downpours with brief vsbys impacts. Outside the storms, VFR with generally southwest winds 5-10KT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Nashville 78 98 79 99 / 30 20 0 10 Clarksville 77 96 78 97 / 30 10 0 10 Crossville 69 89 71 92 / 30 50 10 20 Columbia 75 97 76 99 / 20 10 0 10 Cookeville 71 90 74 93 / 30 40 10 10 Jamestown 70 89 73 92 / 30 50 10 20 Lawrenceburg 75 95 76 97 / 20 20 0 10 Murfreesboro 75 97 76 99 / 30 20 0 10 Waverly 75 97 76 97 / 20 10 0 0 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for Bedford-Cheatham- Davidson-Dickson-Giles-Hickman-Houston-Humphreys-Lawrence-Lewis- Macon-Marshall-Maury-Montgomery-Perry-Robertson-Rutherford-Smith- Stewart-Sumner-Trousdale-Wayne-Williamson-Wilson. Heat Advisory from noon to 7 PM CDT Wednesday for Bedford- Cheatham-Davidson-Dickson-Giles-Hickman-Houston-Humphreys- Lawrence-Lewis-Macon-Marshall-Maury-Montgomery-Perry-Robertson- Rutherford-Smith-Stewart-Sumner-Trousdale-Wayne-Williamson- Wilson. && SHORT TERM...Unger LONG TERM....Unger AVIATION.....13
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</html>The Nashville radar (KOHX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:56 UTC.
37 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree along W Bockman Way in Sparta. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree on Panther Drive in Sparta. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree along Highway 164 at Pierce Lane northeast of Monterey. Damages are a rough estimate.
A large tree fell during a thunderstorm near Clarkrange. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees near and across Little Salt Lick Creek Road northeast of Carthage. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs north of Gallatin. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines across Putnam County, including on Mount Pleasant Road east of Cookeville. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines across Putnam County, including on Phiefer Mountain Road southeast of Cookeville. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines across Putnam County, including on Walker Mountain Road at Alfs Way east of Cookeville. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds uprooted twelve trees in the yard of a home in Hanging Lamb northeast of Monterey. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree along Highway 70 in Rome. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines across Putnam County, including on Bunker Hill at Tanasi Trail south of Cookeville. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines across Putnam County, including on Carr Ridge Road near Baxter. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines across Putnam County, including on the 1500 block of Nashville Highway near Baxter. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds blew down traffic signals at Golden Bear Parkway and I-40 in Mount Juliet. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree onto a home in Baxter, briefly trapping an occupant. No injuries were known, and damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines across Putnam County, including on Gainesboro Road at Foster Circle near Cookeville. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed a small tree onto a home in the Temperance Hall area. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed a large tree branch onto a home in Mount Juliet, causing minor roof damage. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees across Cumberland County, including on Taylors Chapel Road and POW Camp Road in Crossville. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees across Cumberland County, including on Old Highway 70 and POW Camp Road in Crossville. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees across Cumberland County, including on Earl Jones Road and POW Camp Road in Crossville. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree at the intersection of North Spring Street and Wright Street. Damages are a rough estimate.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed across White County. Roads with trees down included Lancaster Road, Golden Mountain Road, McMinnville Highway, Power House Road, Quebeck Road, Mackie Road, Moore Street, Hampton Crossroads, Horton Road, Pistole Road, Grandview Drive, and County House Road. Power lines were blown down on North Church Street, Sullivan Knowles Road, and Clark Street. Damages are a rough estimate.
Heavy rain caused numerous roads to flood with several vehicles stranded in and around Cookeville. A few homes and businesses were also flooded. Roads that were flooded included Highway 111 at East 10th Street, Willow Avenue at the railroad overpass, Willow Avenue at State Highway 70, Willow Avenue at Jackson Street, Neal Street just south of Maple, and North Washington Avenue at East 4th Street. Extent of damages is unknown, and damage numbers are just a rough estimate.
Heavy rain across Putnam County flooded several roads in Algood. Roads impacted included Whiteaker Springs at Fisk Road, Quinland Lake at RC Buck Road, Buck Mountain Road, Medley Ammonnette at Hopewell Road, and Macedonia Cemetary at Johnny Stamps Road. Damages are not known.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees in Murfreesboro, causing power outages. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds tore off metal sheet roofing from the Altamont City Hall. Damages are a rough estimate.
Heavy rain in the Spart area caused flooding of roadways around White County High School. Damages are not known.
Trees were downed along Bear Hollow Road southwest of Ridgetop. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees at Clay Lick Road and I-24. Damages are a rough estimate.
Law enforcement and Facebook video indicated a small narrow funnel cloud occurred behind a well-defined shelf cloud near Vol State.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed a few trees in Readyville. Damages are a rough estimate.
Significant microburst struck the Inglewood area roughly between Gallatin Pike to Kennedy Drive. Numerous large trees were blown down with widespread power outages. A tree fell onto a house, causing heavy damage at McAlpine and Gallatin Pike. Damages are a rough estimate.
An apparent microburst caused a brick storage building to collapse at Highway 41 and East College Street in Greenbrier. Damages are a rough estimate.
A few trees fell in Clarksville with some falling on mobile homes in New Providence. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees across Chapmansboro. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines across Ashland City. About 1900 customers were without power. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed several trees along Highway 70 east of Dickson. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed power lines in Nashville, leaving about 1300 customers without power. Damages are a rough estimate.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines along Barnes Road in Antioch. Damages are a rough estimate.
House was stuck by lightning in Nolen Meade subdivision. Fire heavily damaged the attic and top floor. Four firefighters were injured due to smoke inhalation. Damages are a rough estimate.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, July 2024
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1189347, 1189348, 1189349, 1189421, 1189356, 1189350, 1189462, 1189463, 1189466, 1189358, 1189352, 1189460, 1189464, 1189465, 1189353, 1189357, 1189459, 1189354, 1189355, 1189467, 1189468, 1189469, 1189364, 1189470, 1189509, 1189515, 1189396, 1189397, 1189517, 1189435, 1189398, 1189522, 1189399, 1189438, 1189442, 1189449, 1189400, 1189401, 1189405, 1189406, and more.