Scattered thunderstorms impacted Middle Tennessee on June 3, 2024. The strongest thunderstorm impacted the Nashville area where numerous trees fell, and flash flooding occurred in the Inglewood neighborhood.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms impacted Middle Tennessee on June 3, 2024. The strongest thunderstorm impacted the Nashville area where numerous trees fell, and flash flooding occurred in the Inglewood neighborhood.
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 3, 11:24 AM CST, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Nashville TN 1224 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024 ...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (Rest of today through Tuesday) Issued at 1224 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024 Upper level ridge is sitting off to our north with zonal flow setting up over us. Overall we will see quiet weather today but a short wave to our west will push east into our area. This will be enough to kick off a few scattered showers and thunderstorms after 20z mainly to the west of I-65. We will have quite a bit of CAPE around but with little to no wind shear and poor lapse rates strong storms are not expected. With PWATs above 1.50" heavy rain can be expected with any convection. Any thunderstorm activity that develop should die down quickly as sunset approaches. Highs this afternoon will be warm in the mid 80s to near 90. Much of the overnight will be dry but a decaying thunderstorm complex will push east into our area by daybreak as an MCV. This will give us some forcing and may kick off a few showers and thunderstorms in the morning. The MCV will linger over the area into the afternoon and will bring an increased chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms. Soundings once again show quite a bit of CAPE but overall shear will be low and lapse rates will be poor. This will limit the potential for strong storms. PWATs remain high and heavy rain can be expected with any thunderstorms. With the cloud cover on Tuesday daytime highs will be a bit cooler in the mid 80s. && .LONG TERM... (Tuesday Night through next Monday) Issued at 1224 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024 Upper level trough will be pushing out of the northern Rockies into the Great Lakes on Wednesday. This will push a cold front into our area. Warm air advection and increase in moisture Tuesday night into Wednesday morning will bring the chance for a few scattered showers and thunderstorms. Thunderstorm chances will increase late morning into the afternoon as the cold front approaches the area. Thunderstorm chances diminish during the evening and overnight. 0-6 km shear does increase some on Wednesday pushing above 20 knots and mid-level lapse rates increase some also. This will give us a chance to see isolated stronger storms in the afternoon. Gusty winds and heavy rain will be the main threats with anything stronger but some hail will also be possible. The front will linger over the area on Thursday and could bring a few thunderstorms in the late morning and afternoon over the Plateau. Highs on Wednesday will be in the mid 80s and they will be a bit warmer on Thursday in the mid to upper 80s. Dew points will push above 70 on Wednesday but drier air will gradually filter in on Thursday. The end of the week into the weekend is looking great with strong ridging to our west and troughing over the Northeast. This will bring comfortable dew points and highs in the 70s to low 80s. Higher dew points will start to creep back in Sunday into next week along with some instability. Won't see much forcing but with the CAPE back we could see a few pop up afternoon thunderstorms. && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1216 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024 Surface ridge has slid off to the east, so that is allowing for some return southerly flow and greater low-level moisture to filter in to the mid state. We may see some isolated cells affect areas near the Tennessee River by 00Z today, which would impact primarily the CKV terminal, but POPs are very low so we've left out any mention of convection until tomorrow. A developing shortwave to our west is likely to start producing more active weather after 12Z, which we'll handle with VCTS/CB remarks for the time being. Until then, look for VFR wx across Middle Tennessee. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Nashville 89 69 84 71 / 20 20 80 70 Clarksville 87 67 82 69 / 30 30 80 70 Crossville 81 62 78 64 / 20 10 80 70 Columbia 87 67 83 69 / 30 30 80 70 Cookeville 83 66 81 66 / 10 10 80 70 Jamestown 81 62 80 64 / 10 10 80 70 Lawrenceburg 86 67 82 69 / 20 20 90 70 Murfreesboro 88 67 84 68 / 20 20 90 70 Waverly 87 67 82 68 / 40 30 80 70 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...Mueller LONG TERM....Mueller AVIATION.....Rose
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Nashville TN 512 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024 TNZ023>025-032245- Dickson TN-Humphreys TN-Houston TN- 512 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL DICKSON... SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON AND NORTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM CDT... At 511 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Waverly, moving north northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...Half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Waverly, McEwen, Tennessee Ridge, Charlotte, and Vanleer. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && LAT...LON 3595 8769 3599 8781 3632 8777 3621 8735 TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 199DEG 34KT 3607 8772 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH 21
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
523 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
TNZ008-027-028-032300-
Davidson TN-Wilson TN-Sumner TN-
523 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL DAVIDSON...SOUTHWESTERN
SUMNER AND NORTHWESTERN WILSON COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM CDT...
At 523 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lakewood, or near Nashville, moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Madison, Hendersonville, Mount Juliet, Goodlettsville, Millersville,
Lakewood, Ridgetop, Hermitage, Old Hickory, and Green Hill.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 40 between mile markers 218 and 222.
Interstate 65 between mile markers 86 and 100.
Interstate 24 between mile markers 37 and 47.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3631 8643 3613 8660 3619 8681 3637 8685
3636 8684 3635 8682 3636 8679 3637 8679
3639 8678
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 195DEG 19KT 3622 8668
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
21The Nashville radar (KOHX), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:22 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Approximately twenty large trees were downed, some of which also brought down power lines and blocked streets in the Inglewood neighborhood of east Nashville. Thousands of power outages were reported. Damages are a rough estimate.
Heavy rain caused flooding in the Inglewood area of east Nashville with water inundating yards and up to the foundation of some homes on Ardee Avenue and Riverwood Drive. Damages are a rough estimate.
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