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Severe weather hit the middle Tennessee area today and wrecked havoc among many counties and communities. Straight line winds, tornadoes, hail and rain caused power outages, downed trees and major damage to residential and commercial areas.
The Nashville Area Chapter of the American Red Cross is assessing the damage and has volunteers mobilized to respond to the emergencies and client needs.
Currently, one shelter is opening at 7:00 pm this evening in Wilson County. Please direct anyone that needs a safe place to stay to this shelter, St. Stephens Catholic Church, 14577 Lebanon Road, Old Hickory, TN 37138. There are possibly two more that will be opening in other counties very soon.
National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for most of Middle Tennessee, including Wilson county, until 6 p.m.
A tornado watch means weather conditions exist that could producing tornadic activity.
Severe thunderstorms are advancing quickly from the west with conditions that could produce super cells and spawn tornadoes.
Severe weather will heavy rainfall is forecast for Middle Tennessee Monday and Monday night with a chance of hail, thunderstorms and possibly tornado activity.
A cold front dropping down from the northwest will create the chance of severe weather developments as it collides with the warm, moist air mass that has prevailed over Middle Tennessee the last two days.
The complete forwarcast from the National Weather Service:
A POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT LIKELY
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...
THE COMBINATION OF STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES
AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO A DANGEROUS FIRE
WEATHER SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS SHOULD ADHERE
CLOSELY TO GUIDELINES FROM STATE FORESTRY AUTHORITIES AND
DELAY ANY BURNING. WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL REACH 20 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH. ANYONE OPERATING HIGH PROFILE EQUIPMENT
SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS.
A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON
MONDAY. AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT...AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES
WILL WARM TO NEAR 80 DEGREES AT MOST LOCATIONS WITH A MOIST AND
INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE...BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON.
ALSO...SURFACE AND LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY STRONG.
THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE MID STATE. THIS EVENT WILL LIKELY HAVE A
LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUPERCELLS FORMING AHEAD THE LINE. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT
DEVELOP MAY HAVE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
ALONG WITH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE
WITH THIS EVENT. OUR EXPERTS ESTIMATE AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL
FALL OVER THE AREA ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS
AROUND THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
THE LATEST UPDATES.
From: Nashville officer, National Weather Service
April 7, 2006 brought 11 tornadoes to Middle Tennessee. An F3 tornado with winds of 158-206 mph killed 7 people in Gallatin. This was the most deadly single tornado in Middle Tennessee since April 3, 1974. Other tornadoes killed 3 in Warren County. Many homes and businesses were destroyed. Widespread hail occurred, some up to 3 inches in diameter. Heavy rainfall fell in some areas with Crossville breaking the daily record with 2.61 inches.
Benton County
Humphreys County:
An F0 tornado occurred from about 105pm – 106pm CDT, 6 miles north northwest of Waverly. Trees were uprooted and 2 homes had roof damage along Clydeton Road. . The path length of this tornado was 0.2 mile and the width was 20 yards.
Dickson County: The tornado struck as an F2 on Maple Valley Road in northern Dickson County at 130pm CDT. Three mobile homes were leveled. Numerous trees were uprooted. The tornado continued along Highway 49 and reached Bellsburg as an F3. A single story brick home was demolished and a truck was thrown into the basement. Debris from the house, including appliances and furniture was thrown 100 yards away into the woods. The path length of the Dickson County tornado was 13 miles and the width was about one half mile. Losses from this tornado were estimated at $5 million.
Cheatham County:
The tornado hit Greenbrier, TN as an F1 at 134pm CDT. Several homes had shingles off their roofs. Large trees were snapped and uprooted. This tornado also caused damage in Ashland City around 139pm CDT. There was roof damage to a hospital and nearby buildings. A large communications tower was blown down near the hospital. Many residential homes had roofs peeled, and large trees were snapped and uprooted.
Davidson County:
The F3 tornado hit 3 miles west of Goodlettsville about 208pm CDT. Path length was 5 miles in Davidson County, then it continued into Sumner County. Path width was about one half mile. No fatalities occurred in Davidson County, but there were 7 injuries. Damage was estimated at $10 million. 25 homes were destroyed. 13 homes and businesses had major damage, 31 had moderate damage. Metro Baptist church had significant damage to the front and roof of the church.
Sumner County:
The F3 tornado that moved across northern Davidson County continued into Sumner County at 212pm CDT. The tornado moved east northeast around 55 mph across northern Hendersonville and reached the south part of Gallatin around 225pm CDT. The tornado ended over Bledsoe Creek State Park, about 5 miles east of Gallatin, around 232pm.
This tornado had a path length of 18 miles in Sumner County, with a total length of 22.75 miles including the Davidson County portion of the track. Its width varied from 100 to 200 yards.
The tornado caused damage ranging from F2 to high end F3. This places estimated wind speed from 158-206 mph. 7 people were killed in the Gallatin area and about 121 were injured. 1 indirect fatality was caused by a heart attack. TEMA and Sumner County Emergency Management estimated 700 homes and businesses damaged or destroyed.
Lewis County:
Warren County:
An F1 tornado touched down 11 miles northwest of McMinnville at 445pm CDT killing 2 people in a mobile home on Foster Road. A 53 year-old woman was killed, and
Cumberland County:
An F1 tornado began 4 miles southwest of Crossville around 546pm CDT. The path length was 6 miles and the width was 150 yards. No fatalities were reported, but there were 4 injuries. 6 homes were destroyed including 2 mobile homes. 6 other homes had major damage, and a total of 181 homes experienced some damage. Other structures and automobiles were also damaged. Cost of all damage in Cumberland County was estimated at $4 million.
All of Middle Tennessee, including Wilson County, is under a tornado watch until 10 p.m. tonight, according to the Nashville office of the National Weather Service.
A tornado watch means weather conditions are right for producing a tornado. A more critical tornado warning is issued when a tornado has been detected.
The tornado watch results from a cold front moving southeast from Kentucky bringing heavy rain and some thunderstorms.
The cold front will produce much colder temperatures Thursday.
From the National Weather Service, Nashville office:
Showers from this morning will move to the northeast while isolated thunderstorms, some of which could be severe with large hail and damaging winds, develop in the western part of the state. Those storms will develop into the mid-state by late this afternoon and into the evening bringing the severe threat to the Nashville area.
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL BE MOVING INTO THE MID
STATE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY. A FEW COULD BE
BRIEFLY SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TENNESSEE
RIVER. HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
TONIGHT. THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WIND
SHEAR. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL
BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE MONDAY. CLUSTERS OF SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL
AS A SQUALL LINE ALONG THE COLD FRONT. FOR AREAS WEST OF
INTERSTATE 65...MOST OF THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR MONDAY MORNING.
FOR AREAS TO THE EAST OF I 65 INCLUDING THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...THE
SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL COULD LINGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE. ALSO...HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I 40 WHERE THE
GROUND REMAINS SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
..SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK EXPECTED IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS EVENING...
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND HEAD EAST. THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS EVENING WITH A ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER. DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE.
A WARM FRONT AND LOW LEVEL JET WILL GET THUNDERSTORMS STARTED WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 BY EARLY EVENING...THEN SPREAD INTO THE PLATEAU AROUND MID EVENING.
HIGH WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL SET THE STAGE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...FLASH FLOODING AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. A HIGHER CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE AREA HAS SEEN AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS MORNING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED TONIGHT.
THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK.
