Forecast rainfall amounts from today through Friday afternoon range from up to 1 inch along the Cumberland Plateau, to 3 to 5 inches across the Nashville Metro Area, to 6 to 8 inches around Clarksville and Land-between-the-Lakes.Īlso, areas generally east of I-65 remain under a marginal risk of severe storms on Friday, with isolated tornadoes once again being the primary threat. The National Weather Service wrote on August 31 in its Hazardous Weather Outlook for Nashville: “Heavy rain will persist through Friday as Tropical Depression Harvey moves across Middle Tennessee. If you encounter flooded roadways, remember to #TurnAroundDontDrown!” The National Weather Service’s Nashville office warned very late in the evening of August 31, “Very heavy rain is falling in parts of #Nashville metro tonight. Remember, if you encounter any flooded roads, Turn Around Don’t Drown!” Flooding will continue for a few more hours before waters recede. By later in the morning, NWS wrote: “Although the heaviest rain has ended, several reports of water rescues along with flooded roads and homes around the Nashville metro early this Friday morning. “The remnants of Harvey resulted in heavy rains and flooding across the northwest part of Middle TN overnight,” The National Weather Service- Nashville wrote Friday morning. The tornado snapped or uprooted nearly 100 large mature hardwood trees.” It also removed shingles from a few homes and collapsed two carports. These winds removed a large portion of a roof from a wood frame house. The strongest winds were estimated to be around 95 MPH. It traveled to the northwest and was on the ground for about 2 minutes.
on September 1: “…brief EF-1 tornado associated with the remains of Hurricane Harvey hit near the Bordeaux community in the northwest part of Nashville at around 1130 PM CDT.
The Weather Service wrote on Facebook at 4 p.m. We're still expecting some additional rain today through Saturday AM, especially north of I-40.