• Power Outage in Clarksville, TN - Report Power Outage (2024)

March 3, 2023 - High Wind

One of the strongest wind gusts of this event was recorded at the Clarksville ASOS site with a non-thunderstorm wind gust of 79 mph. This is the highest wind gust ever reported at the Clarksville ASOS where records go back to April 2001. Several hours of severe non-thunderstorm winds resulted in numerous damage reports, including downed and uprooted trees, downed powerlines, and roof and other property damage across all of Montgomery County. Some of the most significant damage was reported near Fredonia where H & S Farms reported that their greenhouse was destroyed and a roof was torn off their building. Damages are estimated.

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February 1, 2023 - Ice Storm

This is a continuation of the event that started at the end of January 2023. Ice accumulations across Montgomery County resulted in several reports of downed trees and power lines which resulted in power outages. The Clarksville Lead Chronicle reported that many roads across the county were covered in ice and sleet with several accidents occurring. Interstate 24 was forced to close between mile markers 13 and 15 late on January 31st. No information was available on any potential injuries in these accidents.

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January 30, 2023 - Ice Storm

Ice accumulations across Montgomery County resulted in several reports of downed trees and power lines which resulted in power outages. The Clarksville Lead Chronicle reported that many roads across the county were covered in ice and sleet with several accidents occurring. Interstate 24 was forced to close between mile markers 13 and 15 late on January 31st. No information was available on any potential injuries in these accidents. This event continued into early February. Damages are a rough estimate.

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June 17, 2022 - Thunderstorm Wind

Twitter tSpotter reports indicate several trees were blown down with numerous power outages in Clarksville.

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May 14, 2022 - Thunderstorm Wind

Multiple trees, power lines and power poles were blown down across Clarksville.

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March 3, 2023

A historic high wind event set up over all of Middle Tennessee on March 3, 2023. An incredibly strong surface low deepened to about 979mb over the Ohio River Valley. In fact, this system broke numerous all-time low pressure readings across the lower Ohio River Valley. At the official weather station at the Nashville International Airport, the barometric pressure dropped to 29.06 inches which was very close to the all time record of 29.02 inches. This intense low pressure system combined with a potent cold front resulted in a very strong pressure gradient across the area which resulted in several hours of high winds. The high winds were first felt along a line of thunderstorms that very quickly tracked east-northeast through Middle Tennessee. This line prompted several Several Thunderstorm Warnings with the primary hazard being wind. However, winds increased dramatically behind this line of thunderstorms with wind gusts of 60 to 80 mph common through the afternoon. The highest measured gust was 79 mph at the Clarksville ASOS which set a record the highest wind gust measured at this station. These high winds resulted in widespread damage with every county reporting snapped or uprooted trees, downed powerlines, power outages, roofs torn off buildings, and other property damage. Tragically, three people were killed during this event with all three killed due to falling trees.

April 13, 2022

A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee during the late afternoon and evening hours on April 13, 2022. Widespread damaging winds affected most counties of Middle Tennessee, with numerous trees and power lines blown down along with widely scattered structural damage. Winds were measured up to nearly 70 mph.

February 14, 2021

An Arctic airmass spread across Middle Tennessee from Thursday February 11 through Sunday February 14, 2021, bringing very cold temperatures in the teens and 20s along with lengthy periods of freezing drizzle. This led to ice forming on elevated surfaces such as trees and power lines, as well as bridges, overpasses, and some roadways. As a major winter storm brought additional freezing rain, sleet, and snow to the area from Sunday evening February 14 into Monday February 15, 2021, the previous ice combined with the new ice, sleet, and snow to cause significant ice storm damage across parts of east-central Middle Tennessee, as well as create massive travel disruptions areawide. Locations from Giles and Lincoln Counties northeastward to Pickett and northern Fentress Counties received anywhere from 0.5 to over 1 of ice accretion from the combination of the weekend freezing drizzle plus new freezing rain. Numerous trees and power lines were downed in many counties, resulting in tens of thousands of power outages, with the worst damage affecting Lincoln, Bedford, Coffee, Cannon, Putnam, Overton, and northern Fentress Counties. Elsewhere, 2 to 3 inches of combined sleet and snow along with the frigid temperatures caked most surfaces in a thick layer of ice, with travel coming to a standstill across the northwestern half of Middle Tennessee - including the Nashville metro area.

May 3, 2020

A complex of severe thunderstorms called a MCS (Mesoscale Convective System) developed across southern Kansas on Saturday night, May 2, 2020, then tracked eastward across southern Missouri and western Kentucky during the morning of May 3, 2020 before reaching Middle Tennessee in the afternoon. These storms produced widespread straight-line wind damage across every county of Middle Tennessee, with numerous trees, power lines, and buildings damaged. Some of the worst damage occurred across the Nashville metro area, where winds between 60-80 mph knocked out power to over 130,000 customers - the worst power outage on record for the city. Some customers were without power for up to one week. A peak wind gust of 71 mph was measured at the Nashville International Airport, which is the 5th highest on record at that location. Other counties across Middle Tennessee also saw severe wind damage and tens of thousands of customers lose power. Sadly, 1 man was killed and 5 other people injured by falling trees due to the storms. This event was determined to be a derecho due to the widespread and long-track of the straight-line wind damage, and was likely the worst straight-line wind event across Middle Tennessee since the July 13, 2004 derecho. Total damage across Middle Tennessee, including Lincoln, Moore, and Franklin Counties, was estimated by the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency at $16,671,521. Damage totals for each county are consolidated into one main entry and are not separated out by individual damage event.

January 11, 2020

An unusually early in the year and very widespread severe weather outbreak affected much of the southeastern U.S. from January 10, 2020 into January 11, 2020. Numerous tornadoes and widespread damaging winds affected states from Texas eastward to South Carolina and as far north as Ohio. Across Middle Tennessee, a line of severe thunderstorms moved across the area during the morning and afternoon hours, producing no confirmed tornadoes but widespread damaging winds. Some of the worst damage striking Perry, Hickman, Dickson, and Clay Counties. Even prior to the storms moving across the area, strong south winds gusting over 50 mph in some areas caused sporadic wind damage and power outages in some locations.