Weather service officials say 2005 will likely end up as a warmer than normal year. But in spite of those higher temperatures, Middle Tennessee failed to reach the 100 degree mark for the fifth consecutive summer.
For meteorologist Bobby Boyd at the National Weather Service’s Nashville office,
the weather event of the year was Tuesday, November 15th, when a super-cell weather system moved through the region.
“We had 19 tornadoes across Middle Tennessee in a three hour period from. That’s the largest tornado outbreak for a single day for Middle Tennessee. Some folks might remember April 10th, 1998. We had ten tornadoes during that outbreak, and on November 10th, 2002, there were 11. So we ended up with 19 in just that one outbreak which is a lot of tornadoes for Middle Tennessee.”
Boyd says November is generally the start of a secondary season for severe weather in Tennessee.
The National Weather Service has been tracking weather statistics in Middle Tennessee since 1870.
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