Strong Wind in Davidson, Tennessee

Strong Wind April 30, 2017 · Davidson, Tennessee

45 mph

Estimated gust (39 kt)

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Strong southerly gradient winds out ahead of an approaching QLCS blew over a metal soccer goal that struck in the 2300 block of Antioch Pike, killing a 2 year old girl. A peak wind gust of 37 knots (43 mph) was measured at the Nashville Airport ASOS at 150 PM CDT prior to the storms arriving later in the afternoon.

The wider storm

A QLCS (Quasi-Linear Convective System) moved from southwest to northeast across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on April 30. Numerous reports of wind damage were received. Gusty south gradient winds up to 45 mph out ahead of the approaching QLCS also resulted in one death in Nashville.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 694328. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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