TN History Part 2: Hurricane Ivan's Rainfall Totals

This first map for TN history part 2, is the unusual track of Hurricane Ivan. You can see that the track of the hurricane, made its way up the Appalachian coast while still holding a tropical depression status before exiting into the Atlantic and then affecting Florida and then Texas.

This map is of the rainfall totals that us here in Mid. TN saw from Ivan. Since the map is rather small, I'll post these areas and what rainfall total they got.

Western Mid. TN: 1/2" to 1"

Mid. TN and Nashville Basin: 1" to 4"

Highland Rim: 3" to 5"

Cumberland Plateau: 4" to 5"+!

My home county, Macon County, had some totals in the 4" range! We could really use that rain now.

* First photo is from the NOAA site, and the second is from the NWS in Nashville

A Look Back In TN History #1/ April 7th 2006 Tornado Outbreak

As you can see from the SPC map of the April 7th, 2006 Tornado Outbreak across TN, MS, and AL expectally. The most damage and deaths occurred here in TN where 9 died in Sumner County and 3 in Warren County. There was one more death in Marion County, AL. There was a total of 91 tornado reports, but only 74 where confirmed. With two EF-3's reported. One EF-3 hit Gallatin and the other one hit Charlotte in Cheathem County. You can find the Convective Outlook report at: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/archive/2006/day1otlk_20060407_2000.html

Here's some Tennessean stories on the Outbreak.

• Goodlettsville Miracle Story: http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060408/NEWS01/604080348

• Sumner County Eye Witness Account of the Damage: http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060408/NEWS01/604080351

If you have any other TN weather history stories you'd like for me to do, just e-mail me at charlesloring_2010@hotmail.com and I'll post it.