Top 10 Events for the West KY/Middle TN area.

TOP 10 Weather Events!!(For West KY,South Central KY,Middle TN) 2010 was the year for those who love variety in their weather. January, February, and December were well below average, and featured winter storms. June, July, August were months, that featured at times endless heat. There was an historic flood event, along with a drought. Tornadoes weren't as prolific as previous years, and there were pretty much 3 severe wx events, along with a few minor ones. The number 1 event was easy to pick out. Sources used are personal experiences, NCDC, News Outlets in the area, NWS Summaries.

1) Early May Historic Flooding, and Tornado Outbreak- Historic Flooding occurred, both flash flooding, and rivers and streams. Widespread heavy rains started on the evening of the 30th, and didn't move out to the 2nd of May. 10 to 19 inches of rain fell across South Central Kentucky and Middle Tennessee. Nashville had over 1.5 billion dollars of damage alone, along with 12 fatalities in this event in Nashville alone. The Cumberland River crested at record level in Clarksville, causing damage in the riverfront area, Perry County was at one time 40% under water, Hickman County was stranded from the outside world due to the severe flooding. Also severe flooding occurred in the Lakes area of Western KY, as dams released due to the pressure from swollen rivers in Middle Tennessee. Also tornadoes several occurring in the areas with the worst flooding, formed on the early morning of May 1st, a few during the day of May 1st, but most after midnight on May 2nd. 12 tornadoes occurred in this outbreak, Including an Ef2 tornado in Hard Hit Hickman County, in the Coble TN area. EF2 Tornadoes also occurred in Hickman/Fulton counties, and in North Christian counties. An EF1 tornado caused 950K dollars of damage in the Rivergate area of Davidson/Sumner County. Many Middle Tennessee counties, and even some Western and South Central Kentucky counties were declared disaster areas, and could receive possible federal funding.

2) Summer Heat Wave- The opposite of the winter months, was the excessive heat. Heat picked up in Late June, and stayed from July, before the peak in Early August. In which temperatures jumped well into the triple digits, with dewpoints in the 75 to 80 range, producing Heat Index values of 110 to 120 degrees. All 3 months were well above average, and the Summer of 2010 was ranked as the 1st to 3rd warmest summer on record, depending on the station.

3) August 18th-19th Cumberland Plateau/Mid TN Flooding- Flooding returned to the Middle Tennessee landscape in August of 2010. With another downpour again, but this time Mid TN was prepared, as no fatalities occurred. 5 to 8 inches of rain fall, with over 13 inches in Putnam County. Over 50 million dollars of damage occurred in the area, and for Eastern areas it was almost as bad, if not worse than the May event. Structures, roads, homes, were all heavily damaged in the worst areas.

4) January 29th-30th Winter Storm- A Potent Winter Storm struck Western Kentucky, and Middle Tennessee during the day of the 29th, and into the 30th. In Western and South Central Kentucky an upper level system moved through and dumped 4 to 6 inches of heavy snow in the area. 1 foot drifts occurred in Hopkinsville. In Middle Tennessee the Plateau and Northern Mid TN reported anywhere from 3 to 10 inches of snow, in Southwest, and Southern Middle TN, Ice and Sleet mixed in, with up to an 1/2 inch of ice, on top of 1 to 5 inches of snow and sleet reported. This was a very disruptive storm, as hundred of accidents occurred in the region

5) February 8th-9th Winter Storm- The city of Hopkinsville called it one of the prettiest snows ever. This was a storm that wasn't supposed to happen, but the cold air hung out enough for a all snow event in Western Kentucky, and a good snow event in South Central KY, and Middle TN before a change to rain. Western Mid TN, and Western Kentucky received from 3 to 8 inches of wet snow. Areas south and east of Nashville, and Nashville itself managed at least an inch of snow, before a change to rain. The cold weather that followed, allowed the snow to stay on the ground for over a week in most areas.

6) Drought 2010- After the wet May, things dried out considerably in June-September. Moderate to Extreme Drought resulted in crop damages, and a very dry Summer and Fall. Wildfires, Blowing Dust, low ponds, all occurred in this dry period.

7) October 26th Wind Storm- A sub 960 mb, system almost as strong as a CAT 3 hurricane formed in the Plains and exploded across Minnesota. A Serial Derecho also appeared across the area starting in West KY around 7am, and the line, and supercells that formed out ahead of it cleared out by 4pm. Several reports of funnel Clouds occurred, along with a few tornadoes. 4 tornadoes occurred in Christian,Todd,Muhlenberg County, including an Ef-1 tornado that caused some damage in the north side of Hopkinsville KY. Non-Thunderstorms up to 50MPH occurred as well, the Marshall County EM office, reported power-outages with the Non-Thuderstorm winds. An EF1 tornado occurred in Moore County TN on the 24th, just before this storm.

8) December 12th-13th 2010 Snow Storm- A nice December snow began on this day. 1 to 4 inches fall across most of Middle TN/Western Kentucky. This was somewhat of a rare event, being a NW Flow/Wraparound snow event. The Cumberland Plateau cashed in greatly from this event, getting anywhere from 4 to 8 inches of snow, Jamestown TN was the winner, the city the sits on top of the Northern Cumberland Plateau received a foot of snow, with snow drifts 6 feet deep.

9) April 24th Storms- A line of storms, and a few supercell produced severe weather across the area. An Ef-1 Tornado was the biggest storm of the day in Parsons TN(Decatur County). Also 2 injuries occurred in Northeast Montgomery County due to a microburst. 3 tornadoes occurred in Middle TN, and 1 in Western Kentucky on this day.

10) White Christmas 2010- The whole area of Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee received a White Christmas, that brought out memories of the old days, as a half inch to 7 inches fall from a snow event that started the night of Christmas Eve, and for the Plateau area of Middle Tennessee continued until the 26th, as a Upper Level system, combined with a gulf low turned nor'easter made for a white and snowy Christmas Holiday.