Explosion captured by live weather radar

[u/LunaTuna823]

[u/Jonnyflash80]

Nice overly slow fake radar sweep they've added to the map. 😂

[u/Tentings → u/Jonnyflash80]

All these years I always thought that line was the actual radar..damn

[u/vawlk → u/Tentings]

it used to be, but now its just something they add so you don't think you are looking at a static screen. No news program uses an actual live feed from the radar anymore as the processed images look much better.

[u/teraflop → u/vawlk]

Yep. This is the first video I could find showing what the live updating radar used to look like, back in the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2G067FPHTU&t=39s

You can see the "Az" number updating in the top-right corner, showing the radar antenna's azimuth (number of degrees from north).

[u/Nuclearfarmer → u/teraflop]

Ancient footage from 2001...excuse me while I ....

[u/big_duo3674 → u/Nuclearfarmer]

...change the channel and then try to squint so you can see the scrambled porn?

[u/mightymidwestshred → u/big_duo3674]

Ah, the 90s...

[u/ReturnOfBane → u/teraflop]

i miss those old robotic TTS voices

[u/joggle1 → u/ReturnOfBane]

Get yourself a weather radio, they're still broadcasting with that voice.

[u/metompkin → u/teraflop]

That voice put me to sleep.

[u/UsefulEngine1 → u/vawlk]

This was driving me crazy during some recent storms. Waiting for that sweep to cross my neighborhood, only for nothing to happen

[u/austinmm6 → u/UsefulEngine1]

If you look closely, the sweep does update the screen.... every five minutes or so. Pay attention during your next severe weather event and you'll see it.

[u/standardissuegreen → u/vawlk]

That's the sweeps. But what about the bleeps and the creeps?

[u/Chris_Walking2805 → u/standardissuegreen]

The what? The what? And the what?

[u/ElmerFuddsElbow → u/Chris_Walking2805]

He's an asshole, sir

[u/guitar_stonks → u/ElmerFuddsElbow]

Major Phillip Asshole, sir!

[u/DustNo123 → u/guitar_stonks]

I'm surrounded by assholes!

[u/fuzzimus → u/DustNo123]

Keep firing, Assholes!

[u/random-bs-gooooo → u/Chris_Walking2805]

It's jam sir

[u/SeenYourScene → u/vawlk]

I would have also guessed it was because they're getting information from multiple sources which aren't going to all update at the same time. Is that also an issue or have I missed the mark?

[u/reddit4485 → u/Tentings]

https://www.wsmv.com/2026/10/14/explosion-leads-large-structure-fire-gallatin-police-say/

Why does no one seem to care about the actual explosion!?? Is this it?

[u/Emb3rF0x → u/reddit4485]

“No injuries were reported. The Gallatin Fire Chief said the homeowner had medical equipment on the property where the fire started, and several oxygen cylinders exploded from the flames.”

Yep, that’ll do it 😬

[u/PhantomPharts → u/reddit4485]

I care! Thanks for the share!

[u/Orleanian → u/reddit4485]

I suppose I care a little.

It's just that I care more about pedantry and discussion of radar displays.

[u/AriaTheTransgressor → u/Orleanian]

Pursuing perfect precision, pedantry pleases particularly.

[u/Ozryela → u/Tentings]

Some radars still "sweep" the sky, but they rotate much faster than this. And obviously the update of the image should happen along the line of the sweep. So this one is obviously fake.

Edit: A bit more context: All radars can only look at one part of the sky at once. It used to be that they could only look straight forward, so you had to rotate the the radar to see the entire sky. Modern radars can do tricks to look at at angle. They can change the angle they look at many times per second, effectively looking at large part of the sky all at once (on a human timeframe). But the angle is still limited, so if you want to see the entire sky you still need to either rotate the radar, or build multiple radars and put them in a circle. The latter is very expensive, so you obviously wouldn't do that for a simple weather radar.

[u/yacob152 → u/Tentings]

Some actual are

[u/Gleipnire → u/Jonnyflash80]

Gotta add the sound effects, next. Gotta have the Sweeps, the Beeps, and the Creeps!

[u/LimpFox → u/Gleipnire]

Jammed... Raspberry...

[u/PM_ME_UR_WUT → u/LimpFox]

Nobody would dare use raspberry...

[u/worriedbowels → u/Gleipnire]

Im surrounded by assholes

[u/shewholaughslasts → u/worriedbowels]

YO

[u/Clean_Feeling_9503 → u/Gleipnire]

Until you get jammed.

[u/LazaroFilm → u/Jonnyflash80]

That was really confusing me why the radar updated the image without the sweep being nearby

[u/GLIBG10B → u/LazaroFilm]

Plot twist: It only looks slow due to the stroboscopic effect, but it actually updates the whole screen more than 24 times per second

[u/-FoofooCuddlyPoops-]

I live near that area. Gallatin (just northeast of Nashville) had a garage catch fire and "stuff" inside of it blew up. They don't know what caused the fire, and they don't quite know what stuff blew up yet. The fire chief basically said it was "normal household stuff that would explode when exposed to a fire." Who knows if it was propane tanks, fuel cans, etc. Still investigating.

But Gallatin also had a house under construction blow up from a natural gas leak last year, so now they've basically started an annual trend of a home blowing up once a year or so.

[u/EvaTheE → u/-FoofooCuddlyPoops-]

Me as a gardening enthusiast with a fleet of tractors, I often store about 1 200 barrels of fuel oil in my garage, which is over my cellar in which I keep a few kilotons of ammonium fertilizer. These little explosions do sometimes happen when there is a fire or something.

[u/whowatchestv → u/EvaTheE]

My dad used to work with plants and said he’s probably on a list after the Oklahoma City bombing.

[u/EvaTheE → u/whowatchestv]

Well, both that type of fertilizer and fuel are why the human population can survive at levels where we are. Before the haber-bosch process we were scraping the barrel for fertilizer and there is no way we could feed as many people we do today. And that fuel is also the only realistic way we can do all of the logistics required to do that. It's why we have had those big explosions, like Texas City and Beirut. Those two things are both needed.

[u/pizzaanarchy → u/EvaTheE]

Yep, we hit peak guano at the turn of the 19th century.

[u/strangebru → u/-FoofooCuddlyPoops-]

So fall is "home blowing up" season in Tennessee?

[u/jtanuki → u/strangebru]

gets too cold to cook meth in the RV

[u/Ok-Active-8321 → u/strangebru]

Well, the corn has ripened, the mash has fermented, and everybody is firing up their stills.

[u/inept_machete → u/-FoofooCuddlyPoops-]

That's a hug pressure wave, I would think that would be a BLEVE but the tank would have to be large to do that imo. Like the sideways tanks they have at fuel depots not the 100 gallon tanks that feed a home heating system.

[u/wolffetti → u/inept_machete]

Right? Thats a huge response on the radar for what seems to be a pretty casual type of fire/"explosion".

I was thinking it was related to a TVA Plant or something considering what the scale appeared to be.

[u/PXranger → u/inept_machete]

More likely a FAE, same as any normal gas leak. Proper fuel air mix in a large house can cause a massive explosion.

[u/Wonderful_Sock_6651 → u/-FoofooCuddlyPoops-]

It's entirely possible it was a propane tank.

Where my parents live there was a family who went on Vacation and had a fire at their house and it blew up their propane tank. The explosion was so severe the school across the road literally had some of its windows shattered and the front doors that were facing towards the house were smashed open from the air pressure. The house was basically deleted/levelled.

People 20 miles away heard the explosion.

It was later found out it was arson for insurance fraud but that's besides the point.

[u/jcpham → u/Wonderful_Sock_6651]

Back when I was a firefighter one of the first things you always check is for a propane tank and a shutoff valve. Then the power company gets called to disconnect electricity depending on where the fire is and how involved the fire is.

You learn a lot about the utility services feeding the house or you put yourself in a lot of danger by not knowing the difference between high voltage and communication wires. Not knowing there’s a huge propane tank feeding gas into the home. That kind of stuff. A lot of things can explode once fire is involved.

[u/Few_Salt_1206]

see post about a weather radar detecting a possible explosion "maybe someone in the comments knows what happened" comments are all about the river looking like a dragon

[u/PootieTang_ → u/Few_Salt_1206]

A garage exploded. No one was hurt, though it was very close to an animal shelter. I was outside with my dog at 615am when I heard a loud boom boom. My dog ran right back inside. 

[u/eW4GJMqscYtbBkw9 → u/Few_Salt_1206]

https://www.wsmv.com/2026/10/14/explosion-leads-large-structure-fire-gallatin-police-say/

[u/Anthamon → u/Few_Salt_1206]

I swear it wasn't always like this. You used to reliably be able to come into the comments to find someone who knows what the fuck they're talking about. Now its just an endless flood of morons commenting the first thing that pops into their vapid heads from reading the title.

[u/Douchevick → u/Few_Salt_1206]

Never change Reddit...

[u/xerxes_dandy]

The river legit looks like a perfectly drawn dragon

[u/Ridgew00dian → u/xerxes_dandy]

Nonsense! There hasn't been a dragon in these parts for a thousand years!

[u/falsevector → u/Ridgew00dian]

If you're referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely involved

[u/ronw89 → u/falsevector]

Did you just give Bilbo a little shove out of the door?

[u/cantfindmykeys → u/ronw89]

He was going on an adventure!

[u/Turbulent_Bat4320 → u/Ridgew00dian]

I read pants

[u/slavelabor52 → u/Turbulent_Bat4320]

Stupid slutty dragons

[u/Pielacine → u/slavelabor52]

You’ve never seen a pants dragon? Larger cousin of the trouser snake. I have one

[u/Strategy_pan → u/slavelabor52]

I should call her

[u/Accomplished-Cat8952 → u/Ridgew00dian]

Fool of a Took!

[u/MrWally → u/xerxes_dandy]

That's the Cumberland River. Fun fact: The Cumberland River Basin is the third most biodiverse freshwater system in the world (after the Amazon and the Mekong Rivers).

[u/JohnnyUtah06 → u/MrWally]

Freshwater biologist here, I'm lucky to get to work in these waters and see this beautiful part of the world.

[u/Adventurous_March_58 → u/JohnnyUtah06]

Semi-pro biological organism here. I peed in that basin in '96.It flashed to life after my gift.

[u/iendandubegin → u/MrWally]

Thank you for my next Wiki deep dive!

[u/jxj24 → u/xerxes_dandy]

Burninating the countryside!

[u/TheRealistoftheReal → u/jxj24]

Burninating the peasants…

[u/pizzasage → u/TheRealistoftheReal]

Burninating all the peoples...

[u/themo3bius → u/pizzasage]

In their thatched roof COTTAGEEEEESSSSSS.... thatched roof COTTAGEEEESSSSSS!!

[u/BleachedGrain26 → u/pizzasage]

In their thatched roof cottages!!! Thatched roof cottages!!!

[u/MegaVenomous → u/BleachedGrain26]

And the Trogdor comes in the NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!

[u/xenobit_pendragon → u/jxj24]

The great River Trogdor.

[u/69_Big_Biscuit_69 → u/xerxes_dandy]

It’s the result of a constructed reservoir. Dam a river to make a “lake.” There are many impounded rivers that have this similar shape. Lake of the Ozarks in MO (USA) is another dragon-like reservoir.

[u/lo-key-glass → u/69_Big_Biscuit_69]

We have one just like this in Michigan as well. There's a trail that goes around it literally called The Dragon Trail.

[u/Corpus_Juris_13 → u/69_Big_Biscuit_69]

Yep, I’m from Nashville. That’s Old Hickory Lake! It’s the dammed up portion of The Cumberland River

[u/Capricornus-Absurdus → u/xerxes_dandy]

Where are the consummate v’s?

[u/gregpurcott → u/Capricornus-Absurdus]

I said CONSUMMATE V’S!

[u/vortigaunt64 → u/gregpurcott]

Guy wouldn't know majesty if it came up and bit him in the face!

[u/waveytype → u/vortigaunt64]

That happened once…

[u/Savings-Nectarine-1 → u/Capricornus-Absurdus]

Maybe it isn’t one of those wingaling dragons.

[u/Hot-Brat-00 → u/Capricornus-Absurdus]

Is this a trogdor reference? lol

[u/piper33245 → u/Hot-Brat-00]

It’s an S for snake. Errr… dragon.

[u/PsyOpBunnyHop → u/Hot-Brat-00]

Needs one of dem beefy arms on dere.

[u/TheRealMitchConnor → u/xerxes_dandy]

Looks like Mushu! Dishonor on you, dishonor on your cow, dishonor on your whole weather broadcast!

[u/cybercuzco → u/xerxes_dandy]

More different S

[u/DoctorFluffyCow → u/xerxes_dandy]

Are the V's consummate?

[u/saint_of_thieves → u/xerxes_dandy]

Looking through the comments, I seem to be the only one who thought of Dracozu Lake in Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

[u/Mirar → u/xerxes_dandy]

I thought it was this first: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odeleite_River#River_shape_and_international_attention

[u/TheRealistoftheReal → u/xerxes_dandy]

Add some beefy arms, some wings….

Trogdor…the Burninator.

[u/BizzarduousTask → u/xerxes_dandy]

With consummate V’s

[u/Patriot009 → u/[deleted]]

I did Google it. Apparently this is the second house structure that exploded in recent years in Gallatin, TN. One exploded in June 2025 and another earlier this week.

[u/WeirdIndividualGuy → u/Patriot009]

Almost as if those making the posts should be the ones to provide the context/sources. Requiring everyone else to do so is what leads to potential confusion/misinformation

[u/Fart_BarfUncle → u/WeirdIndividualGuy]

Omitting context garners more comments/engagement on your post

[u/kingprozac → u/Fart_BarfUncle]

Whoever's idea it was to make social media reward engagement and not reception should suffer. It was a shitty concept that has had an overwhelmingly negative impact on society because now ragebait is a thing.

[u/GreenStrong → u/[deleted]]

A different link had a minimal explosion without having to watch the video:

No injuries were reported. The Gallatin Fire Chief said the homeowner had medical equipment on the property where the fire started, and several oxygen cylinders exploded from the flames.

Pure oxygen is reasonably easy to handle safely, but it is a fucking menace.

[u/lynivvinyl → u/[deleted]]

Wow I've never seen A gun commercial in my life. But I guess probably not everyone got a ruger commercial before the video.

Edit: after reading about all the commercials you guys got it kind of seems like none of the commercials pertain to the people who got them. Which is really weird. I have exactly zero guns and all I ever had was a pellet gun well I guess I still have it but it doesn't pump up anymore. What is also weird is I was the top Marksman for three different camps I went as a child. I just always spent my money on music.

[u/CombatBulldozer → u/lynivvinyl]

I got a commercial about how great data centers are for the community and everyone around them.

It was almost straight up a Veridian Dynamics commercial from Better Off Ted.

[u/thekaymancomes → u/CombatBulldozer]

God, Better off Ted had so much potential. Loved that show

[u/Terrik27 → u/thekaymancomes]

One of the few shows I'll periodically rewatch. Really wish it had gotten more seasons

[u/New_Succotash2500 → u/thekaymancomes]

The first season was incredibly good.

[u/LivingUnglued → u/CombatBulldozer]

I run adblock and don't watch live tv and its always jarring for me when I see ads like that or I visit the parents and see political commercials on TV. Sometimes I wonder what propaganda messages I'm missing out on. Of course I just get hit with bot propaganda online instead.

[u/raybreezer → u/lynivvinyl]

I got an injury lawyer commercial… for Atlanta.. I haven’t needed an injury lawyer, nor do I live near Atlanta…

[u/lynivvinyl → u/raybreezer]

Well I mean guns do shoot pretty far. But I don't know if they shoot that far.

[u/justme002 → u/lynivvinyl]

I mean, it's Nashville Tennessee.

[u/MarkRemington → u/lynivvinyl]

Some marketing algorithm sees a pipeline between looking at explosions and wanting to send rounds downrange with tiny explosions.

[u/Tasty-Traffic-680 → u/MarkRemington]

In the Metro Detroit area one local news site will almost always have an ad pop up for Ted's Coney Island restaurant on stories about horrifically violent crimes. I fail to see the connection and find it bizarre that anyone would advertise food next to murder and rape.

The headline: "Car full of dead clowns found burning by river, Police suspect foul play"

The sidebar ad: "Breakfast all day!"

[u/WhatTheDiickens → u/lynivvinyl]

I got a rock.

Edit: Everyone replied to the same comment so I had to work with what I had. Unfortunately I think this comment will be above the other "I got a" comments.

[u/Lord_Dino-Viking → u/lynivvinyl]

I got a flagpole ad that kicked off with "if you are a true patriot..."

[u/ao01_design → u/lynivvinyl]

I did not get an ad. But i have an adblocker and in france...

[u/XelaNiba → u/lynivvinyl]

I got an ad for a group of therapists specially trained to deal with Veterans.

I'm not a veteran.

[u/mrsrostocka → u/XelaNiba]

I got a ducking retirement village, jeez I'm only 43 wtf!!

Nash, probably as I'm studying paramedicine so that's my algorithm right now, 2yrs so far and I'm getting weird arse ads because of studying.

[u/eclipsed70 → u/lynivvinyl]

I got a Granger commercial

[u/1000LivesBeforeIDie → u/[deleted]]

According to Gallatin Fire Department Chief Jeff Beaman, the fire sparked in a large detached garage adjacent to Cumberland Marine Works.

“As we investigated and looked into it, we found that it was more than likely just the normal things that you find in the garage, that when they’re exposed to a fire, sometimes they do go boom,” Beaman said. “So there was nothing that we’ve heard about propane tanks or natural gas lines.”

[u/anthonyynohtna → u/[deleted]]

OP is a 5 month old bot

[u/menwithven76 → u/[deleted]]

That's just northeast of Nashville, TN

[u/muskag → u/menwithven76]

And just south of Canada

[u/memberino → u/muskag]

It's west of europe too.

[u/Postthinetits → u/memberino]

Also east of Europe

[u/highlift → u/muskag]

It’s between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for sure.

[u/grc207 → u/muskag]

I knew from the first radar pass that the Canadians were at fault.

[u/bashful_predator → u/grc207]

Their thirst for war crimes cannot be quenched

[u/ImTheNewishGuy → u/menwithven76]

Place just explodin' and shit in the regular?

[u/Fucky0uthatswhy → u/ImTheNewishGuy]

In Tennessee? Yeah

[u/snahfu73 → u/[deleted]]

5 month old account. There's no one at all monitoring new users. This shit is exhausting.

[u/Desire_of_God → u/[deleted]]

Obviously that's Gallatin, USA at 6:50 AM on a Wednesday. /s

I'm sure if you looked up Gallatin explosion it's probably the only one.

[u/One-Earth9294]

So that white line is just useless, huh?

[u/OldSquid-71 → u/One-Earth9294]

As someone who used to repair radars in the Navy decades ago, that sweep line on TV weather reports has pissed me off for years.

[u/One-Earth9294 → u/OldSquid-71]

They need to add a 'ping' noise like we're watching Das Boot. Really drive the theatrics home.

[u/Shubamz → u/OldSquid-71]

I wonder if it is totally fake now or if it is at least still accurate to NWS dish even if they now used the final full sweep image once it is processed by NWS. I am guessing the former though since that is cheaper.

Would at least be cool if it was accurate to something IRL even if it wasn't really useful anymore.

[u/PrisonerV → u/One-Earth9294]

Its movie magic. Old radars worked like that. Not anymore. They spin and produce the image all at once.

[u/ARoundForEveryone → u/PrisonerV]

Is it just there, then, "because it's always been there?"

[u/Broberts505 → u/ARoundForEveryone]

I assume it’s so you know it’s not just a frozen screen on a clear day.

[u/RandomUser15790 → u/PrisonerV]

Modern Radars operate the same it's just the processing and display have switched to digital from analog. A spinning antenna is a spinning antenna.

[u/The_Dreams → u/One-Earth9294]

Where is your whimsy. The white lines are there to entertain, allow your inner kid to be happy with its presence.

[u/neuropsycho]

I don't quite get it, is the radar spinning line real? Why are the radar images updated before the radar does its pass?

[u/Glasgesicht → u/neuropsycho]

Because it's just a silly animation to make people see that it's a "RADAR", it's has nothing to do with the underlying imagery

[u/Ooficus → u/Glasgesicht]

TIL…

[u/atomicsnarl → u/neuropsycho]

The "radar" spinny thing is a special effect to make it look all tech. The actual radar at that location collects information using a rotating antenna, but computers compile and analyze the information in multiple atmospheric layers, in 6 to 10 minute batches. The output image is then sent to the feed used by TV stations and others for public display in a form people can easily understand.

Further information about the WSR-88D NEXRAD radar system here.

[u/Chief_Chill → u/neuropsycho]

Dark Helmet: (after tearing the microphone out of the desk) Now what is it?

Radar Technician: I'm having trouble with the radar, sir.

Dark Helmet: What's wrong with it?

Radar Technician: I've lost the bleeps, I've lost the sweeps, and I've lost the creeps.

Dark Helmet: The what?

[u/BusinessWatercrees58 → u/neuropsycho]

I love how this just exposed for a lot of people that the line was fake all along. Everything is a lie.

[u/techforallseasons → u/BusinessWatercrees58]

The line has always been fake - BUT at one time it did have a purpose - it indicated where the radar antenna was pointing at the moment - where the data was the freshest.

The energy reflections echoed back to the antenna would "burn" into the phosphors at that point as would linger and fade over time until the sweep swung back around.

[u/SneakyPanduh]

While watching storm chasing, Max velocity pointed out that bats leaving caves in the evenings shows up on radar. Thought that was interesting.

[u/4mla1fn → u/SneakyPanduh]

yup, same thing with purple martin migration.

[u/debalser → u/SneakyPanduh]

Midges show up on radar in northeast Ohio when they hatch

[u/MaximusHomerdrive]

I'm hunting around the comments trying to find some context for wtf is going on and it's like everyone just knows what and where this is and what's going on.

[u/Hefty-Fruit5463 → u/MaximusHomerdrive]

Suburb of Nashville. A garage exploded. It picked up on the radar 

[u/Pudi2000]

What's the point of the windshield wiper? In old radar it was like a refresh indicator. The map is refreshing at higher rate than the wiper.

[u/johnc380 → u/Pudi2000]

Probably something that is unnecessary today but they left it for the vibes. People don’t like change. 

[u/Melodic_Lie_7836 → u/Pudi2000]

To illustrate the site that picked up the signal

[u/WaffleHouseGladiator]

Footage of the incident: https://youtu.be/voRHx0Fh8Zk

[u/The_Mdk → u/WaffleHouseGladiator]

That's... underwhelming, I was expecting a way bigger scenario

[u/ThaDollaGenerale → u/The_Mdk]

Not everything that explodes is as good as Morton-Thiokoll's

[u/Professional_Echo907 → u/ThaDollaGenerale]

Pepcon was crazy, but nothing non-nuclear tops the explosion in Beirut.

https://youtu.be/oKFupx9x0-k?is=Cc0UK1sztBoXgtA-

[u/JellyfishOnSteroids → u/Professional_Echo907]

Tianjin explosion gives it a run for its money.

https://youtu.be/993wlZ6XFSs

[u/Nielsly → u/JellyfishOnSteroids]

I had forgotten how insane those explosions were, jfc
Edit: "only" 173 dead and 8 missing, of which 104 were firefighters

[u/MelangeBot → u/Nielsly]

So far nothing has come remotely close to the Halifax explosion in 1917, at 2.9 kiloton TNT it was 3.5 times more powerful then Beirut and 10x more powerful then Tianjin.

For comparison:

Tianjing was 0.3 Kt

Beirut was 0.8 Kt

Halifax was 3.4 Kt

Hirosihma was 14 Kt

Tsar Bomba was 57 000 Kt (was suppose to be 100 000 KT but the project lead had a headache and did not want any bright lights that day)

[u/JBaecker → u/MelangeBot]

Actually, Tsar Bomba has been revised down to "only" 50Mt. The Soviets encouraged the inflated estimated size of the explosion to generate fear in the West.

https://www.nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/TsarBomba.html

[u/ravage214 → u/Professional_Echo907]

The one in China was pretty crazy a few years before Beirut

[u/McGarnegle → u/Professional_Echo907]

Halifax explosion

[u/WeirdIndividualGuy → u/WaffleHouseGladiator]

*Footage of the aftermath, not the incident. This footage does not have the actual explosion happening

[u/geekjimmy → u/WaffleHouseGladiator]

That's from the 14th, with the video posted yesterday. The explosion on radar in OP's video is from today.

[u/Meechflow95]

So weird seeing where I live on a not TN related Reddit

[u/DasFreibier]

why is there a scanning line when the radar updates at once

[u/justdownvote]

I liked it when 90's Marc Summers decided to walk into frame. Find that flag!

[u/WoodsLovelyDarkNDeep]

Where was this explosion is there a link to a news story of it happening?  When did it happen?

Get none of that instead just an animation that doesn’t even make sense based on how actual weather radar works 

[u/Menekineko]

I thought this was Marc Summers

[u/Thiem22]

Meteorologist here, with a specialty in radar.
What the radar is picking up is know as a roost ring. It’s a biological signal of a high concentration of either birds or bats simultaneously taking off and spreading out over an area. An explosion, especially one of the size mentioned in the video, would not create returns on radar like this. The reflectivity return is too high and the distribution is too symmetrical.

[u/Junior_Rise_7451 → u/Thiem22]

The explosion could have caused the mass move of the birds though right?

[u/ChocolatChipLemonade → u/Junior_Rise_7451]

GOOD POINT

Por que no los dos?

[u/noconsequences_1 → u/Thiem22]

https://www.wsmv.com/video/2026/10/14/explosion-leads-large-structure-fire-gallatin/ coincidence that an explosion occurred at this same place at the same time?

[u/lets-play-car-pranks → u/noconsequences_1]

Nothings gonna scare a shitload of birds like an explosion

[u/Campcruzo → u/noconsequences_1]

At this time of year?  Localized entirely in your kitchen?

[u/billskionce → u/Campcruzo]

May I see it?

[u/Kitchen-Roll-8184 → u/billskionce]

............. No

[u/The-King-of-Cartoons → u/noconsequences_1]

Right, so yes the explosion happened there, but the radar is not picking up the actual shockwave, it’s picking up all of the birds/etc. in the area flying basically outwards away from the shockwave explosion

[u/SeakingGnarvana → u/Thiem22]

Bethpage and Cottontown look to be 17 miles apart by highway. 

Are you saying this flock of birds are managing to occupy an area with a diameter of ~10 miles?

[u/LostInRetransmission → u/SeakingGnarvana]

They don't need to "fill" the whole volume. Each tiny bird/bat has its own small radar return and the whole flock adds up, thus make enough return to be visible. That's why you can see murmuration on radar e.g. https://wxguys.ssec.wisc.edu/2024/09/30/weather-radars-birds/ the "blob" as mentioned by the radar specialist is shown also and explained - see image on right side with subtitle "Scientists can distinguish rainy weather as seen to the west and north in graphic from flocks of birds because they appear as circles or blobs on radar screens."

edited: I am certain the ring is not the explosion from two days ago of a garage (as some state below). That radar return is 16 km wide (distance galatin/cottonwood). A garage explosion would not make that wide a radius. Bird flying in panic from a huge noise , on the other hand, would potentially make that visible.

[u/Casadelarbollestero → u/Thiem22]

Pardon, I don't doubt your explanation, but why is symmetrical distribution a clue it ISNT an explosion? Arent explosions rapidly expanding energy? Wouldn't the signal thus be spherical in nature and therefore symmetrical?

We've all seen videos of explosions where the flame energy clearly isn't symmetrical like munitions impacts or crashes, but wouldn't a static catalyst's force and detectable signatures be nearly perfectly symmetrical?

This question isn't about the post, but about the nature of explosions in general.

[u/Patriot009]

This is the second massive explosion in Gallatin, TN in the past two years. A house exploded in June 2025. I'm curious, how's the meth business in Gallatin?

[u/MrGabogab0 → u/Patriot009]

Seems like it's booming

[u/SonicTemp1e → u/MrGabogab0]

*Denzel voice* My man.

[u/dividezero]

I've seen bug and bird swarms do this too. pretty cool

[u/davidfdm-at-work]

Sometimes I kind of forget how big the country is. I’m looking at the map trying to figure out what state and drew a blank. Couldn’t find a reference point like a medium sized city I recognized.

[u/neocondiment → u/davidfdm-at-work]

This is just NorthEast of Nashville.

[u/iKnowRobbie → u/davidfdm-at-work]

Clearly, with Springfield listed, it's the state the Simpsons takes place in! "The More you Know"🌈✨

[u/MotherofPirates]

I live in Gallatin and felt my house shake but I never knew why

[u/dogchowtoastedcheese]

Tennessee? So a meth lab then?

[u/Splinter007-88]

I’m just sitting here looking at that lake that resembles a Chinese dragon 🐉

[u/InebriousBarman]

There sure was an explosion. Possibly Oxygen tanks ignited by lithium batteries.

https://www.wsmv.com/video/2026/10/14/explosion-leads-large-structure-fire-gallatin/

[u/Corpus_Juris_13]

Yo I live in Nashville! When did this happen

[u/Arminius_Fiddywinks]

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/state/tennessee/sumner-county/gallatin-garage-fire-near-animal-shelter

Edit: Apparently the dogs at the neighboring animal shelter are okay, they just bark louder now.

[u/DickyReadIt]

What's that river called? It's the cool dragon lookin one

Edit: The Cumberland River

[u/rspewth]

Some quick Google-fu found this.

https://www.wsmv.com/2026/10/14/explosion-leads-large-structure-fire-gallatin-police-say/

[u/The-French-1]

I’ve now seen several videos about the radar picking this up, but no news of an actual explosion…

[u/CoolHandMike]

Holy wow. You can even see it here on Nexrad:

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/nexrad/index.php?parms=OHX-N0Q-1-48-100-usa-rad

Check out the shockwaves!

[u/New_Consequence5552]

Mark Summers? What Would You Do.