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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Nashville, TN

July 31, 20216 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2021, 11:26 PM CDT for 6 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 2021, 11:26 PM CDT (04:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Warren County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 31, 11:37 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ssw Shelbyville, TNLARGE TREE DOWN ON BELMONT AVENUE
Jul 31, 11:58 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGManchester, TNREPORT OF LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING ALVIN COCKER ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2021-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1106 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2021-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1447 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

As transmitted.

909 
WUUS54 KOHX 010426
SVROHX
TNC003-015-031-117-149-177-010500-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0125.210801T0426Z-210801T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1126 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Marshall County in Middle Tennessee...
  Southeastern Rutherford County in Middle Tennessee...
  Southwestern Warren County in Middle Tennessee...
  Coffee County in Middle Tennessee...
  Bedford County in Middle Tennessee...
  Southern Cannon County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 1125 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line 
  extending from near Murfreesboro to near Shelbyville to 
  Cornersville, moving southeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Murfreesboro, Shelbyville, McMinnville, Lewisburg, Manchester,
  Tullahoma, Cornersville, Morrison, Wartrace, Bell Buckle,
  Centertown, Normandy, Beechgrove, Raus, Fosterville, Belfast,
  Bradyville, Unionville, Readyville and Christiana.

This includes Interstate 24 between mile markers 79 and 120.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3526 8682 3532 8684 3534 8688 3590 8638
      3571 8576 3533 8602 3536 8615 3534 8626
      3538 8625 3539 8628 3541 8625 3541 8628
      3535 8638 3535 8641 3532 8642 3536 8649
      3537 8659 3533 8660 3531 8668 3525 8676
TIME...MOT...LOC 0425Z 291DEG 40KT 3584 8634 3555 8652 3532 8682 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Shamburger

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson27 min
Jul 31, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRobertson23 min
Jul 31, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Montgomery20 min
Jul 31, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson, Robertson44 min
Jul 31, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRobertson34 min
Jul 31, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham, Davidson39 min
Jul 31, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson47 min
Jul 31, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSumner, Trousdale40 min
Jul 31, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson36 min
Jul 31, 8:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXRobertson4 hr
Jul 31, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson33 min
Jul 31, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Montgomery, Stewart50 min
Jul 31, 9:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson59 min
Jul 31, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham, Dickson27 min
Jul 31, 9:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner3 hr
Jul 31, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Montgomery, Williamson33 min
Jul 31, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Marshall, Maury, Williamson41 min
Jul 31, 10:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Williamson4 hr
Jul 31, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson38 min
Jul 31, 10:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Wilson16 min
Jul 31, 11:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Wilson3 hr
Jul 31, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis, Perry, Wayne36 min
Jul 31, 11:36 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXDavidson3 hr
Jul 31, 11:41 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson3 hr
Jul 31, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Grundy, Rutherford, Van Buren and 1 more53 min
Aug 1, 2:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWayne50 min
Aug 1, 3:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWayne47 min
Aug 1, 4:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLawrence, Wayne46 min
Aug 1, 6:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGiles, Lawrence43 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.