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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Nashville, TN

October 6, 2021Bedford County, Rutherford County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 6, 2021, 5:05 PM CDT for Bedford County, Rutherford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 6, 2021, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bedford County, TN, Rutherford County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 6, 2:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 12:00Z on 2021-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -65 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

916 
WUUS54 KOHX 062205
SVROHX
TNC003-149-062230-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0137.211006T2205Z-211006T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
505 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Rutherford County in Middle Tennessee...
  North central Bedford County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 530 PM CDT.

* At 504 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles north of
  Shelbyville, moving north at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Murfreesboro, Smyrna, Walterhill, Christiana, Fosterville and
  Rockvale.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 24 between mile markers 70 and 85.
 Interstate 840 between mile markers 46 and 58.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for Middle
Tennessee.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3562 8637 3562 8655 3594 8661 3595 8634
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 173DEG 24KT 3567 8648 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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1 follow-up statement
377 
WWUS54 KOHX 062212
SVSOHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
512 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021

TNC003-062222-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-211006T2230Z/
Bedford TN-
512 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for Middle
Tennessee.

LAT...LON 3570 8657 3594 8661 3595 8634 3570 8641
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 171DEG 26KT 3574 8650 

$$

TNC149-062230-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-211006T2230Z/
Rutherford TN-
512 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY...

At 512 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southwest of
Murfreesboro, moving north at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Murfreesboro, Smyrna, Walterhill and Rockvale. 

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 24 between mile markers 70 and 82.
 Interstate 840 between mile markers 46 and 58.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for Middle
Tennessee.

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3570 8657 3594 8661 3595 8634 3570 8641
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 171DEG 26KT 3574 8650 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 7:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLewis34 min
Oct 5, 7:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXLawrence, Lewis96 min
Oct 5, 9:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Wayne3 hr
Oct 6, 12:11 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXLawrence20 hr
Oct 6, 1:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXGiles, Hickman, Maury2 hr
Oct 6, 2:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHickman, Maury2 hr
Oct 6, 2:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXDickson, Hickman2 hr
Oct 6, 3:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchOHXBedford, Coffee, Cumberland, Giles, Grundy, Lawrence and 4 more28 hr
Oct 6, 3:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDickson119 min
Oct 6, 3:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXDickson, Montgomery2 hr
Oct 6, 10:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXVan Buren27 min
Oct 6, 11:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWhite32 min
Oct 6, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Putnam, Van Buren, White46 min
Oct 6, 2:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCumberland, Overton, Putnam, Van Buren, White4 hr
Oct 6, 3:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress34 min
Oct 6, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXVan Buren29 min
Oct 6, 3:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXVan Buren6 hr
Oct 6, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress31 min
Oct 6, 4:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXFentress113 min
Oct 6, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXPickett30 min
Oct 6, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRutherford29 min
Oct 6, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland36 min
Oct 6, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRutherford31 min
Oct 6, 5:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXFentress, Pickett115 min
Oct 6, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland31 min
Oct 6, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland31 min
Oct 6, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress25 min
Oct 6, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress32 min
Oct 6, 6:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman28 min
Oct 6, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXFentress37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.