Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 11, 2021, 2:47 AM CST for 11 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 58 min. 20 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
- Dec 11, 2021, 2:47 AM CST (08:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2021, 3:45 AM CST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Williamson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2:56 AM CST | TORNADO | 1 E White Bluff, TN | *** 1 INJ *** THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 70 BETWEEN WHITE BLUFF AND KINGSTON SPRINGS, AND CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEAST WHERE IT PRODUCED ROOF DAMAGE TO A FEW HOMES. WHILE STAYING NORTH OF HIGHWAY 70, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO HOMES ON SNEED ROAD WHERE ROOF SE |
| Dec 11, 3:00 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Kingston Springs, TN | SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURE DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN, BLOCKING ROADS THROUGHOUT KINGSTON SPRINGS. |
| Dec 11, 3:05 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nne Pegram, TN | MULTIPLE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON CARS ON INDIAN SPRINGS RD AND POND CREEK ROAD. |
| Dec 11, 3:12 AM CST | TORNADO | 8 Ne Pegram, TN | THIS EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN WESTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY NEAR CUB CREEK ROAD AND MOVED EASTWARD ACROSS BELLS BEND AND COCKRILL BEND JUST NORTH OF JOHN TUNE AIRPORT, CROSSING THE CUMBERLAND RIVER TWICE AND BLOWING DOWN NUMEROUS TREES. MOVING ACROSS THE CUMBERLA |
| Dec 11, 3:15 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Nw Belle Meade, TN | TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND STRUCTURE DAMAGE WAS REPORTED ALONG OLD HICKORY BLVD AND TIDWELL HOLLOW RD. |
| Dec 11, 3:18 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Brentwood, TN | ONE-HALF DOZEN TREES SNAPPED NEAR CONCORD ROAD AND WILSON PIKE. |
| Dec 11, 3:18 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Wnw Nashville, TN | TWITTER REPORT OF TREES DOWN IN BELLS BEND AREA. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
| Dec 11, 3:20 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Oak Hill, TN | SEVERE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAUSED SPORADIC WIND DAMAGE THROUGHOUT A ROUGHLY 6 MILES WIDE SWATH ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST NASHVILLE AREAS OF BRENTWOOD, CRIEVE HALL, THE ELLINGTON AG CENTER, NIPPERS CORNER, ANTIOCH, NASHBORO VILLAGE, AND AROUND THE NASHVILLE |
| Dec 11, 3:20 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Brentwood, TN | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. |
| Dec 11, 3:20 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nw Nashville, TN | TREES, POWER LINES, AND SIGNS WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG CLARKSVILLE PIKE. |
| Dec 11, 3:23 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Oak Hill, TN | SEVERAL POWER POLES SNAPPED IN CRIEVE HALL ALONG BRENTVIEW HILLS DRIVE NEAR STALLWORTH DRIVE. TWITTER REPORT. |
| Dec 11, 3:25 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Lakewood, TN | SEVERE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN MADISON ACROSS A ROUGHLY 1/2 MILE WIDE BY 2 MILE LONG SWATH FROM BRILEY PARKWAY AT GALLATIN PIKE NORTHEASTWARD TO NEELYS BEND ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IN THE NATIONAL CEM |
| Dec 11, 3:28 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 78 | Nashville Intl Airport, TN | NASHVILLE INTL AIRPORT ASOS MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 78 MPH. THIS IS THE THIRD HIGHEST WIND GUST EVER MEASURED AT THE AIRPORT. |
| Dec 11, 3:30 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Nashville, TN | TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS NASHVILLE AREA. AROUND 80,000 CUSTOMERS LOST POWER. |
| Dec 11, 3:31 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 69 | 2 Nne Brentwood, TN | MESONET STATION EW9547 BRENTWOOD. |
| Dec 11, 3:31 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 69 | 2 Nne Brentwood, TN | MESONET STATION EW9547 BRENTWOOD. |
| Dec 11, 3:31 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 2 Nne Brentwood, TN | MESONET STATION EW9547 BRENTWOOD. |
| Dec 11, 3:31 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 2 Nne Brentwood, TN | MESONET STATION EW9547 BRENTWOOD. |
| Dec 11, 3:31 AM CST | TORNADO | 2 Nnw Lakewood, TN | A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN OLD HICKORY ON ORCHARD DRIVE UPROOTING SEVERAL LARGE TREES AND CAUSING ROOF DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE HOMES. IT MOVED ACROSS OLD HICKORY LAKE AND DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES FROM WALTON FERRY TO SANDERS FERRY ROAD IN HENDERSONVILLE. THE HEA |
| Dec 11, 3:33 AM CST | TORNADO | 5 S Lakewood, TN | THIS BRIEF EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE STONES RIVER AT I-40 IN HERMITAGE AND MOVED NORTHEAST, CAUSING MINOR ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS HOMES IN THE RIVERWOOD AND ADJACENT SUBDIVISIONS. MORE HOMES WERE DAMAGED ON SEVILLE DRIVE, SEVERAL TREES WERE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 6:21 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Dec 10, 10:44 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 46 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
178
WUUS54 KOHX 110847
SVROHX
TNC021-037-043-081-101-119-125-135-147-165-187-110945-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0155.211211T0847Z-211211T0945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
247 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Davidson County in Middle Tennessee...
Northern Lewis County in Middle Tennessee...
Eastern Dickson County in Middle Tennessee...
Eastern Montgomery County in Middle Tennessee...
Northwestern Maury County in Middle Tennessee...
Southwestern Sumner County in Middle Tennessee...
Western Williamson County in Middle Tennessee...
Cheatham County in Middle Tennessee...
Southeastern Perry County in Middle Tennessee...
Central Hickman County in Middle Tennessee...
Robertson County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 345 AM CST.
* At 247 AM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Guthrie to 6 miles south of Burns to 9 miles
west of Hohenwald, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Franklin, Springfield, Ashland City, Hohenwald, Centerville,
Nashville, Clarksville, Madison, Hendersonville, Brentwood,
Goodlettsville, White House, Millersville, Greenbrier, Forest
Hills, Mount Pleasant, Oak Hill, Coopertown, White Bluff and Belle
Meade.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CST for Middle
Tennessee.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CST for Middle
Tennessee.
&&
LAT...LON 3612 8661 3554 8724 3548 8793 3598 8729
3664 8733 3665 8671
TIME...MOT...LOC 0847Z 255DEG 52KT 3662 8721 3597 8731 3551 8772
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 11:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 46 min |
| Dec 11, 12:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 16 min |
| Dec 11, 12:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 41 min |
| Dec 11, 1:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 21 min |
| Dec 11, 1:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Lewis, Montgomery and 2 more | 73 min |
| Dec 11, 2:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 27 min |
| Dec 11, 2:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 38 min |
| Dec 11, 2:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 37 min |
| Dec 11, 2:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 37 min |
| Dec 11, 2:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery | 14 min |
| Dec 11, 2:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson | 32 min |
| Dec 11, 2:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 31 min |
| Dec 11, 3:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Hickman, Lewis, Marshall, Maury, Robertson and 5 more | 41 min |
| Dec 11, 3:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 39 min |
| Dec 11, 3:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and 1 more | 46 min |
| Dec 11, 3:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 42 min |
| Dec 11, 3:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 44 min |
| Dec 11, 3:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 42 min |
| Dec 11, 3:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Putnam, Smith and 3 more | 17 min |
| Dec 11, 3:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 13 min |
| Dec 11, 4:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Smith, Trousdale | 38 min |
| Dec 11, 4:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett and 4 more | 34 min |
| Dec 11, 4:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 42 min |
| Dec 11, 5:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury | 29 min |
| Dec 11, 5:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Overton, Putnam | 27 min |
| Dec 11, 5:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 36 min |
| Dec 11, 5:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury | 34 min |
| Dec 11, 6:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 15 min |
| Dec 11, 6:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 32 min |
| Dec 11, 7:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 38 min |
| Dec 11, 7:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 25 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.