Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 11, 2021, 5:01 AM CST for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 29 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
- Dec 11, 2021, 5:01 AM CST (11:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2021, 5:30 AM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:03 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, 5:40 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 54 | 1 Ne Lawrenceburg, TN | MESONET STATION FW8404 LAWRENCEBURG. |
| Dec 11, 5:40 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 1 Ne Lawrenceburg, TN | MESONET STATION FW8404 LAWRENCEBURG. |
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 11, 3:41 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.
019
WUUS54 KOHX 111101
SVROHX
TNC055-099-101-117-119-111130-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0161.211211T1101Z-211211T1130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
501 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Lewis County in Middle Tennessee...
Southwestern Marshall County in Middle Tennessee...
Northern Lawrence County in Middle Tennessee...
Southern Maury County in Middle Tennessee...
Northern Giles County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 530 AM CST.
* At 500 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Summertown,
or 10 miles north of Lawrenceburg, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Columbia, Lewisburg, Lawrenceburg, Pulaski, Mount Pleasant,
Summertown, Cornersville, Ethridge, Lynnville, Henryville and
Culleoka.
This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 17 and 42.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 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 1100 AM CST for Middle
Tennessee.
&&
LAT...LON 3550 8745 3564 8693 3544 8682 3521 8689
3516 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 1100Z 256DEG 43KT 3540 8734
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
101 follow-up statement
017
WWUS54 KOHX 111117
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
517 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021
TNC101-111126-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-211211T1130Z/
Lewis TN-
517 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 AM CST for Middle
Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3557 8715 3564 8693 3544 8682 3521 8689
3516 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 1116Z 256DEG 43KT 3545 8711
$$
TNC055-099-117-119-111130-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-211211T1130Z/
Marshall TN-Lawrence TN-Maury TN-Giles TN-
517 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CST
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL...NORTHERN LAWRENCE...SOUTHEASTERN MAURY
AND NORTHERN GILES COUNTIES...
At 516 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast of
Mount Pleasant, or 12 miles south of Columbia, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Columbia, Lewisburg, Lawrenceburg, Pulaski, Mount Pleasant,
Cornersville, Ethridge, Lynnville and Culleoka.
This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 17 and 42.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 AM CST for Middle
Tennessee.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3557 8715 3564 8693 3544 8682 3521 8689
3516 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 1116Z 256DEG 43KT 3545 8711
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
10The 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, 2:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Maury and 5 more | 58 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, 5:21 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.