Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 11, 2021, 5:39 AM CST for Giles County, Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 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, 5:39 AM CST (11:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2021, 6:15 AM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Wayne County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6:17 AM CST | TORNADO | 2 Sw Elkton, TN | THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WITT RD AND BEASLEY BRANCH RD WHERE SOME SHINGLE WERE LOST ON A HOUSE, THE ROOF OF A SHED WAS BLOWN OFF AND A FEW TREES WERE UPROOTED OR HAD LARGE BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ENE AND PARALLELED |
| Dec 11, 6:21 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Ardmore, TN | TRACTOR TRAILER FLIPPED BY STRONG WINDS ON I-65 OUTSIDE OF ARDMORE. |
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.
315 WUUS54 KOHX 111139 SVROHX TNC055-099-181-111215- /O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0163.211211T1139Z-211211T1215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Nashville TN 539 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021 The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Wayne County in Middle Tennessee... Southern Lawrence County in Middle Tennessee... Southern Giles County in Middle Tennessee... * Until 615 AM CST. * At 539 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Killen, or 9 miles northeast of Florence, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Pulaski, Loretto, Ardmore, St. Joseph, Elkton, Minor Hill, Goodspring, Frankewing, Iron City and Prospect. This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 1 and 17. 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 3500 8766 3505 8767 3526 8683 3499 8684 TIME...MOT...LOC 1139Z 256DEG 49KT 3492 8754 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ 10
1 follow-up statement
497
WWUS54 KOHX 111202
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
602 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021
TNC181-111212-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0163.000000T0000Z-211211T1215Z/
Wayne TN-
602 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 AM CST for Middle
Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3501 8732 3512 8740 3526 8683 3499 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 1202Z 256DEG 49KT 3500 8717
$$
TNC055-099-111215-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0163.000000T0000Z-211211T1215Z/
Lawrence TN-Giles TN-
602 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHERN GILES COUNTIES...
At 602 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles east of
Lexington, or 15 miles southwest of Pulaski, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Pulaski, Ardmore, Elkton, Minor Hill, Goodspring, Frankewing and
Prospect.
This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 1 and 17.
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 3501 8732 3512 8740 3526 8683 3499 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 1202Z 256DEG 49KT 3500 8717
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
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, 5:01 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, 5:56 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.