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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2021, 9:40 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Putnam County, White County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 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
- Mar 25, 2021, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2021, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties DeKalb County, TN, Putnam County, TN, White County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 657 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 631 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
The text
As transmitted.
288
WUUS54 KOHX 260240
SVROHX
TNC041-141-185-260315-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0024.210326T0240Z-210326T0315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
940 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern De Kalb County in Middle Tennessee...
Northwestern White County in Middle Tennessee...
Southwestern Putnam County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 1015 PM CDT.
* At 940 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Smithville,
moving northeast at 55 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...
Cookeville, Smithville, Burgess Falls State Park, Hamptons
Crossroads and Bakers Crossroads.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for Middle
Tennessee.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Intense thunderstorm lines can produce brief tornadoes and widespread
significant wind damage. Although a tornado is not immediately
likely, it is best to move to an interior room on the lowest floor of
a building. This storm may cause serious injury and significant
property damage.
&&
LAT...LON 3589 8583 3602 8584 3612 8550 3592 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 237DEG 47KT 3597 8577
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson | 26 min |
| Mar 25, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 7:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Mar 25, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson | 9 min |
| Mar 25, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne | 39 min |
| Mar 25, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Trousdale, Williamson | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 40 min |
| Mar 25, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Williamson, Wilson | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford | 34 min |
| Mar 25, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Smith, Trousdale, Wilson | 34 min |
| Mar 25, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 26 min |
| Mar 25, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Jackson, Macon, Smith | 14 min |
| Mar 25, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 9:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:54 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:57 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett, White | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Grundy, Van Buren | 23 min |
| Mar 26, 5:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 32 more | 42 hr |
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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.