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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Nashville, TN

February 28, 20214 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2021, 6:40 PM CST for 4 counties in 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: Feb 28, 2021, 6:40 PM CST (00:40 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2021, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dickson County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Montgomery County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 28, 2:22 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 419 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 278 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 4.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

654 
WUUS54 KOHX 010040
SVROHX
TNC043-083-085-125-010115-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0006.210301T0040Z-210301T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
640 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Dickson County in Middle Tennessee...
  Southwestern Montgomery County in Middle Tennessee...
  Eastern Houston County in Middle Tennessee...
  Central Humphreys County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 715 PM CST.

* At 640 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Erin to near Hurricane Mills, moving east at 55
  mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Dickson, Waverly, Erin, White Bluff, McEwen, Burns, Hurricane
  Mills, Charlotte, Vanleer, Slayden and Cunningham.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3636 8769 3637 8759 3638 8760 3643 8735
      3621 8721 3604 8727 3592 8793 3594 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 261DEG 49KT 3632 8766 3596 8787 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

13

1 follow-up statement

741 
WWUS54 KOHX 010101
SVSOHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
701 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021

TNC043-083-085-125-010115-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210301T0115Z/
Dickson TN-Montgomery TN-Houston TN-Humphreys TN-
701 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST
FOR DICKSON...SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY...SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON AND EAST
CENTRAL HUMPHREYS COUNTIES...

At 701 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 13 miles south of Clarksville to 9 miles southeast of
McEwen, moving east at 60 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Dickson, White Bluff, Burns, Charlotte, Vanleer, Slayden and
Cunningham.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3638 8755 3643 8735 3621 8721 3604 8727
      3597 8764
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 260DEG 51KT 3636 8734 3600 8753 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 6:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Montgomery	29 min
Feb 28, 6:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham	37 min
Feb 28, 6:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Houston, Humphreys	35 min
Feb 28, 6:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson	30 min
Feb 28, 6:42 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 2 more	5 hr
Feb 28, 6:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson, Humphreys	13 min
Feb 28, 6:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner	42 min
Feb 28, 7:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson	24 min
Feb 28, 7:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Macon, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale	30 min
Feb 28, 7:24 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry	3 hr
Feb 28, 7:26 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale and 2 more	4 hr
Feb 28, 7:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson	43 min
Feb 28, 7:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon	36 min
Feb 28, 8:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	25 min
Feb 28, 8:16 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Overton, Pickett	3 hr
Feb 28, 8:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Rutherford, Wilson	23 min
Feb 28, 8:23 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Davidson, Maury, Rutherford, Smith, Williamson, Wilson	3 hr
Feb 28, 8:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam	36 min
Feb 28, 8:44 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham, Montgomery	3 days
Feb 28, 9:35 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	22 days
Feb 28, 9:38 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Houston, Montgomery, Stewart	8 hr
Feb 28, 9:54 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Coffee	66 min
Feb 28, 11:05 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham	3 hr
Feb 28, 11:09 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart	3 hr
Feb 28, 11:55 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 2 more	3 hr
Mar 1, 12:17 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Hickman	26 hr
Mar 1, 12:17 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Humphreys	4 days
Mar 1, 12:17 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Perry	44 hr
Mar 1, 12:17 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Montgomery, Robertson	4 hr
Mar 1, 12:43 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson	115 min
Mar 1, 2:13 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham	7 hr
Mar 1, 2:15 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	42 hr
Mar 1, 2:15 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson	18 hr
Mar 1, 2:40 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Hickman	12 hr
Mar 1, 3:44 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Bedford	6 hr
Mar 1, 4:14 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OHX	Montgomery, Robertson	38 hr
Mar 1, 5:27 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OHX	Stewart	32 hr
Mar 1, 9:44 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles	26 hr
Mar 1, 10:06 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Lawrence	20 hr
Mar 1, 10:28 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OHX	Montgomery	32 hr
Mar 1, 3:08 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson	21 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.