Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 5:39 AM CDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 51 min. 22 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
- May 4, 2021, 5:39 AM CDT (10:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2021, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 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, Robertson County, TN, Sumner County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 5:43 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cedar Hill, TN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES ACROSS ROBERTSON COUNTY |
| May 4, 5:52 AM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nw Joelton, TN | AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR COTTON HARRIS ROAD ALONG THE CHEATHAM/DAVIDSON COUNTY LINE AND MOVED EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF JOELTON BLOWING DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS ON HARPER ROAD...BAXTER ROAD...WILKINSON ROAD AND STRAWBERRY H |
| May 4, 5:54 AM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nw Joelton, TN | AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR COTTON HARRIS ROAD ALONG THE CHEATHAM/DAVIDSON COUNTY LINE AND MOVED EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF JOELTON, BLOWING DOWN DOZENS OF TREES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS ON HARPER ROAD, BAXTER ROAD, WILKINSON ROAD AND STRAWBERRY HI |
| May 4, 5:56 AM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Nne Springfield, TN | THIS SMALL EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NORTH OF LAKEVIEW ROAD AND MOVED EASTWARD ACROSS CALVERT ROAD, HEAVILY DAMAGING AN OUTBUILDING, BLOWING MUCH OF THE ROOF OFF A LARGE BARN, AND KNOCKING DOWN SEVERAL TREES. MORE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND A CARPORT WAS DESTRO |
| May 4, 6:01 AM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nne Greenbrier, TN | AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NORTH OF MORTON ROAD TO THE NORTHEAST OF GREENBRIER AND MOVED EASTWARD. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN, AN OUTDOOR SHED WAS DESTROYED, AND A HOME ON DISTILLERY ROAD SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. MORE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON GIDEON ROAD W |
| May 4, 6:02 AM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Wnw Cross Plains, TN | THIS EF-0 TORNADO BEGAN ALONG HENRY RD SOUTHWEST OF ORLINDA AND MOVED EAST BLOWING DOWN SEVERAL TREES. MORE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG DOSS RD WITH ONE TREE FALLING ONTO A HOME. TWO OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED ON DIXON RD AND TREE LIMBS WERE KNOCKED |
| May 4, 6:03 AM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Ssw Ridgetop, TN | AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG GREER ROAD NORTHWEST OF GOODLETTSVILLE AND MOVED EASTWARD, BLOWING DOWN DOZENS OF TREES, POWER LINES AND SOME POWER POLES AS IT MOVED ACROSS LAKESIDE DRIVE, FREEMAN HOLLOW ROAD, LICKTON PIKE, OLD SPRINGFIELD ROAD, AND HIGHWAY |
| May 4, 6:05 AM CDT | TORNADO | 3 S Ridgetop, TN | AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND MCMAHAN ROAD NORTHWEST OF GOODLETTSVILLE AND MOVED EASTWARD, BLOWING DOWN DOZENS OF TREES AS IT MOVED ACROSS LAKESIDE DRIVE, FREEMAN HOLLOW ROAD, LICKTON PIKE, AND OLD SPRINGFIELD ROAD. SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND POWE |
| May 4, 6:07 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Goodlettsville, TN | TSPOTTER REPORT OF A TREE THROUGH A FENCE IN GOODLETTSVILLE OFF OF LICKTON PIKE. |
| May 4, 6:08 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Millersville, TN | 4 TREE SNAPPED MID TRUNK ON WILLIAMSON RD NEAR MANSKER CREEK |
| May 4, 6:09 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Millersville, TN | POWER POLES SNAPPED IN HALF ALONG WITH 12 TO 18 INCH TREES SNAPPED ALONG 41 BETWEEN 31W SPLIT AND WILLAMSON. LINES DOWN AND TREES DOWN. |
| May 4, 6:09 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | White House, TN | SOUTH OF THE WHITE HOUSE TORNADO TRACK, A 1/2 TO 3/4 MILE WIDE SWATH OF STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE AFFECTED NEIGHBORHOODS FROM RAYMOND HIRSCH PARKWAY EASTWARD ACROSS TYREE SPRINGS ROAD, PALMERS CHAPEL ROAD, CHRISTIANA DRIVE, FERN VALLEY ROAD, AND SHUN PIKE. SCA |
| May 4, 6:10 AM CDT | TORNADO | White House, TN | A SMALL, BRIEF AND WEAK EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN WHITE HOUSE ALONG HIGHWAY 76 THEN MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS HIGHWAY 31W AT PORTLAND ROAD BEFORE LIFTING NEAR REIDWAY DRIVE. A FEW TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN WEST OF HIGHWAY 31W AND THE SHEET METAL ROOF WAS BLOWN O |
| May 4, 6:12 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Goodlettsville, TN | TREES DOWN ALONG MADISON CREEK RD |
| May 4, 6:14 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Portland, TN | THE ORLINDA TORNADO DISSIPATED INTO A LARGE DOWNBURST THAT BLEW DOWN SEVERAL TREES IN NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG WEST HARPER ROAD AND JERNIGAN ROAD, WITH BOTH ROADWAYS BLOCKED. |
| May 4, 6:18 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Goodlettsville, TN | TREES DOWN ALONG MADISON CREEK RD |
| May 4, 6:20 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Portland, TN | NUMEROUS UPROOTED TREES ALONG AUSTIN BRIDGE RD AND RIGGS RD |
| May 4, 6:21 AM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Nne Hendersonville, TN | THIS EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG SAUNDERSVILLE ROAD NORTH OF COUNTRY HILLS GOLF COURSE, SNAPPING POWER POLES AND UPROOTING TREES. THE TORNADO INTERMITTENTLY TOUCHED DOWN AS IT MOVED EASTWARD AND WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO ALONG BIG STATION CAMP BLVD. SEVERAL TR |
| May 4, 6:27 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sw White House, TN | REPORT OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN ROBERTSON COUNTY. |
| May 4, 6:27 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sw White House, TN | REPORT OF NUMEROUS TRESS DOWN IN ROBERTSON COUNTY. |
| May 4, 6:32 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Goodlettsville, TN | TSPOTTER REPORT OF A TREE THROUGH A FENCE IN GOODLETTSVILLE OFF OF LICKTON PIKE. |
| May 4, 6:33 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Millersville, TN | 4 TREE SNAPPED MID TRUCK ON WILLIASMON RD. NEAR MANSKER CREEK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 4, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 2263 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted.
643
WUUS54 KOHX 041039
SVROHX
TNC021-037-043-147-165-041130-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0065.210504T1039Z-210504T1130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
539 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Davidson County in Middle Tennessee...
Northeastern Dickson County in Middle Tennessee...
Western Sumner County in Middle Tennessee...
Cheatham County in Middle Tennessee...
Robertson County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 630 AM CDT.
* At 539 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles east of Guthrie to near White Bluff, moving
east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Springfield, Ashland City, Nashville, Madison, Hendersonville,
Goodlettsville, White House, Millersville, Greenbrier, Forest
Hills, Oak Hill, Coopertown, White Bluff, Belle Meade, Kingston
Springs, Lakewood, Pegram, Ridgetop, Cross Plains and Burns.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 40 between mile markers 185 and 218.
Interstate 65 between mile markers 77 and 121.
Interstate 24 between mile markers 19 and 57.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 8640 3605 8669 3605 8730 3664 8702
3665 8659 3663 8656 3665 8651
TIME...MOT...LOC 1039Z 267DEG 39KT 3664 8699 3616 8719
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Shamburger1 follow-up statement
384
WWUS54 KOHX 041105
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
605 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
TNC021-043-041115-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-210504T1130Z/
Dickson TN-Cheatham TN-
605 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DICKSON AND
CHEATHAM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 AM CDT for
Middle Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3665 8640 3605 8669 3605 8701 3665 8677
3665 8659 3663 8656 3665 8651
TIME...MOT...LOC 1105Z 270DEG 34KT 3662 8666 3607 8691
$$
TNC037-147-165-041130-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-210504T1130Z/
Davidson TN-Sumner TN-Robertson TN-
605 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT
FOR DAVIDSON...WESTERN SUMNER AND EASTERN ROBERTSON COUNTIES...
At 605 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Cross Plains to Bellevue, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Springfield, Nashville, Madison, Hendersonville, Goodlettsville,
White House, Millersville, Greenbrier, Forest Hills, Oak Hill, Belle
Meade, Lakewood, Ridgetop, Cross Plains, Portland, Hermitage,
Bellevue, Old Hickory, Joelton and Orlinda.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 40 between mile markers 194 and 218.
Interstate 65 between mile markers 77 and 121.
Interstate 24 between mile markers 34 and 57.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 8640 3605 8669 3605 8701 3665 8677
3665 8659 3663 8656 3665 8651
TIME...MOT...LOC 1105Z 270DEG 34KT 3662 8666 3607 8691
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
ShamburgerThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 9:22 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Hickman | 11 hr |
| May 3, 11:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 40 min |
| May 3, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Jackson, Macon, Trousdale | 34 min |
| May 4, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Trousdale | 35 min |
| May 4, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon | 47 min |
| May 4, 1:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 43 min |
| May 4, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton | 26 min |
| May 4, 1:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Macon | 51 min |
| May 4, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Pickett | 45 min |
| May 4, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 23 min |
| May 4, 3:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay | 29 min |
| May 4, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 38 min |
| May 4, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 48 min |
| May 4, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart | 55 min |
| May 4, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Perry | 58 min |
| May 4, 5:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lewis, Perry | 47 min |
| May 4, 5:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 34 min |
| May 4, 6:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Hickman | 30 min |
| May 4, 6:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 22 min |
| May 4, 6:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 44 min |
| May 4, 6:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 24 min |
| May 4, 6:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 37 min |
| May 4, 6:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 47 min |
| May 4, 6:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale | 33 min |
| May 4, 6:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Putnam, Smith and 2 more | 38 min |
| May 4, 6:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 31 min |
| May 4, 7:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall | 29 min |
| May 4, 7:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Jackson, Smith | 34 min |
| May 4, 7:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, Smith | 33 min |
| May 4, 7:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett and 2 more | 46 min |
| May 4, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Rutherford, Warren | 40 min |
| May 4, 7:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, White | 27 min |
| May 4, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren and 1 more | 37 min |
| May 4, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, White | 40 min |
| May 4, 8:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, White | 23 min |
| May 4, 8:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, White | 11 min |
| May 4, 8:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett | 2 hr |
| May 4, 9:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Perry | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.