Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 7:35 AM CDT for 6 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 40 min. 3 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, 7:35 AM CDT (12:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2021, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Coffee County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Warren County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:45 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Woodbury, TN | TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD NEAR SHORT MOUNTAIN IN NE CANNON CO |
| May 4, 8:04 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Manchester, TN | NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG JONES VALLEY ROAD |
| May 4, 8:05 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Manchester, TN | TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON HICKERSON ROAD |
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, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 2158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
The text
As transmitted.
531
WUUS54 KOHX 041235
SVROHX
TNC003-015-031-041-149-177-041315-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0069.210504T1235Z-210504T1315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
735 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern De Kalb County in Middle Tennessee...
Southeastern Rutherford County in Middle Tennessee...
Western Warren County in Middle Tennessee...
Coffee County in Middle Tennessee...
Eastern Bedford County in Middle Tennessee...
Cannon County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 815 AM CDT.
* At 735 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles west of Woodbury to 6 miles south of
Shelbyville, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Shelbyville, Manchester, Woodbury, Tullahoma, Morrison, Wartrace,
Bell Buckle, Centertown, Normandy, Beechgrove, Raus, Summitville,
Bradyville and Readyville.
This includes Interstate 24 between mile markers 89 and 118.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3536 8648 3536 8650 3590 8623 3593 8568
3537 8603 3535 8624 3537 8628 3537 8626
3538 8625 3539 8628 3541 8625 3541 8628
3539 8630 3538 8633 3536 8633 3536 8636
3535 8637 3535 8641 3533 8641 3533 8646
TIME...MOT...LOC 1235Z 258DEG 51KT 3584 8618 3540 8643
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
13The 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, 5:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson, Sumner | 51 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, 7:48 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.