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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Nashville, TN

May 4, 20216 counties in Tennessee

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 4, 7:45 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Ne Woodbury, TNTREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD NEAR SHORT MOUNTAIN IN NE CANNON CO
May 4, 8:04 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 E Manchester, TNNUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG JONES VALLEY ROAD
May 4, 8:05 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Manchester, TNTREES 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 4, 5:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2021-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2158 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2021-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 9:22 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXHickman11 hr
May 3, 11:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSumner40 min
May 3, 11:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXJackson, Macon, Trousdale34 min
May 4, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon, Trousdale35 min
May 4, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon47 min
May 4, 1:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland43 min
May 4, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Overton26 min
May 4, 1:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMacon51 min
May 4, 2:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXPickett45 min
May 4, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland23 min
May 4, 3:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXClay29 min
May 4, 3:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Overton, Pickett38 min
May 4, 4:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys, Stewart48 min
May 4, 4:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart55 min
May 4, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Perry58 min
May 4, 5:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson, Sumner51 min
May 4, 5:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLewis, Perry47 min
May 4, 5:56 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Sumner34 min
May 4, 6:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman30 min
May 4, 6:10 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner22 min
May 4, 6:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson44 min
May 4, 6:21 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner, Trousdale, Wilson24 min
May 4, 6:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMaury, Williamson37 min
May 4, 6:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGiles, Lawrence47 min
May 4, 6:42 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale33 min
May 4, 6:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Putnam, Smith and 2 more38 min
May 4, 6:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCannon, Rutherford31 min
May 4, 7:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford, Giles, Marshall29 min
May 4, 7:11 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXJackson, Smith34 min
May 4, 7:27 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDeKalb, Putnam, Smith33 min
May 4, 7:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett and 2 more46 min
May 4, 7:48 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDeKalb, Putnam, White27 min
May 4, 7:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren and 1 more37 min
May 4, 8:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, White40 min
May 4, 8:07 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, White23 min
May 4, 8:24 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, White11 min
May 4, 8:29 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXClay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett2 hr
May 4, 9:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXPerry21 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.