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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Nashville, TN

May 6, 2021Cheatham County, Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2021, 4:56 PM CDT for Cheatham County, Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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 6, 2021, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cheatham County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Sumner County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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 6, 4:56 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 S Coopertown, TN*** 1 FATAL *** A LARGE TREE FELL ON A MOTORCYCLIST AT SOUTH WALKER RD AND MCMAHAN HOLLOW RD.
May 6, 5:08 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGSpringfield, TNTREES DOWN 200 BLOCK N MAIN STREET.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 38 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2021-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2021-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -90 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

984 
WUUS54 KOHX 062156
SVROHX
TNC021-147-165-062230-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0075.210506T2156Z-210506T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
456 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Sumner County in Middle Tennessee...
  Northeastern Cheatham County in Middle Tennessee...
  Robertson County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 530 PM CDT.

* At 456 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 10 miles southeast of Russellville to near
  Springfield to near Coopertown, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Gallatin, Springfield, Hendersonville, Goodlettsville, White House,
  Millersville, Greenbrier, Coopertown, Westmoreland, Ridgetop, Cross
  Plains, Portland, Pleasant View, Orlinda, Mitchellville, Bethpage,
  Oak Grove, Cottontown and Black Jack.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 65 between mile markers 99 and 121.
 Interstate 24 between mile markers 23 and 28.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3664 8621 3656 8623 3642 8631 3635 8642
      3634 8672 3641 8675 3639 8678 3636 8679
      3635 8682 3638 8686 3637 8688 3639 8689
      3639 8691 3636 8691 3638 8709 3655 8696
      3665 8690 3665 8659 3663 8656 3665 8651
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 283DEG 30KT 3672 8678 3654 8689 3637 8699 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement
100 
WWUS54 KOHX 062219
SVSOHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
519 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021

TNC021-062228-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210506T2230Z/
Cheatham TN-
519 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHEATHAM COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3664 8621 3656 8623 3642 8631 3635 8642
      3634 8672 3638 8673 3641 8675 3639 8678
      3636 8679 3635 8682 3638 8686 3637 8688
      3639 8689 3639 8692 3654 8683 3665 8674
      3665 8659 3663 8656 3665 8651
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 283DEG 30KT 3668 8657 3650 8668 3633 8678 

$$

TNC147-165-062230-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210506T2230Z/
Sumner TN-Robertson TN-
519 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR SUMNER AND EASTERN ROBERTSON COUNTIES...

At 518 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles north of Portland to near White House to near
Goodlettsville, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Gallatin, Springfield, Hendersonville, Goodlettsville, White House,
Millersville, Greenbrier, Coopertown, Westmoreland, Ridgetop, Cross
Plains, Portland, Orlinda, Mitchellville, Bethpage, Oak Grove,
Cottontown and Black Jack.

This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 99 and 121.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3664 8621 3656 8623 3642 8631 3635 8642
      3634 8672 3638 8673 3641 8675 3639 8678
      3636 8679 3635 8682 3638 8686 3637 8688
      3639 8689 3639 8692 3654 8683 3665 8674
      3665 8659 3663 8656 3665 8651
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 283DEG 30KT 3668 8657 3650 8668 3633 8678 

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 6, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXStewart46 min
May 6, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart26 min
May 6, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDickson, Houston, Humphreys42 min
May 6, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart33 min
May 6, 4:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne40 min
May 6, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 3 more31 min
May 6, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury and 2 more40 min
May 6, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Rutherford, Smith and 4 more36 min
May 6, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale31 min
May 6, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and 1 more33 min
May 6, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford and 1 more45 min
May 6, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMacon, Trousdale45 min
May 6, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Rutherford and 4 more47 min
May 6, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Grundy, Rutherford, Warren48 min
May 6, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Putnam and 3 more47 min

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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.