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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Nashville, TN

May 6, 202110 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2021, 6:13 PM CDT for 10 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 47 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
May 6, 2021, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cannon County, TN, Coffee County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.

663 
WUUS54 KOHX 062313
SVROHX
TNC015-031-041-087-141-149-159-169-177-189-070000-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0081.210506T2313Z-210507T0000Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Smith County in Middle Tennessee...
  De Kalb County in Middle Tennessee...
  Eastern Rutherford County in Middle Tennessee...
  Jackson County in Middle Tennessee...
  Northwestern Warren County in Middle Tennessee...
  Northwestern Coffee County in Middle Tennessee...
  Eastern Wilson County in Middle Tennessee...
  Central Trousdale County in Middle Tennessee...
  Western Putnam County in Middle Tennessee...
  Cannon County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 612 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Hartsville to 11 miles south of Murfreesboro,
  moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Murfreesboro, Cookeville, McMinnville, Smithville, Woodbury,
  Carthage, Gainesboro, Hartsville, Watertown, Baxter, Gordonsville,
  Walterhill, Hickman, South Carthage, Alexandria, Dowelltown,
  Liberty, Auburntown, Centertown and Pleasant Shade.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3640 8550 3630 8549 3630 8546 3604 8560
      3602 8564 3601 8563 3597 8566 3594 8566
      3562 8584 3565 8631 3566 8632 3565 8635
      3566 8649 3568 8652 3641 8613 3642 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 275DEG 30KT 3634 8608 3569 8644 

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

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1 follow-up statement
468 
WWUS54 KOHX 062347
SVSOHX

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

TNC149-169-189-062356-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-210507T0000Z/
Rutherford TN-Wilson TN-Trousdale TN-
647 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN RUTHERFORD...EASTERN
WILSON AND CENTRAL TROUSDALE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3630 8549 3630 8546 3604 8560 3602 8564
      3594 8566 3562 8584 3566 8624 3597 8608
      3596 8602 3603 8604 3640 8585 3642 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 275DEG 30KT 3631 8573 3566 8609 

$$

TNC015-031-041-087-141-159-177-070000-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-210507T0000Z/
Smith TN-De Kalb TN-Jackson TN-Warren TN-Coffee TN-Putnam TN-
Cannon TN-
647 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN SMITH...DE KALB...JACKSON...NORTHWESTERN WARREN...
NORTHWESTERN COFFEE...WESTERN PUTNAM AND CANNON COUNTIES...

At 646 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Gainesboro to 11 miles south of Woodbury, moving
east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Cookeville, McMinnville, Smithville, Woodbury, Gainesboro, Baxter,
Gordonsville, Hickman, Dowelltown, Liberty, Auburntown, Centertown,
Center Hill Lake, Bradyville, Granville, Edgar Evans State Park and
Cummins Falls State Park.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3630 8549 3630 8546 3604 8560 3602 8564
      3594 8566 3562 8584 3566 8624 3597 8608
      3596 8602 3603 8604 3640 8585 3642 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 275DEG 30KT 3631 8573 3566 8609 

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, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Robertson, Sumner34 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, 6:27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.