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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Nashville, TN

May 27, 2021Lewis County, Perry County, Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2021, 11:50 PM CDT for Lewis County, Perry County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 40 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 27, 2021, 11:50 PM CDT (04:50 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2021, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lewis County, TN, Perry County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:51 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 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 438 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2021-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
438 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1332 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

411 
WUUS54 KOHX 280450
SVROHX
TNC101-135-181-280530-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0086.210528T0450Z-210528T0530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1150 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Lewis County in Middle Tennessee...
  Northern Wayne County in Middle Tennessee...
  Southern Perry County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 1230 AM CDT.

* At 1149 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles east of
  Sardis, or 14 miles northeast of Savannah, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Hohenwald, Waynesboro, Linden, Clifton and Flatwoods. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3547 8802 3548 8799 3550 8798 3553 8798
      3557 8801 3562 8767 3561 8765 3563 8759
      3526 8758 3526 8798 3529 8798 3530 8802
      3535 8801 3536 8802 3539 8802 3539 8799
      3541 8797 3543 8803 3545 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0449Z 261DEG 32KT 3541 8811 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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2 follow-up statements
355 
WWUS54 KOHX 280504
SVSOHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1204 AM CDT Fri May 28 2021

TNC101-135-181-280530-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-210528T0530Z/
Lewis TN-Wayne TN-Perry TN-
1204 AM CDT Fri May 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR WESTERN LEWIS...NORTHERN WAYNE AND SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTIES...

At 1203 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles southwest
of Linden, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Hohenwald, Waynesboro, Linden, Clifton and Flatwoods. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3547 8802 3548 8799 3550 8798 3553 8798
      3557 8801 3562 8767 3561 8765 3563 8759
      3526 8758 3526 8798 3529 8798 3530 8802
      3535 8801 3536 8802 3539 8802 3539 8799
      3541 8797 3543 8803 3545 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0503Z 259DEG 30KT 3544 8793 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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425 
WWUS54 KOHX 280517
SVSOHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1217 AM CDT Fri May 28 2021

TNC101-135-181-280530-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-210528T0530Z/
Lewis TN-Wayne TN-Perry TN-
1217 AM CDT Fri May 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR WESTERN LEWIS...NORTHERN WAYNE AND SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTIES...

At 1217 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
Waynesboro, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Hohenwald, Waynesboro, Linden, Clifton and Flatwoods. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3547 8802 3548 8799 3550 8798 3553 8798
      3557 8801 3562 8767 3561 8765 3563 8759
      3526 8758 3526 8798 3529 8798 3530 8802
      3535 8801 3536 8802 3539 8802 3539 8799
      3541 8797 3543 8803 3545 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 262DEG 27KT 3544 8781 

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 27, 9:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHouston, Humphreys, Stewart41 min
May 27, 11:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXPerry, Wayne52 min
May 28, 12:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLawrence, Lewis, Wayne49 min
May 28, 12:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDeKalb50 min
May 28, 1:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress, Overton, Putnam45 min
May 28, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXFentress, Overton, Putnam30 min

Nearby

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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.