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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Oct 15, 2021, 6:21 PM CDT for Dickson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 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
- Oct 15, 2021, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Dickson County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
610
WWUS84 KOHX 152321
SPSOHX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
621 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
TNZ006-023-025-026-160000-
Dickson TN-Cheatham TN-Montgomery TN-Houston TN-
621 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Dickson, southern
Montgomery, western Cheatham and eastern Houston Counties through 700
PM CDT...
At 621 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northeast of McEwen, or 12 miles southeast of Erin, moving
northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Dickson, White Bluff, Charlotte, Vanleer, Slayden and Cheatham Dam.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
Middle Tennessee.
&&
LAT...LON 3610 8717 3603 8755 3610 8754 3617 8756
3618 8757 3635 8760 3644 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 238DEG 49KT 3620 8754
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Houston, Stewart | 44 min |
| Oct 15, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 47 min |
| Oct 15, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 45 min |
| Oct 15, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Overton, Putnam | 49 min |
| Oct 15, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Robertson | 46 min |
| Oct 15, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 44 min |
| Oct 15, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Robertson | 27 min |
| Oct 15, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 36 min |
| Oct 15, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 46 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.