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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Nashville, TN

May 3, 2021Maury County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2021, 4:57 AM CDT for Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 23 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 3, 2021, 4:57 AM CDT (09:57 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2021, 5:20 AM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Maury County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1344 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

246 
WFUS54 KOHX 030957
TOROHX
TNC119-031030-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0019.210503T0957Z-210503T1030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
457 AM CDT Mon May 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Maury County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 530 AM CDT.
    
* At 457 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a 
  tornado was located 7 miles southeast of Mount Pleasant, or near 
  Culleoka, moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 37 and 46.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3546 8712 3545 8714 3550 8718 3569 8681
      3559 8683 3559 8684 3558 8684 3553 8685
      3552 8688 3546 8694 3543 8703
TIME...MOT...LOC 0957Z 243DEG 38KT 3549 8708 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Shamburger

2 follow-up statements

902 
WWUS54 KOHX 031006
SVSOHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
506 AM CDT Mon May 3 2021

TNC119-031030-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210503T1030Z/
Maury TN-
506 AM CDT Mon May 3 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MAURY COUNTY...
    
At 506 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 
was located 7 miles southeast of Columbia, or near Culleoka, moving 
northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 38 and 46.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3569 8681 3559 8683 3559 8684 3558 8684
      3553 8685 3552 8688 3546 8705 3554 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 1006Z 243DEG 40KT 3554 8697 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Shamburger

582 
WWUS54 KOHX 031020
SVSOHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
520 AM CDT Mon May 3 2021

TNC119-031029-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210503T1030Z/
Maury TN-
520 AM CDT Mon May 3 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MAURY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
A new Tornado Warning has been issued for eastern Maury County and 
Marshall County.

LAT...LON 3569 8681 3559 8683 3559 8684 3558 8684
      3553 8685 3552 8688 3546 8705 3554 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 1019Z 243DEG 38KT 3561 8681 

$$

Shamburger

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 4:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis	35 min
May 3, 4:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Williamson	34 min
May 3, 5:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wilson	33 min
May 3, 5:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury	16 min
May 3, 5:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne	2 hr
May 3, 6:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cannon, Rutherford	9 min
May 3, 6:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Maury	29 min
May 3, 7:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Williamson	3 hr
May 3, 6:10 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Perry	15 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.