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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Nashville, TN

May 3, 2021Marshall County, Maury County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2021, 5:18 AM CDT for Marshall County, Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 16 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, 5:18 AM CDT (10:18 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2021, 5:34 AM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 57 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.

835 
WFUS54 KOHX 031018
TOROHX
TNC117-119-031045-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0020.210503T1018Z-210503T1045Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Marshall County in Middle Tennessee...
  East central Maury County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 545 AM CDT.
    
* At 517 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles northwest of Lewisburg, moving east at 40 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Chapel Hill.

This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 39 and 43.
 
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 3558 8694 3571 8673 3571 8668 3570 8667
      3570 8665 3569 8664 3560 8665 3559 8666
      3555 8666 3553 8690
TIME...MOT...LOC 1017Z 247DEG 33KT 3557 8687 

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

$$

Shamburger

2 follow-up statements

145 
WWUS54 KOHX 031028
SVSOHX

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

TNC119-031037-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210503T1045Z/
Maury TN-
528 AM CDT Mon May 3 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MAURY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3571 8668 3570 8667 3570 8665 3569 8664
      3560 8665 3557 8682 3563 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 1027Z 244DEG 29KT 3561 8679 

$$

TNC117-031045-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210503T1045Z/
Marshall TN-
528 AM CDT Mon May 3 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY...
    
At 527 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles north of Lewisburg, moving northeast at 35 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.

Locations impacted include...
Chapel Hill.

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 3571 8668 3570 8667 3570 8665 3569 8664
      3560 8665 3557 8682 3563 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 1027Z 244DEG 29KT 3561 8679 

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

$$

Shamburger

655 
WWUS54 KOHX 031034
SVSOHX

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

TNC117-031044-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210503T1045Z/
Marshall TN-
534 AM CDT Mon May 3 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3571 8668 3570 8667 3570 8665 3569 8664
      3560 8665 3557 8682 3563 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 1033Z 247DEG 33KT 3564 8671 

$$

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, 4:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Maury	23 min
May 3, 5:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wilson	33 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

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.