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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Nashville, TN

May 3, 2021Cannon County, Rutherford County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2021, 6:27 AM CDT for Cannon County, Rutherford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 9 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, 6:27 AM CDT (11:27 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2021, 6:36 AM CDT
In force: 9 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Cannon County, TN, Rutherford County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:27 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 54 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

747 
WFUS54 KOHX 031127
TOROHX
TNC015-149-031200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0021.210503T1127Z-210503T1200Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Rutherford County in Middle Tennessee...
  Northern Cannon County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 700 AM CDT.
    
* At 627 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a 
  tornado was located 7 miles northwest of Woodbury, or near Milton, 
  moving northeast at 30 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...
  Auburntown and Milton. 

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 3590 8594 3589 8596 3585 8621 3589 8624
      3596 8615 3596 8602
TIME...MOT...LOC 1127Z 237DEG 27KT 3589 8619 

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

$$

Shamburger

1 follow-up statement

311 
WWUS54 KOHX 031136
SVSOHX

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

TNC015-149-031145-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210503T1200Z/
Rutherford TN-Cannon TN-
636 AM CDT Mon May 3 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD AND NORTHERN
CANNON COUNTIES 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 3590 8594 3589 8596 3585 8621 3589 8624
      3596 8615 3596 8602
TIME...MOT...LOC 1134Z 237DEG 27KT 3593 8612 

$$

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, 5:18 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, 6:31 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.