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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 2021, 5:44 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 2021, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Cumberland County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 5:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Crossville, TN | TREES DOWN NEAR THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY COMMUNITY COMPLEX ON LIVINGSTON ROAD IN CROSSVILLE |
| Oct 6, 5:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Crossville, TN | TREES DOWN ON TABOR LOOP AND LAWSON ROAD NORTH OF CROSSVILLE |
| Oct 6, 5:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Crossville, TN | TREES DOWN ON TABOR LOOP NORTH OF CROSSVILLE |
| Oct 6, 5:53 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Crossville, TN | POWERLINES DOWN AND THREE HOMES DAMAGED ON LAWSON ROAD NORTH OF CROSSVILLE. |
| Oct 6, 5:59 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 N Crossville, TN | AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CROSSVILLE NEAR THE OBED RIVER AND MOVED NORTHWARD ACROSS RYE WOODY RD...LAWSON RD AND TABOR LOOP BEFORE LIFTING. AT LEAST SIX HOMES AND SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED ON RYE WOODY RD AND LAWSON RD WITH THREE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1243 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
914
WFUS54 KOHX 062244
TOROHX
TNC035-062315-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0036.211006T2244Z-211006T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
544 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Cumberland County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 615 PM CDT.
* At 542 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Crossville, moving north at 25 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.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm
include Rinnie and Slate Springs.
This includes Interstate 40 between mile markers 314 and 321.
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 8500 3591 8510 3613 8512 3613 8487
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 194DEG 20KT 3595 8505
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Shamburger1 follow-up statement
758
WWUS54 KOHX 062303
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
603 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
TNC035-062315-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-211006T2315Z/
Cumberland TN-
603 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
At 602 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near the Highway 127 and Interstate 40
interchange in northwest Crossville, moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Rinnie and Slate Springs.
This includes Interstate 40 between mile markers 314 and 321.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3598 8509 3613 8512 3613 8490 3597 8499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 190DEG 18KT 3604 8503
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
ShamburgerThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lewis | 34 min |
| Oct 5, 7:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis | 96 min |
| Oct 5, 9:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 12:11 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Lawrence | 20 hr |
| Oct 6, 1:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Giles, Hickman, Maury | 2 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury | 2 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Dickson, Hickman | 2 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Cumberland, Giles, Grundy, Lawrence and 4 more | 28 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Dickson | 119 min |
| Oct 6, 3:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Dickson, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Van Buren | 27 min |
| Oct 6, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | White | 32 min |
| Oct 6, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, Van Buren, White | 46 min |
| Oct 6, 2:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cumberland, Overton, Putnam, Van Buren, White | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Van Buren | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 3:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress | 31 min |
| Oct 6, 4:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Fentress | 113 min |
| Oct 6, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Pickett | 30 min |
| Oct 6, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Rutherford | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Rutherford | 25 min |
| Oct 6, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 36 min |
| Oct 6, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Rutherford | 31 min |
| Oct 6, 5:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 115 min |
| Oct 6, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 31 min |
| Oct 6, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress | 25 min |
| Oct 6, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress | 32 min |
| Oct 6, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Hickman | 28 min |
| Oct 6, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.