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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 2021, 6:20 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Fentress County, Tennessee. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Cumberland County, TN, Fentress County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 6:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rinnie, TN | A FEW TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE RINNIE AREA |
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, 11.3 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.
363
WFUS54 KOHX 062320
TOROHX
TNC035-049-062345-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0037.211006T2320Z-211006T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
620 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...
Southwestern Fentress County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 620 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 11 miles north of Crossville, or near
Rinnie, 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.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Cumberland and southwestern Fentress Counties,
including the following locations... Grimsley and Clarkrange.
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 3607 8500 3608 8507 3631 8510 3630 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 182DEG 18KT 3613 8505
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Shamburger1 follow-up statement
138
WWUS54 KOHX 062335
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
635 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
TNC035-062345-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-211006T2345Z/
Cumberland TN-
635 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for Middle
Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3617 8506 3631 8510 3630 8489 3617 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 191DEG 19KT 3621 8502
$$
TNC049-062345-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-211006T2345Z/
Fentress TN-
635 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN FENTRESS COUNTY...
At 635 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Clarkrange, or 16 miles south of Jamestown, 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.
Locations impacted include...
Grimsley and Clarkrange.
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 3617 8506 3631 8510 3630 8489 3617 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 191DEG 19KT 3621 8502
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
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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, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 31 min |
| Oct 6, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 31 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.