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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 2021, 6:53 PM CDT for Fentress County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 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
- Oct 6, 2021, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Fentress County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.
632
WFUS54 KOHX 062353
TOROHX
TNC049-070030-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0038.211006T2353Z-211007T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
653 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Fentress County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 653 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Jamestown around 725 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Grimsley and Allardt.
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 3625 8495 3625 8504 3648 8508 3648 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 186DEG 18KT 3629 8500
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Shamburger1 follow-up statement
744
WWUS54 KOHX 070020
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
720 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
TNC049-070030-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-211007T0030Z/
Fentress TN-
720 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
FENTRESS COUNTY...
At 719 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Jamestown, moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Fentress County, including the following locations...
Allardt.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3636 8500 3647 8501 3647 8483 3636 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 186DEG 18KT 3642 8498
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
WhiteheadThe 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, 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, 6:20 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 |
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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.