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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 2021, 7:14 PM CDT for Fentress County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 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, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 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), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted.
508
WFUS54 KOHX 070014
TOROHX
TNC049-070045-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0039.211007T0014Z-211007T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
714 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Fentress County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 713 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located just 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
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 3634 8490 3634 8500 3654 8501 3654 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 195DEG 18KT 3639 8495
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Shamburger1 follow-up statement
927
WWUS54 KOHX 070035
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
735 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
TNC049-070045-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-211007T0045Z/
Fentress TN-
735 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL FENTRESS COUNTY...
At 735 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located just northwest of Jamestown, moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Fentress County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3642 8500 3654 8501 3654 8484 3641 8490
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 180DEG 15KT 3648 8496
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
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Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Rutherford | 41 min |
| Oct 6, 7:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Pickett | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman | 33 min |
| Oct 6, 7:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Putnam, White | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | DeKalb, Warren, White | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Humphreys, Perry | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Bedford, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 26 min |
| Oct 6, 7:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles | 5 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Coffee | 51 min |
| Oct 6, 8:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson, Maury, Williamson | 113 min |
| Oct 6, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Humphreys | 28 min |
| Oct 6, 8:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Humphreys | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 8:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, White | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 8:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Humphreys, Perry | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 8:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 9:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon | 33 min |
| Oct 6, 11:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 12:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson | 2 hr |
| Oct 7, 1:45 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Bedford | 8 hr |
| Oct 7, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Perry | 20 hr |
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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.