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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 11, 2021, 2:59 AM CST for Davidson County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 min. 10 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
- Dec 11, 2021, 2:59 AM CST (08:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2021, 3:30 AM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Davidson County, TN, Williamson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 3:18 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Brentwood, TN | ONE-HALF DOZEN TREES SNAPPED NEAR CONCORD ROAD AND WILSON PIKE. |
| Dec 11, 3:20 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Oak Hill, TN | SEVERE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAUSED SPORADIC WIND DAMAGE THROUGHOUT A ROUGHLY 6 MILES WIDE SWATH ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST NASHVILLE AREAS OF BRENTWOOD, CRIEVE HALL, THE ELLINGTON AG CENTER, NIPPERS CORNER, ANTIOCH, NASHBORO VILLAGE, AND AROUND THE NASHVILLE |
| Dec 11, 3:20 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Brentwood, TN | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. |
| Dec 11, 3:23 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Oak Hill, TN | SEVERAL POWER POLES SNAPPED IN CRIEVE HALL ALONG BRENTVIEW HILLS DRIVE NEAR STALLWORTH DRIVE. TWITTER REPORT. |
| Dec 11, 3:28 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 78 | Nashville Intl Airport, TN | NASHVILLE INTL AIRPORT ASOS MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 78 MPH. THIS IS THE THIRD HIGHEST WIND GUST EVER MEASURED AT THE AIRPORT. |
| Dec 11, 3:30 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Nashville, TN | TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS NASHVILLE AREA. AROUND 80,000 CUSTOMERS LOST POWER. |
| Dec 11, 3:31 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 69 | 2 Nne Brentwood, TN | MESONET STATION EW9547 BRENTWOOD. |
| Dec 11, 3:31 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 69 | 2 Nne Brentwood, TN | MESONET STATION EW9547 BRENTWOOD. |
| Dec 11, 3:31 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 2 Nne Brentwood, TN | MESONET STATION EW9547 BRENTWOOD. |
| Dec 11, 3:31 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 2 Nne Brentwood, TN | MESONET STATION EW9547 BRENTWOOD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 6:21 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Dec 10, 10:44 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS54 KOHX 110859
TOROHX
TNC037-187-110930-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0055.211211T0859Z-211211T0930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
259 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Davidson County in Middle Tennessee...
Northern Williamson County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 330 AM CST.
* At 259 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Fairview, or 15 miles west of Franklin, moving
east at 50 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...
Bellevue around 315 AM CST.
Franklin, Brentwood, Forest Hills and Belle Meade around 320 AM
CST.
Nashville, Nolensville and Oak Hill around 325 AM CST.
Antioch around 330 AM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Berry
Hill, Leipers Fork and Natchez Trace At Highway 96.
Dickens Festival in Franklin will also be impacted.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 40 between mile markers 182 and 184, and between mile
markers 192 and 217.
Interstate 65 between mile markers 67 and 86.
Interstate 24 between mile markers 47 and 63.
Interstate 840 between mile markers 7 and 16.
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 3623 8669 3601 8660 3600 8662 3599 8661
3583 8716 3592 8721 3594 8720 3597 8721
3598 8719 3603 8719 3605 8713 3604 8706
3605 8705 3604 8704 3609 8704
TIME...MOT...LOC 0859Z 248DEG 45KT 3595 8712
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 11:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 46 min |
| Dec 11, 12:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 16 min |
| Dec 11, 12:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 41 min |
| Dec 11, 1:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 21 min |
| Dec 11, 1:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Lewis, Montgomery and 2 more | 73 min |
| Dec 11, 2:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 27 min |
| Dec 11, 2:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 38 min |
| Dec 11, 2:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 37 min |
| Dec 11, 2:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 37 min |
| Dec 11, 2:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery | 14 min |
| Dec 11, 2:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Maury and 5 more | 58 min |
| Dec 11, 2:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson | 32 min |
| Dec 11, 3:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Hickman, Lewis, Marshall, Maury, Robertson and 5 more | 41 min |
| Dec 11, 3:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 39 min |
| Dec 11, 3:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and 1 more | 46 min |
| Dec 11, 3:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 42 min |
| Dec 11, 3:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 44 min |
| Dec 11, 3:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 42 min |
| Dec 11, 3:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Putnam, Smith and 3 more | 17 min |
| Dec 11, 3:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 13 min |
| Dec 11, 4:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Smith, Trousdale | 38 min |
| Dec 11, 4:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett and 4 more | 34 min |
| Dec 11, 4:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 42 min |
| Dec 11, 5:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury | 29 min |
| Dec 11, 5:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Overton, Putnam | 27 min |
| Dec 11, 5:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 36 min |
| Dec 11, 5:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury | 34 min |
| Dec 11, 6:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 15 min |
| Dec 11, 6:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 32 min |
| Dec 11, 7:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 38 min |
| Dec 11, 7:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 25 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.