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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Nashville, TN

March 25, 2021Rutherford County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2021, 8:49 PM CDT for Rutherford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 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
Mar 25, 2021, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Rutherford County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 25, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2021-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 290 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2021-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 657 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
290 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
657 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
631 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
7.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

568 
WFUS54 KOHX 260149
TOROHX
TNC149-260215-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0007.210326T0149Z-210326T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
849 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Rutherford County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 915 PM CDT.
    
* At 849 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles southwest of Murfreesboro, moving northeast at
  55 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

  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...
  Murfreesboro around 855 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Lascassas and Rockvale.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 24 between mile markers 75 and 89.
 Interstate 840 between mile markers 48 and 52.

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.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3584 8661 3584 8660 3585 8660 3594 8627
      3572 8626 3570 8662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 239DEG 49KT 3579 8656 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

07
2 follow-up statements
599 
WWUS54 KOHX 260159
SVSOHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
859 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

TNC149-260215-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210326T0215Z/
Rutherford TN-
859 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
RUTHERFORD COUNTY...
    
At 858 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Murfreesboro, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

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 Rutherford County, including the following locations...
Lascassas.

This includes Interstate 24 between mile markers 76 and 88.
 
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.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3584 8648 3586 8647 3589 8647 3594 8627
      3572 8626 3573 8650
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 239DEG 49KT 3586 8642 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

07
708 
WWUS54 KOHX 260211
SVSOHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
911 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

TNC149-260221-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210326T0215Z/
Rutherford TN-
911 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
915 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for Middle
Tennessee.

LAT...LON 3584 8648 3586 8647 3589 8647 3594 8627
      3572 8626 3573 8650
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 239DEG 49KT 3593 8627 

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson26 min
Mar 25, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLewis, Perry, Wayne41 min
Mar 25, 7:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXLewis, Perry, Wayne2 hr
Mar 25, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson9 min
Mar 25, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne39 min
Mar 25, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXTrousdale, Williamson36 min
Mar 25, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne40 min
Mar 25, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson38 min
Mar 25, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Williamson, Wilson32 min
Mar 25, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson25 min
Mar 25, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford34 min
Mar 25, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXSmith, Trousdale, Wilson34 min
Mar 25, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXJackson, Macon, Smith14 min
Mar 25, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson36 min
Mar 25, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Putnam, White35 min
Mar 25, 9:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson3 hr
Mar 25, 9:54 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson3 hr
Mar 25, 9:57 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson3 hr
Mar 25, 10:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress, Overton, Pickett, White38 min
Mar 25, 10:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland38 min
Mar 25, 10:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGrundy, Van Buren23 min
Mar 26, 5:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchOHXBedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 32 more42 hr

Nearby

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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.