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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Nashville, TN

May 26, 2024Cheatham County, Montgomery County, Robertson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2024, 12:41 PM CDT for Cheatham County, Montgomery County, Robertson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2024, 12:41 PM CDT (17:41 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2024, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cheatham County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Robertson County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 26, 8:59 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 57 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1896 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 9.5

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 12:25 PM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 12:25 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 10:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 10:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 10:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 10:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 11:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 11:47 AM CDT, 54 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1147 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1104 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Celina                  36.54N 85.51W
05/26/2024                   Clay               TN   Emergency Mngr

            Trees down on Mitchell Street in Celina.

&&

BW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 1:37 AM CDT	Flood Watch	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 32 more	25 hr
May 26, 8:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery, Stewart	45 min
May 26, 9:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OHX	Cheatham, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart	56 min
May 26, 9:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart	50 min
May 26, 9:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Montgomery, Stewart	3 hr
May 26, 9:48 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Robertson	13 min
May 26, 9:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Macon, Montgomery and 6 more	54 min
May 26, 9:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	19 min
May 26, 10:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Macon, Sumner	24 min
May 26, 10:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Smith and 1 more	50 min
May 26, 11:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett	52 min
May 26, 12:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery, Stewart	41 min
May 26, 1:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart	4 hr
May 26, 1:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	64 min
May 26, 1:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 2 more	61 min
May 26, 1:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner	4 hr
May 26, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner and 3 more	67 min
May 26, 1:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys	4 hr
May 26, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson	43 min
May 26, 2:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	3 hr
May 26, 2:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Sumner, Wilson	3 hr
May 26, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale	43 min
May 26, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	49 min
May 26, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett	47 min
May 26, 3:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Smith and 2 more	2 hr
May 26, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OHX	Rutherford, Williamson	31 min
May 26, 3:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson	2 hr
May 26, 3:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Williamson	3 hr
May 26, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Rutherford	33 min
May 26, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Rutherford, Warren	34 min
May 26, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cannon, Warren	35 min
May 26, 6:45 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Stewart	5 days

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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.