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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Nashville, TN

April 18, 2024Cheatham County, Robertson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2024, 6:50 PM CDT for Cheatham County, Robertson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 40 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: Apr 18, 2024, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 18, 2024, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cheatham County, TN, Robertson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Apr 18, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 18, 6:26 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
626 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

TNZ007-025>027-190000-
Robertson TN-Dickson TN-Davidson TN-Cheatham TN-
626 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN DAVIDSON...EAST
CENTRAL DICKSON...CHEATHAM AND SOUTHWESTERN ROBERTSON COUNTIES
THROUGH 700 PM CDT...

At 626 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Ashland City, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Ashland City, Coopertown, Kingston Springs, Pegram, Joelton, Pleasant
View, and Beaman Park.

This includes Interstate 24 between mile markers 20 and 36.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3610 8707 3620 8722 3653 8705 3638 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 212DEG 24KT 3621 8711

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Baggett

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 18, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham	34 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.