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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Nashville, TN

May 6, 20244 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2024, 4:11 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 49 min. 4 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: May 6, 2024, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2024, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties DeKalb County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Smith County, TN, White County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 6, 4:14 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 Se Baxter, TN	mPing report of quarter sized hail.
May 6, 4:23 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Wnw Smithville, TN	An EF1 tornado touched down east of Highway 70 in northwest Smithville then moved east paralleling Allen Ferry Rd. Numerous trees were broken, snapped and uprooted along the road and several farm buildings lost roofing. The tornado then curved southeast and ca
May 6, 4:24 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Nnw Smithville, TN	Off-duty employee and emergency manager report tornado. Video from social media also confirms.
May 6, 4:54 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 E Smithville, TN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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: 63 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

241 
WUUS54 KOHX 062111
SVROHX
TNC041-141-159-185-062200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0021.240506T2111Z-240506T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
411 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Smith County in Middle Tennessee...
  Northern De Kalb County in Middle Tennessee...
  Northwestern White County in Middle Tennessee...
  Southwestern Putnam County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 500 PM CDT.

* At 411 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
  Gordonsville, or 8 miles northwest of Smithville, moving east at 30
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Cookeville, Smithville, Baxter, Dowelltown, Liberty, Center Hill
  Lake, Hamptons Crossroads, Bakers Crossroads, Burgess Falls State
  Park, and Edgar Evins State Park.

This includes Interstate 40 between mile markers 266 and 287.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3597 8601 3613 8601 3616 8549 3592 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 270DEG 25KT 3606 8592 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Clements

1 follow-up statement

514 
WWUS54 KOHX 062141
SVSOHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
441 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024

TNC159-062150-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240506T2200Z/
Smith TN-
441 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

&&

LAT...LON 3616 8549 3592 8551 3597 8595 3610 8589
      3609 8587 3612 8585 3612 8584 3613 8584
      3612 8583 3613 8581 3614 8580 3614 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 280DEG 25KT 3599 8568 

$$

TNC041-141-185-062200-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240506T2200Z/
De Kalb TN-White TN-Putnam TN-
441 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL DE KALB...NORTHWESTERN WHITE AND SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM
COUNTIES...

At 440 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
Smithville, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Cookeville, Smithville, Baxter, Dowelltown, Center Hill Lake,
Hamptons Crossroads, Bakers Crossroads, Burgess Falls State Park, and
Edgar Evins State Park.

This includes Interstate 40 between mile markers 268 and 287.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3616 8549 3592 8551 3597 8595 3610 8589
      3609 8587 3612 8585 3612 8584 3613 8584
      3612 8583 3613 8581 3614 8580 3614 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 280DEG 25KT 3599 8568 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Clements

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 12:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	32 min
May 6, 1:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon	32 min
May 6, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon, Trousdale	30 min
May 6, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wilson	35 min
May 6, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Warren	35 min
May 6, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Grundy, Van Buren, Warren	46 min
May 6, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Dickson	26 min
May 6, 2:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman	33 min
May 6, 2:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Macon, Sumner, Trousdale	4 hr
May 6, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith, Wilson	45 min
May 6, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Perry	35 min
May 6, 2:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Smith, Wilson	16 min
May 6, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Williamson	39 min
May 6, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson	47 min
May 6, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Smith, Wilson	43 min
May 6, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Jackson, Putnam, Smith	36 min
May 6, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Maury	35 min
May 6, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Williamson	36 min
May 6, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Overton, Putnam, White	48 min
May 6, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Wilson	30 min
May 6, 4:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	DeKalb, White	36 min
May 6, 4:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	DeKalb, Putnam, Smith, White, Wilson	5 hr
May 6, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, DeKalb, Putnam, Van Buren, Warren, White	39 min
May 6, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford	38 min
May 6, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	White	14 min
May 6, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Coffee, Warren	40 min
May 6, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Van Buren, White	49 min
May 6, 5:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Cumberland, DeKalb, Van Buren, White	5 hr
May 6, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Grundy	39 min
May 6, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Williamson	32 min
May 6, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Grundy, Warren	25 min
May 6, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Marshall	33 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.