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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Nashville, TN

May 6, 2024Grundy County, Warren County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2024, 6:35 PM CDT for Grundy County, Warren County, Tennessee. It was in force for 25 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 6, 2024, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Grundy County, TN, Warren County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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

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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 6, 6:12 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 6:12 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 5:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 5:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 6:02 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 6:05 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 6, 6:06 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 6, 6:28 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
628 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024

TNZ059>061-070000-
Williamson TN-Maury TN-Marshall TN-
628 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL MARSHALL...
NORTHEASTERN MAURY AND SOUTH CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTIES THROUGH 700
PM CDT...

At 628 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Spring Hill, or 11 miles northeast of Columbia, moving southeast at
25 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...
Columbia, Spring Hill, Thompson's Station, and I-65 East Of Columbia.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 65 between mile markers 46 and 58.
 Interstate 840 between mile markers 21 and 28.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3559 8680 3573 8709 3587 8699 3575 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 300DEG 24KT 3577 8697

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
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, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Putnam, Smith, White	49 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, 6:57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.