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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Nashville, TN

May 8, 2024Dickson County, Houston County, Montgomery County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2024, 4:49 PM CDT for Dickson County, Houston County, Montgomery County, Tennessee. It was in force for 10 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: May 8, 2024, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2024, 4:59 PM CDT
In force: 10 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Dickson County, TN, Houston County, TN, Montgomery County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 8, 1:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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: 2219 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 7.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

443 
WFUS54 KOHX 082149
TOROHX
TNC043-083-125-082215-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0015.240508T2149Z-240508T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
449 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Dickson County in Middle Tennessee...
  South central Montgomery County in Middle Tennessee...
  Northeastern Houston County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 515 PM CDT.

* At 449 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles east of Erin, moving east at 15 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
  northwestern Dickson, south central Montgomery and northeastern
  Houston Counties, including the following locations... Slayden and
  Vanleer.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3623 8762 3633 8763 3639 8731 3620 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 267DEG 14KT 3628 8757 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

Shamburger

1 follow-up statement

735 
WWUS54 KOHX 082159
SVSOHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
459 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

TNC043-083-125-082208-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-240508T2215Z/
Dickson TN-Montgomery TN-Houston TN-
459 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DICKSON...SOUTH CENTRAL
MONTGOMERY AND NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for Middle
Tennessee.

&&

LAT...LON 3623 8762 3633 8763 3639 8731 3620 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 267DEG 14KT 3628 8752 

$$

Shamburger

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 8, 12:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 12:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1258 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

...New AVIATION...

.SHORT TERM...
(Rest of today through Friday)
Issued at 1152 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024

Earlier warm front now stationary and centered w-e just north of I-
40. This far northern area has served as the flood threat with
numerous advisories and warnings issued thus far. Flood reports have
been received mainly across the Robertson and Sumner county areas.
Energy along the boundary is working eastward with the bulk of the
activity now across the Plateau. To the south, airmass is hanging on
to a weak cap despite warming temps. Upstream however, 2 separate
slugs of energy will be pushing southeastward. This translates to 2
rounds of severe. The 1st will occur from 3pm to 6pm, with the 2nd
round in the 8 pm to midnight timeframe. All forms of severe weather
will be possible. Instabilities will be greatest across our south so
I would think the largest(non tornadic) hail would occur there. As
for rainfall amounts, the flood watch shall continue. Latest Hrrr
shows isolated storm totals of up to 6 inches across an area
stretching from far north central middle TN eastward across the
northern Plateau. Now models do hang onto the light to
moderate shower activity through 12Z to 18Z before ending.

Look for clearing skies Thursday night with cooler temps. Upper
troughing will feature a Friday shortwave with a few showers.
Saturday looks similar with an additional shortwave. The near term
temps will continue to run rather warm tonight and Thursday with 80s
for highs once again. Noticeably cooler by Friday morning with lows
back down into the 50s. We may seven see some 40s by Saturday
morning.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Friday Night through next Wednesday)
Issued at 1152 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024

In the extended forecast, ridging will return for Monday. The next
system of interest will be for Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.
Instability looks weak for now so mostly just looking at showers and
non severe tstms for now.

Extended temps will start out on the cool side but will warm back to
near 80 for highs by mid week. Overnight lows will work back into
the lower 60s as well.

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1253 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

Airmass is somewhat capped for now. However, a couple slugs of
energy will enable showers and thunderstorms to develop later this
afternoon as round 1, and then this evening as round 2. The
Currently high instability levels will only increase with time.
Thus, the full plethora of severe possibilities exists. For the
tafs will include temporary gusts to 40 kts with the stronger
storms. Look for showers to persist, generally after 06Z-09Z when
the storminess exits. IFR cigs and vsbys will of course accompany
the stronger storms.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Nashville      68  86  58  72 /  90  30  10  10
Clarksville    66  83  54  70 /  80  10  10  10
Crossville     63  79  53  66 /  90  50  20  30
Columbia       66  85  56  72 / 100  30  10  10
Cookeville     65  80  54  67 /  90  50  20  20
Jamestown      63  79  53  66 /  90  50  20  30
Lawrenceburg   66  84  57  72 / 100  40  10  10
Murfreesboro   66  85  55  72 / 100  40  10  10
Waverly        66  83  54  71 /  90  10  10  10

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Flood Watch through Thursday morning for Bedford-Cannon-Cheatham-
Clay-Coffee-Cumberland-Davidson-De Kalb-Dickson-Fentress-Grundy-
Hickman-Houston-Humphreys-Jackson-Lewis-Macon-Marshall-Maury-
Montgomery-Overton-Perry-Pickett-Putnam-Robertson-Rutherford-
Smith-Stewart-Sumner-Trousdale-Van Buren-Warren-White-Williamson-
Wilson.

&&

SHORT TERM...21
LONG TERM....21
AVIATION.....21

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 4:01 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
401 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

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

0354 PM     Hail             1 SSE Portland          36.58N 86.51W
05/08/2024  M1.25 Inch       Sumner             TN   Public

&&

RRH

Local storm report, May 8, 4:10 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
410 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

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

0408 PM     Hail             Clarksville             36.56N 87.35W
05/08/2024  E1.75 Inch       Montgomery         TN   Public

&&

RRH

Local storm report, May 8, 4:19 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
419 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

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

0417 PM     Hail             5 SSW Clarksville       36.49N 87.37W
05/08/2024  E2.00 Inch       Montgomery         TN   Public

&&

RRH

Local storm report, May 8, 4:20 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
420 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

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

0328 PM     Hail             2 N Cross Plains        36.57N 86.67W
05/08/2024  E1.00 Inch       Robertson          TN   Public

            Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

&&

RRH

Local storm report, May 8, 4:41 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
441 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

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

0436 PM     Hail             2 SE Hohenwald          35.52N 87.53W
05/08/2024  E1.25 Inch       Lewis              TN   Public

            Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.).

&&

RRH

Local storm report, May 8, 4:44 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
444 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

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

0443 PM     Hail             Hohenwald               35.55N 87.55W
05/08/2024  E1.75 Inch       Lewis              TN   Emergency Mngr

&&

RRH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 3:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Stewart	23 min
May 8, 3:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	47 min
May 8, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery, Stewart	19 min
May 8, 5:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Montgomery	30 min
May 8, 5:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Montgomery, Robertson	33 min
May 8, 5:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart	3 hr
May 8, 5:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	35 min
May 8, 6:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Macon, Sumner	33 min
May 8, 6:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay, Macon	33 min
May 8, 7:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett	50 min
May 8, 7:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	28 min
May 8, 7:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Overton	37 min
May 8, 7:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale	3 hr
May 8, 7:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress, Overton, Pickett	51 min
May 8, 7:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Smith, Trousdale, Wilson	33 min
May 8, 8:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Montgomery, Stewart	3 hr
May 8, 8:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale	3 hr
May 8, 8:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Smith, Wilson	3 hr
May 8, 8:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cumberland, Putnam	46 min
May 8, 9:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Jackson, Overton, Putnam	3 hr
May 8, 10:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Smith, Wilson	3 hr
May 8, 10:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Jackson, Overton, Putnam	3 hr
May 8, 11:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale	3 hr
May 8, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Montgomery	26 min
May 8, 1:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Montgomery	31 min
May 8, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson	47 min
May 8, 2:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham	29 min
May 8, 2:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Montgomery	24 min
May 8, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson	35 min
May 8, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson	48 min
May 8, 2:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner	3 hr
May 8, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	49 min
May 8, 2:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OHX	Montgomery, Robertson	28 min
May 8, 3:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Robertson	36 min
May 8, 3:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Stewart	47 min
May 8, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys, Perry	40 min
May 8, 3:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	23 min
May 8, 3:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Montgomery, Stewart	30 min
May 8, 3:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Montgomery, Stewart	3 hr
May 8, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	38 min
May 8, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston, Stewart	51 min
May 8, 3:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys, Perry	34 min
May 8, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Macon, Sumner	47 min
May 8, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	46 min
May 8, 4:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Houston, Stewart	24 min
May 8, 4:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Houston, Montgomery, Stewart	3 hr
May 8, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lewis, Perry, Wayne	27 min
May 8, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery, Robertson	46 min
May 8, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery	45 min
May 8, 4:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery	3 hr
May 8, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson	38 min
May 8, 4:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury	33 min
May 8, 4:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Giles, Hickman, Humphreys and 7 more	3 hr
May 8, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Robertson	30 min
May 8, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	37 min
May 8, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lewis, Maury	35 min
May 8, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson	46 min
May 8, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	37 min
May 8, 5:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Robertson, Sumner	12 min
May 8, 5:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Macon, Montgomery, Robertson, Smith and 3 more	6 hr
May 8, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson	42 min
May 8, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OHX	Macon, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	36 min
May 8, 5:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	OHX	Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson	34 min
May 8, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Macon, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	33 min
May 8, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson	35 min
May 8, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	34 min
May 8, 6:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Davidson, DeKalb, Marshall, Rutherford and 3 more	3 hr
May 8, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson	34 min
May 8, 6:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Smith, Trousdale, Wilson	33 min
May 8, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford	39 min
May 8, 6:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon and 4 more	3 hr
May 8, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Putnam, Smith	30 min
May 8, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Putnam, Smith, Warren, White, Wilson	40 min
May 8, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford, Williamson	23 min
May 8, 6:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	15 hr

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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.