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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2025, 12:32 PM CDT for Lewis County, Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 43 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 2, 2025, 12:32 PM CDT (17:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2025, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lewis County, TN, Maury County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 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 2, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 88 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1065 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
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 2, 12:19 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- Updated at 1201 PM CDT Fri May 2 2025
- Strong to severe thunderstorms possible this afternoon and evening with damaging wind gusts and large hail the main concerns. Tornado and flooding threat is low.
- Periods of showers and thunderstorms persist through Saturday, gradually decreasing into Sunday.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 12:19 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Nashville TN 1219 PM CDT Fri May 2 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 1201 PM CDT Fri May 2 2025 - Strong to severe thunderstorms possible this afternoon and evening with damaging wind gusts and large hail the main concerns. Tornado and flooding threat is low. - Periods of showers and thunderstorms persist through Saturday, gradually decreasing into Sunday. && .SHORT TERM... (Rest of today through Saturday) Issued at 1047 AM CDT Fri May 2 2025 A line of strong to severe storms is nearing the Tennessee River, with a second line of equally potent storms currently pushing through eastern Arkansas. So it could be a long afternoon and evening across Middle Tennessee. The environment across the area is definitely unstable. CAPE values well in excess of 2,000 J/kg cover the entire mid state, and the morning sounding from OHX showed a 700-500 mb lapse rate of 7.3C/km. So the potential for strong updrafts is definitely there, even if shear values and helicities are relatively weak. It is possible that the existing severe thunderstorm watch could be extended beyond the current expiration time of 22Z, especially for eastern portions of Middle Tennessee, if the storms maintain their strength. At any rate, a cold front will come through the area tomorrow morning, so rain and storms chances will taper off by the afternoon. Still, most of Middle Tennessee remains under a marginal risk of severe storms on day 2, but the risk is much lower than today. With the fropa occurring on Saturday, cooler temperatures will spread across the region tomorrow, as well. && .LONG TERM... (Saturday Night through next Friday) Issued at 1047 AM CDT Fri May 2 2025 Interestingly, the upper low associated with our weekend weather system will stay in place just to our north into the early part of next week. This will help keep cooler air locked in across Middle Tennessee until about Tuesday, when temperatures will begin a slow warming trend. Still, values next week will stay close to seasonal normals. Rain chances will return to the forecast beginning Tuesday night and Wednesday and lasting through the week. && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1201 PM CDT Fri May 2 2025 It's going to be an active afternoon and evening across Middle Tennessee as multiple lines of storms track across the mid state. We've used TEMPO groups to highlight peak times for convective activity, although there is less confidence in the timing and strength of the second line of storms that is just now crossing the Mississippi River. Rain chances will linger through the night and into tomorrow, and we expect ceilings to gradually lower to MVFR and IFR later this evening and into tomorrow morning. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Nashville 62 71 53 67 / 90 90 40 50 Clarksville 60 71 50 64 / 90 90 30 40 Crossville 57 66 49 64 / 90 90 40 50 Columbia 61 70 50 66 / 90 90 10 40 Cookeville 59 67 51 64 / 90 90 50 60 Jamestown 58 67 50 65 / 90 90 60 60 Lawrenceburg 61 69 50 66 / 90 90 10 30 Murfreesboro 61 70 51 67 / 90 90 20 40 Waverly 58 70 50 64 / 90 90 20 30 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...Rose LONG TERM....Rose AVIATION.....Rose
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 2, 12:25 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Warren | 17 min |
| May 2, 10:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 46 min |
| May 2, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 35 min |
| May 2, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry | 38 min |
| May 2, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 39 min |
| May 2, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 33 min |
| May 2, 12:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Robertson | 35 min |
| May 2, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 46 min |
| May 2, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 36 min |
| May 2, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson | 30 min |
| May 2, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 46 min |
| May 2, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Robertson | 20 min |
| May 2, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 19 min |
| May 2, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson | 35 min |
| May 2, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 35 min |
| May 2, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson | 42 min |
| May 2, 1:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 21 min |
| May 2, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford | 33 min |
| May 2, 1:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| May 2, 1:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury | 3 hr |
| May 2, 1:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Macon, Trousdale | 20 min |
| May 2, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Maury | 31 min |
| May 2, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 38 min |
| May 2, 1:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Rutherford | 35 min |
| May 2, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Wilson | 34 min |
| May 2, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Marshall | 28 min |
| May 2, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Wayne | 34 min |
| May 2, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford | 29 min |
| May 2, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon | 23 min |
| May 2, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Humphreys | 37 min |
| May 2, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay | 35 min |
| May 2, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Grundy | 30 min |
| May 2, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 36 min |
| May 2, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 29 min |
| May 2, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 33 min |
| May 2, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Putnam, White | 35 min |
| May 2, 4:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cumberland, Van Buren, White | 3 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.