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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Nashville, TN

May 19, 2025Davidson County, Sumner County, Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2025, 6:55 PM CDT for Davidson County, Sumner County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 19, 2025, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2025, 7:13 PM CDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Davidson County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

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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 19, 6:37 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 6:37 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 19, 5:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
Issued by National Weather Service Morristown TN
524 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025

TNZ006-025-026-192300-
Dickson TN-Cheatham TN-Montgomery TN-
524 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN DICKSON...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHWESTERN CHEATHAM COUNTIES THROUGH
600 PM CDT...

At 524 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles west of Ashland City, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch 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...
Pleasant View, Cheatham Dam, and Clarksville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3647 8713 3646 8713 3646 8712 3644 8710
      3645 8709 3643 8709 3639 8700 3621 8717
      3629 8740 3653 8729
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 208DEG 17KT 3630 8725

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

CED

Special weather statement, May 19, 6:29 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham	36 min
May 19, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson	32 min
May 19, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson	16 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2025 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025

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.