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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Nashville, TN

June 18, 2025Houston County, Humphreys County, Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2025, 6:09 PM CDT for Houston County, Humphreys County, Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 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: Jun 18, 2025, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2025, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Stewart County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 356 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: 1205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 18, 12:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 12:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:45 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
545 PM CDT Wed Jun 18 2025

TNZ005-023-024-182315-
Stewart TN-Humphreys TN-Houston TN-
545 PM CDT Wed Jun 18 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN STEWART...HOUSTON
AND NORTH CENTRAL HUMPHREYS COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM CDT...

At 545 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Springville, or 12 miles south of Paris Landing State Park, moving
east at 35 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...
Dover, Erin, Tennessee Ridge, and Houston County Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

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 3654 8781 3622 8760 3617 8792 3618 8793
      3621 8794 3622 8795 3626 8794 3631 8796
      3635 8798 3637 8800 3639 8801 3642 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 249DEG 31KT 3626 8806

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

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles	37 min
Jun 18, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Houston, Stewart	30 min
Jun 18, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Montgomery	28 min
Jun 18, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Houston, Montgomery	31 min
Jun 18, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Marshall	30 min
Jun 18, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery	39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.