Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2025

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Nashville, TN

June 18, 2025Cheatham County, Montgomery County, Robertson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2025, 7:02 PM CDT for Cheatham County, Montgomery County, Robertson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 28 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, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2025, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cheatham County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Robertson County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 18, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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: 1827 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1221 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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, 6:42 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 6:42 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 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

13

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:17 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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

TNZ006-182345-
Montgomery TN-
617 PM CDT Wed Jun 18 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
THROUGH 645 PM CDT...

At 617 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southwest of Fort Campbell, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Clarksville and Woodlawn.

This includes Interstate 24 between mile markers 1 and 3.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3647 8759 3652 8763 3662 8764 3664 8760
      3664 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 246DEG 22KT 3656 8756

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

13

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:44 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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

TNZ005-006-023-024-190015-
Stewart TN-Humphreys TN-Montgomery TN-Houston TN-
644 PM CDT Wed Jun 18 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MONTGOMERY...SOUTHEASTERN
STEWART...HOUSTON AND NORTHWESTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM
CDT...

At 643 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Clarksville to near Camden. Movement was
northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
Clarksville, Camden, Erin, Tennessee Ridge, Cumberland City, Palmyra,
and Woodlawn.

This includes Interstate 24 between mile markers 1 and 8.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3613 8777 3607 8797 3613 8792 3620 8794
      3664 8747 3664 8712
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 245DEG 22KT 3661 8735 3610 8800

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

13

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:45 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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

TNZ061-075-190015-
Bedford TN-Marshall TN-
645 PM CDT Wed Jun 18 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN MARSHALL AND
SOUTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM CDT...

At 644 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles south of Lewisburg, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Shelbyville, Lewisburg, Cornersville, Belfast, and Farmington.

This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 23 and 31.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3527 8683 3529 8683 3532 8685 3530 8686
      3531 8689 3538 8693 3541 8692 3561 8650
      3537 8636 3534 8647 3536 8649 3535 8653
      3536 8654 3537 8659 3536 8660 3533 8660
      3531 8668 3527 8673 3526 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 240DEG 24KT 3534 8682

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

13

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman, Perry	23 min
Jun 18, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys, Perry	35 min
Jun 18, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Rutherford	33 min
Jun 18, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson	30 min
Jun 18, 7:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry	28 min
Jun 18, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson	37 min
Jun 18, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry	24 min
Jun 18, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson	36 min
Jun 18, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis	30 min
Jun 18, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson	27 min
Jun 18, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon, Trousdale	37 min
Jun 18, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman	37 min
Jun 18, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner, Trousdale	34 min
Jun 18, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury	29 min
Jun 18, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay, Jackson	37 min
Jun 18, 8:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Maury	22 min
Jun 18, 9:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Maury	26 min
Jun 19, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry	36 min
Jun 19, 2:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Montgomery	33 min
Jun 19, 2:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson	34 min
Jun 19, 3:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Perry	3 hr
Jun 19, 4:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Wayne	3 hr
Jun 19, 4:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham, Robertson	3 hr

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.