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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Nashville, TN

April 2, 2025Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2025, 6:54 PM CDT for Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee. It was in force for 21 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
Apr 2, 2025, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2025, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Robertson County, TN, Sumner County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 2, 2:52 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 41 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2025-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 202 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2025-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 352 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-387 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
352 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
471 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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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 Apr 2, 6:44 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 6:44 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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In the hours before

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Local storm report, Apr 2, 6:28 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
628 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025

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

0606 PM     Hail             5 NNE Ashland City      36.33N 87.01W
04/02/2025  E2.50 Inch       Cheatham           TN   Public

&&
Local storm report, Apr 2, 6:29 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
629 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025

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

0627 PM     Hail             Springfield             36.50N 86.88W
04/02/2025  E1.00 Inch       Robertson          TN   Public

&&
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 6:29 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
629 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025

TNZ028-062-030000-
Rutherford TN-Wilson TN-
629 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL RUTHERFORD AND
CENTRAL WILSON COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM CDT...

At 629 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Walterhill, or 11 miles north of Murfreesboro, moving northeast at 50
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny 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...
Cedars Of Lebanon State Park, Lebanon, Tuckers Crossroads, Dickerson
Chapel Recreation Area, Gladeville, Walterhill, Smyrna, and La
Vergne.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 between mile markers 231 and 247.
 Interstate 840 between mile markers 59 and 76.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3632 8619 3633 8617 3631 8615 3627 8612
      3624 8611 3623 8612 3620 8609 3594 8642
      3600 8654 3631 8636 3631 8630 3634 8629
      3635 8627 3633 8626 3632 8627 3630 8627
      3631 8625 3634 8625 3635 8623
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 214DEG 43KT 3602 8643

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

40/Sizemore

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry17 min
Apr 2, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson23 min
Apr 2, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson37 min
Apr 2, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson35 min
Apr 2, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOHXHouston, Humphreys, Stewart37 min
Apr 2, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner29 min
Apr 2, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne43 min
Apr 2, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOHXRobertson, Sumner39 min
Apr 2, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Montgomery, Stewart43 min
Apr 2, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Sumner48 min
Apr 2, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWilson31 min

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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.