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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

August 17, 2025Clay County, Jackson County, Overton County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Aug 17, 2025, 2:08 PM CDT for Clay County, Jackson County, Overton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 52 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: Aug 17, 2025, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2025, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

Counties Clay County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Overton County, TN

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 17, 12:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 12:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 17, 1:20 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
120 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025

TNZ009>011-029>034-171915-
Putnam TN-Fentress TN-Overton TN-Pickett TN-Trousdale TN-Clay TN-
Jackson TN-Macon TN-Smith TN-
120 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OVERTON...PICKETT...SMITH...
JACKSON...CLAY...MACON...SOUTHEASTERN TROUSDALE...NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM
AND FENTRESS COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM CDT...

At 119 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Sunnybrook to near Westmoreland. Movement
was southeast 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...
Lafayette, Livingston, Carthage, Jamestown, Celina, Gainesboro,
Byrdstown, Algood, Gordonsville, Red Boiling Springs, South
Carthage, Allardt, and Cummins Falls State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3661 8492 3634 8474 3633 8477 3630 8480
      3628 8488 3619 8491 3620 8607 3663 8621
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 335DEG 22KT 3660 8501 3661 8617

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

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:08 PM CDT, 0 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
Aug 17, 11:01 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	OHX	Bedford, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Giles, Hickman and 18 more	56 hr
Aug 17, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett and 1 more	55 min
Aug 17, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	White	46 min

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Sources

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