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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Nashville, TN

July 26, 20266 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2026, 9:10 PM CDT for 6 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 50 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
Jul 26, 2026, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Sumner County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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
Jul 26, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 00:00Z on 2026-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2362 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 00:00Z on 2026-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1178 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.7

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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 Jul 26, 6:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 6:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart63 min
Jul 26, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart42 min
Jul 26, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHouston, Humphreys, Stewart34 min
Jul 26, 9:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Williamson50 min
Jul 26, 10:32 PM CDTExtreme Heat WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lewis and 4 more45 hr
Jul 26, 10:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman, Lewis, Marshall, Maury, Perry42 min
Jul 26, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne21 min
Jul 27, 4:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2026Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

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.