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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Nashville, TN

July 26, 20265 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2026, 11:09 PM CDT for 5 counties in 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: Jul 26, 2026, 11:09 PM CDT (04:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2026, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hickman County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Perry County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 26, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

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, 10:46 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 10:46 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 9:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 9:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 10:33 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1033 PM CDT Sun Jul 26 2026

TNZ056>058-060-061-093>095-270415-
Hickman TN-Lawrence TN-Wayne TN-Lewis TN-Maury TN-Giles TN-
Marshall TN-Perry TN-
1033 PM CDT Sun Jul 26 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LEWIS...NORTHERN WAYNE...
MARSHALL...NORTHERN LAWRENCE...MAURY...NORTHERN GILES...PERRY AND
SOUTHERN HICKMAN COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 PM CDT...

At 1032 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles southwest of Hurricane Mills to near
Spring Hill. Movement was southeast at 45 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...
Columbia, Lewisburg, Hohenwald, Centerville, Linden, Spring Hill,
Mount Pleasant, Summertown, Chapel Hill, Cornersville, Lobelville,
Lynnville, Gordonsburg, Kimmins, Henryville, Culleoka, Flatwoods,
Belfast, Pleasantville, and Hampshire.

This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 25 and 52.

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.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
Middle Tennessee.

&&

LAT...LON 3548 8799 3553 8798 3562 8804 3574 8803
      3584 8796 3580 8785 3584 8782 3584 8771
      3576 8694 3570 8677 3571 8669 3558 8666
      3558 8663 3546 8667 3533 8660 3539 8801
      3539 8799 3541 8797 3545 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 337DEG 38KT 3589 8789 3573 8686

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 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
Jul 26, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart	63 min
Jul 26, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	42 min
Jul 26, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner	50 min
Jul 26, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Houston, Humphreys, Stewart	34 min
Jul 26, 9:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Williamson	50 min
Jul 26, 10:32 PM CDT	Extreme Heat Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lewis and 4 more	45 hr
Jul 26, 10:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Marshall, Maury, Perry	42 min
Jul 27, 4:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Lawrence	3 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.