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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Nashville, TN

March 15, 20264 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2026, 8:40 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 65 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
Mar 15, 2026, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 2026, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Stewart County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 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
Mar 15, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 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 Mar 15, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 3:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXStewart19 min
Mar 15, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry, Wayne46 min
Mar 15, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXPerry42 min
Mar 15, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry64 min
Mar 15, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne67 min
Mar 15, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOHXCheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson59 min
Mar 15, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery25 min
Mar 15, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys66 min
Mar 15, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson26 min
Mar 15, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMaury, Williamson30 min
Mar 15, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Robertson, Sumner and 2 more53 min
Mar 15, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOHXGiles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne and 1 more50 min
Mar 15, 10:49 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Wilson26 min
Mar 15, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson34 min
Mar 15, 10:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence31 min
Mar 15, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Giles, Marshall, Maury and 3 more42 min
Mar 15, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOHXClay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Rutherford, Smith and 3 more52 min
Mar 15, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Rutherford, Warren62 min
Mar 15, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Putnam and 1 more40 min
Mar 15, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Putnam and 1 more40 min
Mar 16, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren, White57 min
Mar 16, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam56 min
Mar 16, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland67 min
Mar 16, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland18 min
Mar 16, 10:46 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryOHXClay, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Grundy and 7 more8 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.