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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Nashville, TN

April 28, 20266 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2026, 2:21 AM CDT for 6 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 54 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 28, 2026, 2:21 AM CDT (07:21 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2026, 3:15 AM CDT
In force: 54 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, Hickman County, TN, Maury County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:21 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
Apr 27, 9:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 49 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 591 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 503 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 10.8

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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 28, 12:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Updated at 1234 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026
Severe thunderstorm risk this evening into the overnight hours with all hazards possible. Risk levels range from level 1 out of 5 along the Plateau to 3 out of 5 for northwest Middle Tennessee.
Additional strong to severe thunderstorms are forecast across the area Tuesday evening into Tuesday night. The main risks are damaging winds and large hail. The tornado risk is low.
Good drought relief rainfall is expected with 1 to 3 inches across most of the mid state through mid-week. Although some locally heavy downpours and standing water may occur, significant flooding is not expected.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 12:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1237 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

...New AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 1234 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

- Severe thunderstorm risk this evening into the overnight hours
  with all hazards possible. Risk levels range from level 1 out of
  5 along the Plateau to 3 out of 5 for northwest Middle
  Tennessee.

- Additional strong to severe thunderstorms are forecast across
  the area Tuesday evening into Tuesday night. The main risks are
  damaging winds and large hail. The tornado risk is low.

- Good drought relief rainfall is expected with 1 to 3 inches
  across most of the mid state through mid-week. Although some
  locally heavy downpours and standing water may occur,
  significant flooding is not expected.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(Tonight through Wednesday Night)
Issued at 1014 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

A non-PDS Tornado Watch is currently in effect for western Middle
Tennessee counties until 5 a.m. Although the main line of
organized convection is still impacting southeast Missouri and
southern Illinois, discreet cells are now beginning to develop
over northwest Middle Tennessee. The environment across the mid
state is quite unstable, with steep mid-level lapse rates, plenty
of available moisture and significant low-level wind shear. A
capping inversion that was evident on the 00Z OHX sounding is
expected to erode prior to the arrival of storms later this
evening. The HRRR has consistently shown widespread convection
developing ahead of the approaching line of storms and more or
less merging by late evening, with little abatement into the early
morning hours. Although the severe threat is expected to diminish
as the convection propagates eastward and we lose more of our
daytime heating, the convection itself is expected to hold
together all the way across Middle Tennessee, and that will
consume the bulk of the overnight hours. The cold front that is
the primary culprit for this active weather pattern will stall
out just to our northwest, keeping us in this warm, unstable
environment for an additional day, so we'll get to do this again
tomorrow night (although the setup will be quite different). On
Tuesday, a low pressure center will ride northeastward out of the
Arklatex and right along the cold frontal boundary before pulling
the entire system through the mid state Tuesday night and early
Wednesday. There is less of a severe risk tomorrow night than
tonight, but all severe modes will still be possible. We can
expect our rain and storm chances to finally taper off on
Wednesday as cooler air fills in behind the departing cold front.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Thursday through next Tuesday)
Issued at 1014 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

Significantly cooler weather will prevail from late week, through
the weekend and into early next week. And that will get us into
May. There are low to medium rain chances on Friday and Friday
night as an active weather system skirts across the Gulf Coast
states, but there's little severe threat with that one. The next
appreciable rain chances won't come our way until the middle of
next week.

&&

.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1234 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

The TAFs begin with TEMPO groups for TS (except for KCSV and KSRB,
where convection is expected later on tonight) as storms continue
to develop ahead of another line of storms that is approaching
from the NW. Needless to say, gusty winds, low ceilings and heavy
rain are expected with the overnight convection, with lingering
light showers behind the storms and then several hours of MVFR
ceilings throughout the morning and into the afternoon. Expect
more TS at KBNA after 00Z.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Nashville      83  66  75  49 /  50 100  70  10
Clarksville    82  63  72  46 /  50  90  40  10
Crossville     75  59  71  47 /  60  80  90  20
Columbia       83  63  75  47 /  50  90  70  10
Cookeville     78  61  72  48 /  50  90  80  20
Jamestown      78  59  71  45 /  50  90  90  30
Lawrenceburg   81  63  75  49 /  50  90  80  20
Murfreesboro   83  63  76  48 /  50  90  80  10
Waverly        83  61  71  47 /  50 100  50  10

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

SHORT TERM...Rose
LONG TERM....Rose
AVIATION.....Rose

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 28, 1:38 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
138 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

TNZ028-030>032-062-064-280730-
Putnam TN-Rutherford TN-Wilson TN-De Kalb TN-Jackson TN-Smith TN-
138 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN SMITH...NORTHERN DE
KALB...NORTH CENTRAL RUTHERFORD...SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON...CENTRAL
WILSON AND SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES THROUGH 230 AM CDT...

At 137 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Watertown, or 14 miles southwest of Carthage, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch 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...
Lebanon, Carthage, Mount Juliet, Watertown, Baxter, Gordonsville,
Belinda City, Hickman, South Carthage, Alexandria, Dowelltown,
Liberty, Tuckers Crossroads, Burgess Falls State Park, Cedars Of
Lebanon State Park, Center Hill Lake, Edgar Evins State Park, and
Gladeville.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 between mile markers 226 and 281.
 Interstate 840 between mile markers 63 and 76.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for Middle
Tennessee.

&&

LAT...LON 3605 8558 3604 8559 3604 8560 3605 8561
      3602 8564 3601 8564 3600 8643 3619 8653
      3627 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 0637Z 259DEG 31KT 3609 8610

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

CC

Local storm report, Apr 28, 1:45 AM CDT, 36 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
145 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

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

0120 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Hohenwald               35.55N 87.56W
04/28/2026                   Lewis              TN   Broadcast Media

            Numerous reports of power outages reported
            in the Hohenwald area.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 28, 1:53 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
153 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

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

0142 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Summertown              35.44N 87.31W
04/28/2026                   Lawrence           TN   Emergency Mngr

            Tree down blocking Highway 20 near Shady
            Street in Summertown.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 28, 1:59 AM CDT, 22 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
159 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

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

0145 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     4 W Summertown          35.44N 87.38W
04/28/2026                   Lawrence           TN   911 Call Center

            Trees down in the yard of a home on Railroad
            Bed Pike as well as a carport blown into the
            middle of the road.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 28, 2:02 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
202 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

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

0145 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 SW Summertown         35.41N 87.33W
04/28/2026                   Lawrence           TN   Emergency Mngr

            Tree down blocking Buffalo Road north of
            Buie Road in Summertown.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 28, 2:05 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
205 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

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

0147 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Summertown              35.44N 87.30W
04/28/2026                   Lawrence           TN   Emergency Mngr

            *** 1 INJ ***
            Tree down on car at Summertown Baptist.
            Driver was injured.

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 11:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman	40 min
Apr 27, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham	49 min
Apr 28, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry	52 min
Apr 28, 12:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner, Trousdale	47 min
Apr 28, 12:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry	41 min
Apr 28, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson	50 min
Apr 28, 12:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Jackson, Trousdale	44 min
Apr 28, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry	50 min
Apr 28, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Rutherford, Williamson	68 min
Apr 28, 1:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis	46 min
Apr 28, 1:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Houston, Montgomery, Stewart	39 min
Apr 28, 1:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Overton	46 min
Apr 28, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart	44 min
Apr 28, 1:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne	56 min
Apr 28, 1:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wilson	52 min
Apr 28, 1:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury	32 min
Apr 28, 1:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Perry	57 min
Apr 28, 2:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner	43 min
Apr 28, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OHX	Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury	37 min
Apr 28, 2:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson	3 hr
Apr 28, 2:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson	16 min
Apr 28, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OHX	Davidson, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	63 min
Apr 28, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OHX	Cannon, Davidson, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Warren and 2 more	51 min
Apr 28, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury and 1 more	44 min
Apr 28, 3:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Coffee, Maury	43 min
Apr 28, 3:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Jackson, Putnam, Smith	38 min
Apr 28, 3:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cumberland, DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White	39 min
Apr 28, 3:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Coffee, Grundy	31 min
Apr 28, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Perry, Wayne	40 min
Apr 28, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	45 min
Apr 28, 6:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Houston, Montgomery	39 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.