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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Nashville, TN

July 1, 2026Giles County, Lawrence County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2026, 5:50 PM CDT for Giles County, Lawrence County, Tennessee. It was in force for 55 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 1, 2026, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2026, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 2065 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 1, 12:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 12:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:43 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
543 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2026

TNZ094-095-012330-
Lawrence TN-Giles TN-
543 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN LAWRENCE AND
SOUTHWESTERN GILES COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM CDT...

At 543 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lexington, or 14 miles south of Lawrenceburg, moving northwest at 20
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size 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...
Lawrenceburg, Loretto, St. Joseph, Minor Hill, Leoma, Westpoint, and
Iron City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3500 8760 3503 8761 3504 8758 3505 8758
      3506 8759 3514 8759 3516 8757 3520 8758
      3530 8737 3500 8702
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 119DEG 19KT 3503 8733

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Barnwell

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence	47 min
Jul 1, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis	49 min
Jul 1, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne	47 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.