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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Nashville, TN

July 3, 2026Fentress County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2026, 6:46 PM CDT for Fentress County, Tennessee. It was in force for 44 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 3, 2026, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2026, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Fentress County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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: 2643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 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 3, 6:05 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 6:05 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:54 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:59 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
559 PM CDT Fri Jul 3 2026

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

0121 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     8 SE Spencer            35.67N 85.36W
07/03/2026                   Van Buren          TN   Public

            Multiple trees down in Fall Creek Falls
            Park.

&&

JB

Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:02 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
602 PM CDT Fri Jul 3 2026

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

0453 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 NNE Gallatin          36.39N 86.45W
07/03/2026                   Sumner             TN   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Lots of trees and lines down in and around
            Gallatin.

&&

JB

Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:08 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
608 PM CDT Fri Jul 3 2026

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

0451 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 NW Hendersonville     36.32N 86.62W
07/03/2026                   Sumner             TN   Emergency Mngr

            Trees down in Winding Way neighborhood.

&&

JB

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:31 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
631 PM CDT Fri Jul 3 2026

TNZ032>034-066-040015-
Putnam TN-Cumberland TN-Fentress TN-Overton TN-
631 PM CDT Fri Jul 3 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN OVERTON...NORTHERN
CUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM AND FENTRESS COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM
CDT...

At 631 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 12 miles west of Wartburg
to 7 miles southeast of Monterey. Movement was northwest at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
Crossville, Jamestown, Fairfield Glade, Monterey, Allardt, Pleasant
Hill, Grimsley, Slate Springs, Clarkrange, and Crawford.

This includes Interstate 40 between mile markers 297 and 324.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3637 8470 3638 8472 3635 8473 3633 8477
      3630 8480 3629 8487 3624 8488 3621 8491
      3615 8491 3613 8487 3608 8483 3610 8482
      3609 8480 3605 8479 3600 8472 3594 8469
      3596 8526 3621 8539 3652 8473 3640 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 136DEG 17KT 3617 8479 3607 8516

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 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 3, 12:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Grundy	31 min
Jul 3, 12:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Grundy, Van Buren	44 min
Jul 3, 12:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence	51 min
Jul 3, 1:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Van Buren	44 min
Jul 3, 1:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson	43 min
Jul 3, 1:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Grundy, Warren	50 min
Jul 3, 1:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	3 hr
Jul 3, 1:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	40 min
Jul 3, 1:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cumberland, Putnam, Van Buren, White	50 min
Jul 3, 1:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman, Maury	49 min
Jul 3, 2:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman	44 min
Jul 3, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Coffee	43 min
Jul 3, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Montgomery	45 min
Jul 3, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wayne	44 min
Jul 3, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Maury	50 min
Jul 3, 2:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson	48 min
Jul 3, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman	45 min
Jul 3, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Putnam, White	44 min
Jul 3, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Giles, Marshall	39 min
Jul 3, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys	36 min
Jul 3, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Marshall, Maury	43 min
Jul 3, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Rutherford, Wilson	40 min
Jul 3, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Smith, White	53 min
Jul 3, 3:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis, Perry	43 min
Jul 3, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Williamson	39 min
Jul 3, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Wilson	51 min
Jul 3, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Williamson	46 min
Jul 3, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Williamson	34 min
Jul 3, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	48 min
Jul 3, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart	43 min
Jul 3, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles	40 min
Jul 3, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wilson	44 min
Jul 3, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Wilson	41 min
Jul 3, 4:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles	3 hr
Jul 3, 4:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	3 hr
Jul 3, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson	39 min
Jul 3, 4:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	3 hr
Jul 3, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Houston, Stewart	41 min
Jul 3, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Macon, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	50 min
Jul 3, 4:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Wilson	3 hr
Jul 3, 4:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson	3 hr
Jul 3, 5:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Davidson	3 hr
Jul 3, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	40 min
Jul 3, 6:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Putnam, White	3 hr
Jul 3, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cumberland, Fentress	44 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.