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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 2026, 8:43 PM CDT for Dickson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 2026, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2026, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Dickson County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 21, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1248 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 13.1
The text
As transmitted.
719
WFUS54 KOHX 220143
TOROHX
TNC043-220230-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0010.260722T0143Z-260722T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
843 PM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Dickson County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 930 PM CDT.
* At 843 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 12 miles northwest of Dickson, moving southeast at 20
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Dickson around 900 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Charlotte, Vanleer, and Slayden.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3615 8724 3606 8743 3623 8753 3625 8753
3626 8752 3628 8746
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 324DEG 15KT 3624 8746
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
Cahill2 follow-up statements
991
WWUS54 KOHX 220158
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
858 PM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026
TNC043-220230-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-260722T0230Z/
Dickson TN-
858 PM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
DICKSON COUNTY...
At 858 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles north of Dickson, moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Dickson around 910 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Charlotte and Vanleer.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3620 8751 3626 8742 3615 8724 3606 8743
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 317DEG 11KT 3620 8743
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
Cahill691
WWUS54 KOHX 220218
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
918 PM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026
TNC043-220230-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-260722T0230Z/
Dickson TN-
918 PM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
DICKSON COUNTY...
At 918 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Dickson, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Dickson around 925 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Charlotte.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3615 8748 3622 8736 3615 8724 3606 8743
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 324DEG 15KT 3613 8737
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
CahillWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jul 21, 7:45 PM CDT, 58 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- Updated at 738 PM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026
- There is a slight risk (level 2/5) for severe weather through tonight. Main impacts are damaging winds and flash flooding.
- Cooler and drier conditions arrive Wednesday and continue through the end of the week.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 7:45 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Nashville TN 745 PM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026 ...New UPDATE... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 738 PM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026 - There is a slight risk (level 2/5) for severe weather through tonight. Main impacts are damaging winds and flash flooding. - Cooler and drier conditions arrive Wednesday and continue through the end of the week. && .UPDATE... Issued at 738 PM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026 Quick update for this evening revolves around current thunderstorms now moving into our northern Middle TN counties. These storms will continue to move southward over the next several hours and present a damaging wind gust threat of 60+ mph and heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding in several areas. While the tornado threat has diminished, please don't sleep on these storms. Radar is suggesting wind speeds capable of dropping large trees and limbs which can cause plenty of damage -- as well as rainfall rates on the order of 3 to 4 inches an hour. If you go under a severe thunderstorm warning, please treat it as you would a tornado warning and take proper shelter. Storm threat should end by midnight leaving light to moderate rain across our southern counties into the early morning hours. Flash flood watch continues until 7 am for many of our mid-state counties. && .SHORT TERM... (Rest of today through Wednesday Night) Issued at 1113 AM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026 A surface front is moving south through Missouri into central Illinois this morning ahead of a shortwave in the northwest upper flow. The combination of lift and the ample instability and moisture at the surface will allow storms to fire across southern Indiana and Ohio over the next couple of hours. Some activity is already bubbling across our northeastern counties and some heavy downpours can't be ruled out this afternoon, but the main severe concern will be with the activity coming out of Kentucky this evening as bulk shear increases. Damaging winds will be the main severe storm threat this evening and into early Wednesday along with a very low risk of a tornado along the TN/KY state line. Instability and storm organization will decrease the further storms move south and the deeper we get into the overnight hours. The window of greatest severe potential looks like 7 PM to around 1 AM. In addition to the severe threat, some instances of flash flooding will be a threat. PWAT values are around 1.9-2" across Middle Tennessee, so very high rain rates can be expected with storms today and tonight. HREF and associated CAMs show pockets of 2" of rain with 90th percentile values showing the potential for over 4" in isolated areas. With the wet July we've had so far, this would be sufficient for flash flooding in those areas. The HREF shows the higher probabilities of over 2" and higher 90th percentile values along and east of I-65. A Flood Watch is in effect through 12z Wednesday. By 12z Wednesday, the surface front will be draped across the area from SW to NE. South of the surface front, additional showers and storms will be possible Wednesday afternoon along the plateau. Shear will be lower than tonight, so I don't expect any severe activity Wednesday afternoon. Behind the front, lower dew points will filter in from the northwest through the day and into Wednesday night. The surface front will be through the entire area by Wednesday night which will usher in a very pleasant night with low dropping into the low to mid 60s. && .LONG TERM... (Thursday through next Tuesday) Issued at 1113 AM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026 To start the long term period, we will be in the nicest airmass we've had so far this summer. Dew points on Thursday will be in the low to mid 60s with highs in the low to mid 80s. Friday will be similar but a couple degrees warmer. A shortwave will ride northwest upper flow and approach the area Friday night into Saturday which will reintroduce some low to medium rain chances. Temperatures will creep up over the weekend with the possibility of a couple more shortwaves bringing additional storm storms chances going into early next week. There is some uncertainty of how far east ridging influences pushes which will affect our rain chances and temperatures next week. && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 618 PM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026 The first 6 hours of this TAF cycle will be riddled with TS and gusty winds as a broken line of thunderstorms moves into TN from the north. These should come to an end for all terminals by 05-06Z this evening and while cats will improve after the storms for CKV/BNA/MQY, MVFR cigs will return around sunrise Wednesday at BNA/MQY. CSV/SRB will bear the brunt of longer MVFR cigs through the night and sticking around after storms until lunchtime on Wednesday. Winds outside of storms will be light and we will see a shift to the northwest/north after storms pass. With storms, winds may be gusty at times with northwest to north gusts of 30 to 40 kts. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Nashville 73 87 65 83 / 80 10 0 0 Clarksville 70 86 62 83 / 50 0 0 0 Crossville 69 82 60 80 / 80 60 30 20 Columbia 73 88 65 84 / 80 20 0 0 Cookeville 71 84 63 81 / 80 30 10 0 Jamestown 69 82 60 80 / 90 40 10 0 Lawrenceburg 73 86 65 83 / 70 30 10 10 Murfreesboro 73 88 65 84 / 70 20 0 0 Waverly 71 86 63 83 / 70 0 0 0 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Flood Watch until 7 AM CDT Wednesday for TNZ008>011-024>034- 056>066-075-077-078-080-093>095. && UPDATE.......Unger SHORT TERM...Reagan LONG TERM....Reagan AVIATION.....Unger
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 21, 7:58 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
758 PM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0755 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 W Orlinda 36.60N 86.72W
07/21/2026 Robertson TN Emergency Mngr
Multiple trees down in Orlinda, Barren
Plains and Cross Plains area.
&&
SWULocal storm report, Jul 21, 8:08 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
808 PM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0804 PM Flash Flood Portland 36.59N 86.52W
07/21/2026 Sumner TN Amateur Radio
1.5 to 3 inches of water over the North
Harris Road in Portland, TN.
&&
SWULocal storm report, Jul 21, 8:12 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
812 PM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0811 PM Flash Flood Springfield 36.50N 86.88W
07/21/2026 Robertson TN Trained Spotter
2 inches in the last 30 minutes. Ditches and
creeks full.
&&
SWULocal storm report, Jul 21, 8:22 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
822 PM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0821 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 SSE Springfield 36.48N 86.87W
07/21/2026 Robertson TN Emergency Mngr
Tree on a house in Springfield.
&&
SWULocal storm report, Jul 21, 8:33 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
833 PM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0832 PM Flash Flood Greenbrier 36.43N 86.81W
07/21/2026 Robertson TN Emergency Mngr
Roads flooded in Greenbrier.
&&
SWULocal storm report, Jul 21, 8:35 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
835 PM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0833 PM Flash Flood 1 WNW Portland 36.59N 86.53W
07/21/2026 Sumner TN Trained Spotter
Flooding in Portland on Heritage Drive.
&&
SWUThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 7:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 7:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett | 118 min |
| Jul 21, 7:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Robertson | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 7:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Sumner, Trousdale | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 8:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Smith, Wilson | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 60 min |
| Jul 21, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Macon, Putnam, Smith, Trousdale | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Montgomery and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 8:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford, Williamson | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 8:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 5 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 9:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 22 min |
| Jul 21, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lewis, Maury, Perry | 5 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Maury | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 12:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Jul 22, 12:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry | 3 hr |
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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.