376  
WWUS54 KOHX 160419  
SVSOHX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN  
1119 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026  
 
TNC027-041-087-111-149-159-165-169-189-160500-  
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-260316T0500Z/  
SMITH TN-DE KALB TN-RUTHERFORD TN-JACKSON TN-SUMNER TN-WILSON TN-  
CLAY TN-MACON TN-TROUSDALE TN-  
1119 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT  
FOR SMITH...NORTHWESTERN DE KALB...NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD...WESTERN  
JACKSON...EASTERN SUMNER...WILSON...NORTHWESTERN CLAY...MACON AND  
TROUSDALE COUNTIES...  
 
AT 1118 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WESTMORELAND TO NEAR HARTSVILLE TO NEAR  
WALTERHILL, MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE  
HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
LEBANON, LAFAYETTE, CARTHAGE, GAINESBORO, HARTSVILLE, SMYRNA,  
WESTMORELAND, WATERTOWN, GORDONSVILLE, RED BOILING SPRINGS,  
WALTERHILL, HICKMAN, SOUTH CARTHAGE, ALEXANDRIA, DOWELLTOWN, LIBERTY,  
PLEASANT SHADE, DICKERSON CHAPEL RECREATION AREA, CEDARS OF LEBANON  
STATE PARK, AND TUCKERS CROSSROADS.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 232 AND 266.  
INTERSTATE 840 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 76.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR MIDDLE  
TENNESSEE.  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY  
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE  
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3596 8651 3633 8635 3664 8632 3662 8567  
3630 8566 3623 8572 3625 8578 3621 8578  
3621 8581 3617 8579 3595 8599 3597 8609  
3595 8615  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 266DEG 51KT 3662 8617 3634 8620 3599 8634  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 
 
 
40/SIZEMORE  
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