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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Nashville, TN

March 18, 1986Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 1986, 7:10 PM CST for Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 1986, 7:10 PM CST (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 18, 1986, 8:00 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Stewart County, TN

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1986-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1986-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 408 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
408 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
794 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 190112
SVRBNA
TNC161-190200-


ZZZZZ
BULLETIN..IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
710 PM CST TUE MAR 18 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 0800 PM CST FOR PERSONS IN STEWART COUNTY OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.

AT 7PM CST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF PARIS TENNESSEE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS STROM PRODUCE MARBLE SIZE HAIL AS MOVED THRU GIBSON COUNDTY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN, DAMAGING WINDS, LARGE
HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES IN THE WARNED AREA.

IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED, TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THROUGH YOUR LOCAL POLICE AGENCY.

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.