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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Nashville, TN

June 26, 1988Davidson County, Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1988, 3:51 PM CDT for Davidson County, Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee. It was in force for 69 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1988, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1988, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Davidson County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Sumner County, TN

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 4:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Davidson, TN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 12:00Z on 1988-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 427 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1988-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
427 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-185 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NASHVILLE TN
240 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1988

 AT 235 THIS AFTERNOON THE NASHVILLE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD IN CENTRAL ROBERTSON COUNTY.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.