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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Nashville, TN

May 12, 1992Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1992, 9:47 PM CDT for Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 1992, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 1992, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 1992-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1081 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 00:00Z on 1992-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1081 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 12, 4:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-122300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
451 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992

...UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY...

AT 445 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SATELLITE WERE SHOWING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY FROM THE LAND BETWEEN
THE LAKES TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA.  MOVEMENT
WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.  THUNDERSTORMS AND PATCHES OF
LIGHT RAIN WERE INDICATED OVER NORTH ALABAMA AND ALONG THE
CUMBERLAND PLATEAU FROM CROSSVILLE NORTHWARD.

THE ENVIRONMENT OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
HAS BECOME MORE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO HEATING AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOPE IN WESTERN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS.

SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS
SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS
SHOULD THEY BECOME NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, May 12, 5:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-130000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
551 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN RESPONSE TO UNSTABLE AIRMASS
OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY...

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 545 PM CDT CONTINUED TO SHOW A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM  MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST THROUGH STEWART COUNTY.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 5 MILES EAST OF DOVER
TENNESSEE AT 545 PM CDT.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR STEWART COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG CONTINUED OVER WESTERN
KENTUCKY FROM HOPKINSVILE TO MADISONVILLE AND IN WEST TENNESSEE
FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON TO 10 MILES NORTH OF CAMDEN.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN NORTH ALABAMA
AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENENSSEE FROM HUNTSVILLE TO FAYETTEVILLE.
Special weather statement, May 12, 6:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-130100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
651 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992

AT 645 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
IN NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ONE WAS LOCATED OVER WAVERLY
IN HUMPHREYS COUNTY AND THE OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY SOUTH AND EAST OF CLARKSVILLE.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN NORTHWES$T
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
Special weather statement, May 12, 7:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-130145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
750 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 745 PM CDT INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM JUST SOUTH OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY THROUGH THE NASHVILLE
METROPOLITAN AREA TO CENTERVILLE IN WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS WEAKENED DURING THE LAST 30 MINUTES.
HOWEVER THE ENVIRONMENT OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE REMAINS UNSTABLE
AND INTENSITIFICATION COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 12, 8:58 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-130300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
857 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992

AT 845 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM WATERTOWN IN SOUTHEAST WILSON COUNTY ACROSS MURFREESBORO
TO COLUMBIA TO NEAR HOHENWALD TENNESSEE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN NORTHWEST WAYNE COUNTY.
3 FUNNEL SIGHTINGS WERE REPORTED BY THE TENNESSEE EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY AS THIS STORM PASSED THROUGH HENDERSON AND
DECATUR COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE.

THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE.

PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE SHOULD STAY
ABREAST OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS SHOULD THEY BECOME NECESSARY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner69 min
May 12, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPerry, Wayne58 min
May 12, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis65 min

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.