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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Nashville, TN

July 5, 1992Giles County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1992, 5:44 AM CDT for Giles County, Tennessee. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1992, 5:44 AM CDT (10:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1992, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Giles County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 1992-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 937 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 1992-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
937 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1169 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 051044
SVRBNA
TNC055-051130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
544 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...GILES COUNTY
 
AT 542 AM CDT...NASHVILLE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER GILES COUNTY...5 MILES NORTH OF PULASKI. STRONG WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE H~AIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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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.