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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Nashville, TN

June 10, 1993Humphreys County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1993, 12:24 PM CDT for Humphreys County, Tennessee. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1993, 12:24 PM CDT (17:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1993, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Humphreys County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 1993-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1096 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 1993-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
1096 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1142 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KBNA 101727
SVROHX
TNC085-101815-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1224 PM CDT THU JUN 10 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...EASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY
 
AT 1215 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAVERLY IN
HUMPHREYS COUNTY. THE COUNTY SHERIFF HAD REPORTED POWER LINES WERE DOWN
IN NEW JOHNSONVILLE.
 
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 12:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart52 min
Jun 10, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman50 min
Jun 10, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson34 min
Jun 10, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson47 min
Jun 10, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXTrousdale, Wilson54 min
Jun 10, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart40 min
Jun 10, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury53 min
Jun 10, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence53 min

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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.