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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Nashville, TN

June 22, 1994Montgomery County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1994, 1:08 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1994, 1:08 AM CDT (06:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1994, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 1994-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 967 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 1994-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
967 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1231 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Jun 22, 12:43 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
TNZ006-007-220645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1243 AM CDT WED JUN 22 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND ROBERTSON
COUNTY...

AT 1235 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
EXTREME NORTHEAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND NORTHWEST ROBERTSON COUNTY.
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMAIL HAIL.

ALSO A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WAS OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.  STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:45 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
TNZ006-007-220645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1243 AM CDT WED JUN 22 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND ROBERTSON
COUNTY...

AT 1235 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
EXTREME NORTHEAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND NORTHWEST ROBERTSON COUNTY.
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMAIL HAIL.

ALSO A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WAS OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALEVRT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.  STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson34 min
Jun 22, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin38 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.