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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Nashville, TN

June 6, 1995Williamson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 5:29 PM CDT for Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1995, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Williamson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 1995-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1269 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 1995-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
1269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KBNA 062229 RRA
SVRBNA
TNC187-062330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
529 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...WILLIAMSON COUNTY
 
AT 528 PM CDT A SVERE THUNDERWSTORM WAS ENTERING WESTERN WILLIAMSON
COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF FAURVIEW. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORM SHOULD BE NEAR FRANKLIN/BRENTWOOD BY 6 PM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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

Local storm report, Jun 6, 4:55 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
455 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....  STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....

415  PM    STEWART CO               TN    WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES
06/06/95                                  DUE TO TREES DOWN ACROSS
                                          LINES.

430  PM    PALMYRA                  TN    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
06/06/95   MONTGOMERY CO                  GUSTS TO 45 KTS.

WWUS45KCYS/
Local storm report, Jun 6, 4:59 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
455 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....  STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....

415  PM    STEWART CO               TN    WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES
06/06/95                                  DUE TO TREES DOWN ACROSS
                                          LINES.

430  PM    PALMYRA                  TN    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
06/06/95   MONTGOMERY CO                  GUSTS TO 45 KTS.
Local storm report, Jun 6, 5:00 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
455 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....  STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....

415  PM    STEWART CO               TN    WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES
06/06/95                                  DUE TO TREES DOWN ACROSS
                                          LINES.

430  PM    PALMYRA                  TN    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
06/06/95   MONTGOMERY CO                  GUSTS TO 45 KTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart56 min
Jun 6, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery49 min
Jun 6, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry, Wayne53 min
Jun 6, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson65 min
Jun 6, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence47 min
Jun 6, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner, Wilson41 min
Jun 6, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford41 min
Jun 6, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Marshall37 min
Jun 6, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale28 min
Jun 6, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Lincoln, Moore39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.