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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Nashville, TN

June 7, 1995Cheatham County, Robertson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT for Cheatham County, Robertson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cheatham County, TN, Robertson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2872 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
2872 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 080014 RRA
SVRBNA
TNC021-043-147-080100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
715 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...CHEATHAM COUNTY...DICKSON COUNTY...ROBERTSON COUNTY
 
AT 712 PM CDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM CLARKSVILLE
TO NEAR ERIN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHREAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A
STORM SPOTTTERR IN CLARKSVVILLE REPORTED WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MILES AN
HOUR AT SHORTLY AFTER 7 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 7, 3:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
330 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

...DELAYED REPORTS FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 6TH...

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

735 PM     7 SW SMITHVILLE          TN    TREES DOWN NEAR CANNON COUNTY
06/06/95   DEKALB CO                      LINE AS REPORTED BY HIGHWAY
                                          DEPARTMENT.

630 PM     HARTSVILLE               TN    FEW TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE AS
06/06/95   TROUSDALE CO                   REPORTED BY HIGHWAY DEPT.

630  PM    LAFAYETTE                TN    TREES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS
6/06/95    MACON CO                       DOWN COUNTYWIDE AS REPORTED
                                          BY LOCAL NEWSPAPER.

805  PM    10 S LIVINGSTON          TN    1 TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD AS
6/06/95    OVERTON CO                     BY HIGHWAY DEPT.
Local storm report, Jun 7, 3:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
330 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

...DELAYED REPORTS FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 6TH...

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

735 PM     7 SW SMITHVILLE          TN    TREES DOWN NEAR CANNON COUNTY
06/06/95   DEKALB CO                      LINE AS REPORTED BY HIGHWAY
                                          DEPARTMENT.

630 PM     HARTSVILLE               TN    FEW TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE AS
06/06/95   TROUSDALE CO                   REPORTED BY HIGHWAY DEPT.

630  PM    LAFAYETTE                TN    TREES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS
6/06/95    MACON CO                       DOWN COUNTYWIDE AS REPORRTED
                                          BY LOCAL NEWSPAPER.

805  PM    10 S LIVINGSTON          TN    1 TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD AS
6/06/95    OVERTON CO                     BY HIGHWAY DEPT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson45 min
Jun 7, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner63 min
Jun 7, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Williamson69 min
Jun 7, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson55 min
Jun 7, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury56 min
Jun 7, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale56 min
Jun 7, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford48 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.