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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Nashville, TN

July 4, 1995Warren County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 7:16 PM CDT for Warren County, Tennessee. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Warren County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 1995-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2346 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 1995-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
2346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 050015 RRA
SVRBNA
TNC177-050115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
716 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...WARREN COUNTY
 
AT 716 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
SOUTHWEST OF MCMINNVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 35 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Robertson42 min
Jul 4, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson40 min
Jul 4, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson53 min
Jul 4, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson49 min
Jul 4, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner51 min
Jul 4, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson43 min
Jul 4, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLincoln31 min
Jul 4, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall29 min

Nearby

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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.