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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Nashville, TN

July 14, 1995Maury County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 4:54 PM CDT for Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1995, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Maury County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 1995-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2128 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 1995-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
2128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1231 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 142153 RRA
SVRBNA
TNC119-142230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
454 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...NORTHERN MAURY COUNTY
 
AT 453 PM CDT..WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
NORTH OF COLUMBIA IN MAURY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING WEST AT
AROUND 20 MPH.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham42 min
Jul 14, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman51 min
Jul 14, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson26 min
Jul 14, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston49 min
Jul 14, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys46 min
Jul 14, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton43 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.