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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Nashville, TN

July 14, 1995Benton County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 6:47 PM CDT for Benton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1995, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Benton County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 142346 RRA
SVRBNA
TNC005-150030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
647 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...BENTON COUNTY
 
AT 6:45 PM CDT..WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
EAST OF CAMDEN OR 5 MILES WEST OF WAVERLY MOVING WEST AT AROUND 25 MPH.
 
 
 
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.

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, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury36 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

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.