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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Nashville, TN

July 22, 1995Macon County, Trousdale County, Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1995, 4:19 PM CDT for Macon County, Trousdale County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 1995, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Macon County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 1995-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 197 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 1995-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 222122 RRA
SVRBNA
TNC111-149-169-189-222215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
419 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...MACON COUNTY...RUTHERFORD COUNTY...TROUSDALE COUNTY
   ...WILSON COUNTY
 
AT 4:16 PM CDT..RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR
WESTMORLAND TO JUST WEST OF LEBABON TO NORTH OF MURFREESBORO. THE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WINDz...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Montgomery, Stewart67 min
Jul 22, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson57 min
Jul 22, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Robertson64 min
Jul 22, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson62 min
Jul 22, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner69 min
Jul 22, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman65 min
Jul 22, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson63 min
Jul 22, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson68 min
Jul 22, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford56 min
Jul 22, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb65 min
Jul 22, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Putnam50 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.