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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Nashville, TN

July 22, 1995Cannon County, DeKalb County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1995, 4:55 PM CDT for Cannon County, DeKalb County, Tennessee. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 1995, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cannon County, TN, DeKalb County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 222157 RRA
SVRBNA
TNC015-041-222300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
455 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...CANNON COUNTY...DE KALB COUNTY
 
AT 4:55 PM CDT..RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES NORTH OF
WOODBURY MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH TOWARD SMITHVILLE. BOATERS ON CENTER HILL
LAKE NEED TO HEAD FOR SHORE..NOW.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION2 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 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 WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale, Wilson56 min
Jul 22, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford56 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.