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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Nashville, TN

April 19, 1995Lewis County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1995, 6:16 PM CDT for Lewis County, Tennessee. It was in force for 9 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1995, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1995, 6:25 PM CDT
In force
9 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lewis County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 1995-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 192317
SVRBNA
TNC101-119-200000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
616 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...LEWIS COUNTY...EASTERN MAURY COUNTY
 
AT 615 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
COLUMBIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
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
Apr 19, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence33 min
Apr 19, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles41 min
Apr 19, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury44 min
Apr 19, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury40 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.