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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Nashville, TN

August 8, 1995Dickson County, Humphreys County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1995, 11:57 AM CDT for Dickson County, Humphreys County, Tennessee. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1995, 11:57 AM CDT (16:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1995, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dickson County, TN, Humphreys County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 1995-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1827 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 1995-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
1827 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 081659 RRA
SVRBNA
TNC043-085-081800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1157 AM CDT TUE AUG 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...DICKSON COUNTY...HUMPHREYS COUNTY
 
DOPPLER INDICATES A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST
THROUGH NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE WITH THE LEADING EDGE AT 1155 AM CDT
FROM CLARKSVILLE...ERIN TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN.
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WAVERLY...MCEWEN AND DICKSON
DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
 
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 10:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart63 min
Aug 8, 11:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton56 min
Aug 8, 11:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Montgomery66 min
Aug 8, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDecatur63 min
Aug 8, 12:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWilliamson3 hr
Aug 8, 1:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson68 min
Aug 8, 1:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXMaury3 hr
Aug 8, 1:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson3 hr
Aug 8, 2:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Wayne3 hr
Aug 8, 2:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXMarshall3 hr

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.