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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Nashville, TN

September 1, 1995Jackson County, Putnam County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 1995, 9:56 AM CDT for Jackson County, Putnam County, Tennessee. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 1995, 9:56 AM CDT (14:56 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 1995, 10:45 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jackson County, TN, Putnam County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 1995-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2470 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 1995-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
2470 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 011456 RRA
SVRBNA
TNC087-141-011545-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
956 AM CDT FRI SEP 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY...PUTNAM COUNTY
 
AT 955 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CENTER
GROVE...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF COOKEVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH...AND WILL REACH COOKEVILLE BY 1030 AM. YOU
SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
TT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence44 min
Sep 1, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles52 min
Sep 1, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Moore61 min
Sep 1, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin, Lincoln69 min
Sep 1, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Rutherford44 min
Sep 1, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury59 min

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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.