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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Nashville, TN

September 1, 1995Bedford County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 1995, 12:59 PM CDT for Bedford County, Moore County, Tennessee. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 1995, 12:59 PM CDT (17:59 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 1995, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bedford County, TN, Moore County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 011759 RRA
SVRBNA
TNC003-127-011900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1259 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...BEDFORD COUNTY...MOORE COUNTY
 
DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST
BEDFORD COUNTY 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHELBYVILLE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO MOORE COUNTY BY 115 PM AND
INTO LYNCHBURG BY 130 PM CDT.
 
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.
 
 
BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 9:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Putnam49 min
Sep 1, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence44 min
Sep 1, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles52 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.