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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 258, NWS Nashville, TN

November 2, 1995Rutherford County, Williamson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 2, 1995, 5:24 AM CST for Rutherford County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 2, 1995, 5:24 AM CST (11:24 UTC)
Expired
Nov 2, 1995, 6:15 AM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Rutherford County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 00:00Z on 1995-11-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 110 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 00:00Z on 1995-11-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 424 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
424 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
486 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 021125 RRA
SVRBNA
TNC149-187-021215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
524 AM CST THU NOV 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...RUTHERFORD COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY
 
AT 525 AM CST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLLEGE
GROVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
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.

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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.