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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Nashville, TN

June 3, 1996Decatur County, Perry County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1996, 7:16 PM CDT for Decatur County, Perry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 44 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1996, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1996, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Decatur County, TN, Perry County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 7:35 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Linden, TN
Jun 3, 7:35 PM CDTHail 1.75Linden, TN
Jun 3, 7:35 PM CDTHail 0.88Northern Sections, TN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 1996-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 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 1996-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 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
51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson49 min
Jun 3, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson39 min
Jun 3, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Sumner50 min
Jun 3, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson35 min
Jun 3, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson44 min
Jun 3, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson44 min
Jun 3, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson46 min
Jun 3, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Putnam, Smith41 min
Jun 3, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPickett33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.