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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1996, 1:29 PM CST for Franklin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 46 min. 7 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
- Mar 6, 1996, 1:29 PM CST (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1996, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 1:38 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Estill Springs, TN | |
| Mar 6, 1:38 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Decherd, TN | |
| Mar 6, 1:38 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester, TN | |
| Mar 6, 1:38 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester, TN | |
| Mar 6, 1:38 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill Spgs, TN | |
| Mar 6, 1:38 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Decherd, TN | |
| Mar 6, 1:40 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowan, 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 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -292 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 6, 9:12 AM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 9:12 AM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 912 AM CST WED MAR 6 1996 XPCT TSTMS TO DVLP THIS AFTN ESP THIS AFTN IN WARM AND MOIST ATMOS AHD OF CDFNT THAT AS OF 15Z XTNDD IN A SE-NW ORIENTATION FM NR LIT NE TO NR PAH TO SDF. FCST PROBLEMS THIS ISSUANCE WL BE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING AND SVR WX THIS AFTN. DEWPOINTS IN NRN MS AND AL ALRDY IN MID 60S AND XPCT LO-MID 60 DEWPOINTS TO ADVECT NWD TO ALNG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 ACRS MID TN. THIS VERIFIES CLOSELY W/STORM PREDICTION CENTERS MOD RISK FOR SRN MID TN. MODIFYING 12Z BNA SOUNDING INDCTS THAT PRECIPITABLE WATER WL BE ARND ONE INCH WITH LIS ARND -3 AND CAPE OF 1045 BY ERLY AFTN. THIS COMBINED W/WET BULB ZERO ARND 8500 KFT WL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO HAIL POSSIBILITIES. FORECAST VILS OF THE DAY RANGE FM 37 TO 43 USING TWO DIFFERENT WAYS OF CALCULATING IT. 12Z SOUNDING ALSO INDCTS GUD MID LVL DRY PUNCH MVG ACRS FA FM H7-H5 AND CURRENT SATELLITE INDCTS RPD TSTM DVLPMT ALNG AND JUST E OF FNTL BNDRY. DUE TO XPCTD CONTD DVLPMT OF TSTMS ESP THIS AFTN...WL CLOSE TO CURRENT POPS IN FCST... ALTHO BLV THAT IN AREAS E OF BNA THERE WL BE A LULL UNTIL AFTN ALNG PLATEAU BEFORE TSTMS MAKE IT TO THERE. FAVOR AT LEAST 70 PCT POPS FOR FA THIS AFTN. WL SPLIT DIFFERENCE W/STABLE PROGRAM AND WL BUMP UP TEMPS FOR BNA AREA ZN TO NR 70. TROUTMAN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 6, 11:51 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Mar 6, 12:05 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
TNZ005>011-022>033-055>065-075>082-093>098-062300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1205 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996 ...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF TENNESSEE... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM ALONG THE OHIO RIVER INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE EAST INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY THIS EVENING AND WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IT APPEARS AT THIS TIME THAT THE HIGHEST RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. SINCE THE AIRMASS IS SO MOIST AND UNSTABLE...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH THE STORMS. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM SPRINGFIELD TO DICKSON TO PARSONS IN DECATUR COUNTY. MOST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAS RECEIVED A GOOD SOAKING THE PAST 24 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS COULD OCCUR LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SINCE THE SOIL IS NEARLY SATURATED...THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY BECOME RUN-OFF RESULTING IN RAPIDLY RISING CREEKS AND STREAMS. PERSONS LIVING IN FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH AS LOW LYING SPOTS OR AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR WILL NEED TO MONITOR THEIR LOCAL CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. SINCE THE THREAT OF FLOODING RAINS WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE DARKNESS HOURS...MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PLACES WHERE HIGH WATER CROSSES THE ROAD. REMEMBER THAT MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO CROSS FLOODED BRIDGES OR UNDERPASSES AND BECOME TRAPPED IN THEIR CARS. TROUTMAN
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 12:06 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
TNZ005>011-022>033-055>065-075>082-093>098-062300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1205 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996 ...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF TENNESSEE... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM ALONG THE OHIO RIVER INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE EAST INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY THIS EVENING AND WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IT APPEARS AT THIS TIME THAT THE HIGHEST RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. SINCE THE AIRMASS IS SO MOIST AND UNSTABLE...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH THE STORMS. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM SPRINGFIELD TO DICKSON TO PARSONS IN DECATUR COUNTY. MOST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAS RECEIVED A GOOD SOAKING THE PAST 24 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS COULD OCCUR LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SINCE THE SOIL IS NEARLY SATURATED...THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY BECOME RUN-OFF RESULTING IN RAPIDLY RISING CREEKS AND STREAMS. PERSONS LIVING IN FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH AS LOW LYING SPOTS OR AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR WILL NEED TO MONITOR THEIR LOCAL CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. SINCE THE THREAT OF FLOODING RAINS WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE DARKNESS HOURS...MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PLACES WHERE HIGH WATER CROSSES THE ROAD. REMEMBER THAT MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO CROSS FLOODED BRIDGES OR UNDERPASSES AND BECOME TRAPPED IN THEIR CARS. TROUTMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 1:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 9:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston | 54 min |
| Mar 6, 10:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Humphreys | 53 min |
| Mar 6, 10:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 51 min |
| Mar 6, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 1:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Moore | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy, Marion | 50 min |
| Mar 6, 3:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 51 min |
| Mar 6, 4:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 42 min |
| Mar 6, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 52 min |
| Mar 6, 4:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 54 min |
| Mar 6, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 45 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.