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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Nashville, TN

September 16, 1996Franklin County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 1996, 3:31 PM CDT for Franklin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report 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
Sep 16, 1996, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 1996, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 16, 3:55 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Northwest 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 12:00Z, 8.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1996-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 351 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 1996-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 327 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
351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
388 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.6

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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 Sep 16, 1:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 1:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 6:44 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Sumner31 min
Sep 16, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne51 min
Sep 16, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Moore57 min
Sep 16, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy, Marion32 min
Sep 16, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSequatchie36 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.