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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Nashville, TN

May 6, 1996Franklin County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1996, 12:58 PM CDT for Franklin County, Moore County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 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
May 6, 1996, 12:58 PM CDT (17:58 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1996, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, TN, Moore County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 6, 1:35 PM CDTHail 0.75Winchester, 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 1996-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 68 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 1996-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
68 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-278 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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 May 6, 9:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 9:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
925 AM CDT MON MAY 6 1996

CONVECTION TRAING ACRS W CNTRL PART OF MID TN ATTM. QUICK LOOK AT UPR
AIR ANLYS AND 13Z RUC SHOWS BEST INSTABLILTIY AND LOW LVL MSTR CNVGNC
FOCUSG OVR SE MID TN EXTDG WNW INTO W TN. ALL-IN-ALL FCST APPRS TO BE IN
GOOD SHAPE. WOULD LIKE TO SEE MENTION OF "RAINFALL HEAVY AT TIMES " IN
TEXT OF ZNS. MAY NEED TO LWR TEMPS A CAT ESP ZN GRPS 5 AND 7. WL ISSUE
WRKFTO.
09

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 9:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHumphreys3 hr
May 6, 11:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Montgomery39 min
May 6, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin28 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.