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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Nashville, TN

June 5, 1999Maury County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1999, 12:36 AM CDT for Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 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
Jun 5, 1999, 12:36 AM CDT (05:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1999, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Maury County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 12:52 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Columbia, TNEMA reported several trees were down.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 4, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 272 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1999-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3062 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1999-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
3062 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.1

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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 Jun 4, 2:30 PM CDT, 10 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:30 PM CDT, 10 hours 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson, Sumner64 min
Jun 4, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart64 min
Jun 4, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart62 min
Jun 4, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Sumner62 min
Jun 4, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham62 min
Jun 4, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson52 min
Jun 5, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson34 min
Jun 5, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson28 min
Jun 5, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Perry40 min
Jun 5, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDecatur40 min
Jun 5, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Smith, Trousdale53 min
Jun 5, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson53 min
Jun 5, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson, Wilson30 min
Jun 5, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall54 min
Jun 5, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis54 min
Jun 5, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb49 min
Jun 5, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam49 min
Jun 5, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDecatur, Perry, Wayne54 min
Jun 5, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence54 min
Jun 5, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren, White40 min
Jun 5, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee40 min
Jun 5, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin, Grundy60 min
Jun 5, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLincoln, Moore60 min
Jun 5, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren60 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.