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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Nashville, TN

May 26, 2000Cumberland County, White County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2000, 9:51 PM CDT for Cumberland County, White County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2000, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cumberland County, TN, White County, TN

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2000-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 984 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 2000-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 248 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
984 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
10.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

842 
WUUS54 KOHX 270252
SVRBNA
TNC035-185-270330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
951 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  EASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 949 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN WHITE COUNTY. THESE      
  STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson35 min
May 26, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson44 min
May 26, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner40 min
May 26, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury, Williamson40 min
May 26, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford30 min
May 26, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford31 min
May 26, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall26 min
May 26, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford65 min
May 26, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren30 min
May 26, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam37 min
May 26, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren29 min
May 27, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart42 min
May 27, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHouston, Montgomery, Stewart42 min
May 27, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson45 min
May 27, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery40 min
May 27, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXRobertson40 min
May 27, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCheatham15 min
May 27, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson37 min
May 27, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner35 min
May 27, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale, Wilson41 min
May 27, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith33 min
May 27, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson43 min
May 27, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton, Putnam43 min
May 27, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPickett43 min
May 27, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXJackson, Overton35 min
May 27, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence41 min
May 27, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress43 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.