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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Nashville, TN

July 31, 2000Cannon County, DeKalb County, Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2000, 5:50 PM CDT for Cannon County, DeKalb County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 25 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
Jul 31, 2000, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2000, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cannon County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Wilson County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 31, 6:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EAuburntown, TNLaw enforcement reported trees down on county road near intersection of Highway 96 and 145.

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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2000-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 806 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2000-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
806 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KOHX 312251
SVRBNA
TNC015-041-189-312315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
550 PM CDT MON JUL 31 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CANNON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  WESTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AUBURNTOWN...MOVING NORTH
  AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  THE LIBERTY-DOWELLTOWN AREA AT 610 PM CDT

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

$$

JLM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Overton36 min
Jul 30, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland36 min
Jul 31, 3:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence3 hr
Jul 31, 4:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWayne3 hr

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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.