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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Nashville, TN

July 31, 2000Clay County, Jackson County, Macon County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2000, 7:25 PM CDT for Clay County, Jackson County, Macon County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 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
Jul 31, 2000, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clay County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2000-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2168 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2000-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
2168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1178 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KOHX 010027
SVRBNA
TNC027-087-111-010100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
725 PM CDT MON JUL 31 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 717 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF RED BOILING SPRINGS...MOVING 
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTH SPRINGS AT 730 PM CDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 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 31, 7:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence3 hr
Jul 31, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin, Moore29 min
Aug 1, 1:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXMontgomery3 hr
Aug 1, 2:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWayne3 hr
Aug 1, 3:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWhite3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.