Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2000, 9:29 PM CDT for Humphreys County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 3, 2000, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Humphreys County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 9:37 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Waverly, TN | Quarter size hail reported by SKYWARN Spotter. |
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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1242 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KOHX 040232 SVRBNA TNC085-040300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 929 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAVERLY * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WAVERLY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WAVERLY THROUGH 945 PM RURAL CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY THROUGH 1000 PM CDT DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Warren | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 4:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 7:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 9:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000
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.