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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Nashville, TN

August 9, 2000Giles County, Maury County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT for Giles County, Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 45 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 9, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2000, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Giles County, TN, Maury County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 9, 5:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EColumbia, TNSheriff's office reported several trees down at Mt. Pleasant.

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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2000-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2687 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 2000-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2687 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 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 092201
SVRBNA
TNC055-119-092245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
500 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GILES COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PULASKI
  SOUTHWESTERN MAURY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MOUNT PLEASANT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT   
  15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL SOUTHERN MAURY COUNTY AT 510 PM CDT
RURAL NORTHWESTERN GILES COUNTY AT 530 PM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.
$$
14

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Rutherford41 min
Aug 9, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Warren37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.