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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Nashville, TN

January 3, 2000Sumner County, Trousdale County, Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 2000, 5:28 PM CST for Sumner County, Trousdale County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 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
Jan 3, 2000, 5:28 PM CST (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 6:15 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Jan 3, 5:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 2000-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 105 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 2000-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
105 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOHX 032330
SVRBNA
TNC165-169-189-040015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
528 PM CST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SUMNER COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GALLATIN
  WESTERN TROUSDALE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HARTSVILLE
  NORTHWESTERN WILSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 615 PM CST

* AT 525 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREEN HILL...OR ABOUT 3
  MILES EAST OF NASHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OVER HENDERSONVILLE...3 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREEN HILL AND 
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT JULIET AT 550 PM CST
  4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GALLATIN AT 610 PM CST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA.

HAIL...INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS 
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVI<CE FORECAST
OFFICE IN NASHVILLE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 4:04 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWayne26 min
Jan 3, 4:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury45 min
Jan 3, 5:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Williamson41 min
Jan 3, 5:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.