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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Nashville, TN

February 13, 2000Giles County, Lawrence County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 13, 2000, 10:53 PM CST for Giles County, Lawrence County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 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
Feb 13, 2000, 10:53 PM CST (04:53 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2000, 11:30 PM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 13, 11:15 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50 EWest Portion, TNTHP reported trees blown down in the western part of the county.

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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2000-02-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 107 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 00:00Z on 2000-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 523 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
107 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
523 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
558 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KOHX 140454
SVRBNA
TNC055-099-140530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1053 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL GILES COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PULASKI
  SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 1130 PM CST

* AT 1049 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 6 MILES NORTH OF ST.           
  JOSEPH...OR ABOUT 15 MILES   SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCEBURG...MOVING    
  EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  3 MILES SOUTH OF PULASKI AT 1120 PM CST

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

GIRODO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 6:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXSumner, Trousdale, Wilson30 min
Feb 13, 6:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMacon30 min
Feb 13, 6:25 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXSumner4 hr
Feb 13, 6:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith, Wilson26 min
Feb 13, 6:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford26 min
Feb 13, 8:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCoffee, Franklin, Grundy3 hr
Feb 13, 8:26 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXMacon2 hr
Feb 13, 8:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland36 min
Feb 13, 8:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry44 min
Feb 13, 9:23 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren, White3 hr
Feb 13, 11:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin, Lincoln, Moore35 min
Feb 14, 12:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Warren29 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.