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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Nashville, TN

April 17, 2000Montgomery County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2000, 1:35 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Tennessee. It was in force for 40 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
Apr 17, 2000, 1:35 AM CDT (06:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2000, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 17, 2:00 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60 EClarksville, TNWinds were estimated to be 65 to 70 mph on Highway 149 near Palmyra.

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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2000-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 168 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2000-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

856 
WUUS54 KOHX 170639
SVRBNA
TNC125-170715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
135 AM CDT MON APR 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARKSVILLE...OR ABOUT 
  8 MILES NORTH OF ERIN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  

DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH...NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 
OVER 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY 
STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

JDG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 12:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXStewart4 hr
Apr 17, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart29 min
Apr 17, 3:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford36 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.