Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Jun 26, 2001, 12:47 PM CDT (17:47 UTC)

Expired

Jun 26, 2001, 1:15 PM CDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

Counties DeKalb County, TN, Warren County, TN

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS54 KOHX 261750
SVRBNA
TNC041-177-261815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1247 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCMINNVILLE

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1246 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCMINNVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  8 MILES EAST OF WOODBURY AT 115 PM CDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE EXPEC=TED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

$$

GIRODO
LAT...LON 3562 8565 3578 8555 3601 8600 3582 8614

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 26, 10:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1039 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2001

CURRENTLY...MID CLOUD IS ERODING AWAY...AND MORE SUN IS WARMING THE
GROUND. TEMPS WERE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 70S...COOLER PLATEAU.
WINDS WERE LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST. UPPER LOW WAS CENTERED RIGHT
OVER NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. 700MB COLD POOL AXIS FROM SE ILLINOIS
TO SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

CONVECTION HAS ALREADY BEGUN IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...WHERE SUN HAS
BEEN OUT FOR SOME TIME. CONVECTIVE TEMPS AROUND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
ARE 78-79 DEGREES. SHOULD SEE THE START OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN
11AM AND NOON. CAPE VALUES ON MORNING BNA SOUNDING AND MODIFIED
AFTERNOON SOUNDING SHOW SIMILAR INSTABILITY AS YESTERDAY IN THE EAST.
CAPE AROUND 1500J/KG AND LIS IN THE -4 TO -5 RANGE. LOOK FOR SMALL
HAIL AND GUSTY DOWNDRAFTS FROM THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS. WIND FIELDS
ALOFT ARE TOO WEAK TO SUPPORT ANY ORGANIZED ACTIVITY.

WILL LIKELY LOWER THE FORECAST HIGHS THE WEST ZONE (MOST OF THE CWA).
MID 80S GOING HERE...AND WITH COLD POOL ALOFT...DYNAMIC COOLING
EFFECTS TO RESULT IN 80 TO 85 ZONE.

UPDATE IN A FEW MINUTES...

.BNA...NONE.

DICKSON 15

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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