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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Nashville, TN

February 25, 2001Lawrence County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 25, 2001, 12:20 AM CST for Lawrence County, Tennessee. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports 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 25, 2001, 12:20 AM CST (06:20 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2001, 1:00 AM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 25, 12:30 AM CSTHail 1Deerfield, TNTrained spotter reported quarter size hail.
Feb 25, 12:50 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 52 MLoretto, TNSpotter reported 60 mph wind gust.

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 24, 9:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Feb 24, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2001-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 355 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
355 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
498 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 250622
SVRBNA
TNC147-250645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1222 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ROBERTSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD

* UNTIL 1245 AM CST

* AT 1216 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CEDAR HILL...OR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF
  SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
TENNESSEE.
$$

LAT...LON 3652 8711 3640 8696 3649 8671 3666 8677

JDG/MD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 10:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart30 min
Feb 24, 10:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart30 min
Feb 24, 10:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys, Perry37 min
Feb 24, 11:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman33 min
Feb 24, 11:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham33 min
Feb 24, 11:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston33 min
Feb 24, 11:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry36 min
Feb 24, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson40 min
Feb 24, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Montgomery40 min
Feb 24, 11:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson42 min
Feb 25, 12:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson36 min
Feb 25, 12:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson23 min
Feb 25, 12:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lewis, Maury32 min
Feb 25, 12:35 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMaury25 min
Feb 25, 12:53 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson27 min
Feb 25, 12:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Marshall47 min
Feb 25, 1:08 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXRutherford22 min
Feb 25, 1:15 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXWilson25 min
Feb 25, 1:30 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXSmith30 min
Feb 25, 1:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Lincoln, Moore41 min
Feb 25, 1:41 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon29 min
Feb 25, 2:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Franklin33 min
Feb 25, 2:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy, Warren38 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.