Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2001, 12:09 PM CDT for Giles County, Tennessee. It was in force for 21 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
- Jul 5, 2001, 12:09 PM CDT (17:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2001, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Giles County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:11 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KOHX 051710 SVRBNA TNC055-051730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1209 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN GILES COUNTY IN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1230 PM CDT * AT 1204 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ELKTON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PULASKI...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ARDMORE. VERY DESTRUCTIVE WINDS EXPECTED - TAKE COVER NOW! VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT SAFE! $$ MAR LAT...LON 3518 8683 3509 8702 3480 8683 3490 8662
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 5, 2:50 AM CDT, 9 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:50 AM CDT, 9 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 250 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2001 CURRENT...CLEAR MUGGY NITE W/ TEMPS MAINLY IN 60S. FORECAST...AGREE W/ MRX THAT ANOTHER CONVECTIVE EVENT COULD BE SHAPING UP FOR THIS AFTN AND EVE...AS LONG AS WE REMAIN IN NW FLOW ALOFT AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS LO LEVELS. CONVECTION SHOWING UP ALREADY TO N OVER SRN IN AND SRN IL. THIS WILL MAKE ITS WAY DOWN AS THE FRONT PUSHES SLOWLY S TDA. ANOTHER LINE OF TSRA W/ A FEW CELLS POSSIBLY SEVERE. HI CHC POPS FOR TODAY. HAVE TO KEEP POPS IN EARLY THIS EVE UNTIL FRONT PUSHES THRU. AFTER THIS EVE...HI PRES AND DRIER AIR SPILLS IN. AS FOR TEMPS...HARD TO ARGUE W/ FWC NUMBERS. BNA BB s89/64/88/66 5300 CSV BB 85/60/84/61 5300 .BNA...NONE. MAG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 5, 9:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
948 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0932 AM PALMYRA TN 1.50 INCH HAIL
07/05/01 MONTGOMERY JLMLocal storm report, Jul 5, 10:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
1001 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0959 AM GOODLETTSVILLE TN .75 INCH HAIL
07/05/01 DAVIDSON
0945 AM GREENBRIER TN TORNADO
07/05/01 ROBERTSON REPORTED BY PUBLIC JUST
NORTH OF GREENBRIER... WAS
ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 200
YARDS
1006 AM MT JULIET TN 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/05/01 WILSON REPORTED BY NWS PERSONNEL
AT NWS FORECAST OFFICE
LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES NW OF
MT JULIET
HSLocal storm report, Jul 5, 10:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
1033 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1016 AM NASHVILLE TN 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/05/01 DAVIDSON REPORTED BY SPOTTER IN
DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE
1017 AM MT JULIET TN .75 INCH HAIL
07/05/01 WILSON NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED THE
HAIL JUST WEST OF MT JULIET
1019 AM MT JULIET TN .88 INCH HAIL
07/05/01 WILSON REPORTED BY SPOTTER
HSLocal storm report, Jul 5, 10:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
1040 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1033 AM DICKSON TN 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/05/01 DICKSON REPORTED BY SON OF A LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN
SOUTH PART OF[ COUNTY
HSSpecial weather statement, Jul 5, 11:47 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
TNZ022>028-030-056>064-075>079-093>097-052100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1147 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2001 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 400 PM CDT... SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE NASHVILLE...FRANKLIN... ...LINDEN...CENTERVILLE...COLUMBIA...MURFREESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG... FAYETTEVILLE...AND MCMINNVILLE. PEOPLE IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION IN CASE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STEIGERWALDT
Local storm report, Jul 5, 11:49 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
1149 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1010 AM MT JULIET TN WIND DAMAGE
07/05/01 WILSON MULTIPLE REPORTS OF DOWNED
TREES AND POWER
LINES...REPORTED BY COUNTY
EMA
1134 AM MURFREESBORO TN 65 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/05/01 RUTHERFORD SPOTTER REPORTED SEVERAL
TREE LIMBS DOWN AND WINDS
ESTIMATED AT 60 TO 70 MPH
JUST NORTH OF MURFREESBORO
HSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 9:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 9:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 9:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 9:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 9:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 10:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 10:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wilson | 21 min |
| Jul 5, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 10:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 10:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 24 min |
| Jul 5, 11:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall | 27 min |
| Jul 5, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 20 min |
| Jul 5, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 16 min |
| Jul 5, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 15 min |
| Jul 5, 11:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 12:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 12:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Pickett | 24 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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.