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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 238, NWS Nashville, TN

October 24, 2001Benton County, Houston County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 2001, 6:15 PM CDT for Benton County, Houston County, Tennessee. It was in force for 45 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: Oct 24, 2001, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired: Oct 24, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Benton County, TN, Houston County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 24, 6:30 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Camden, TN	Amateur radio report of trees down just south of Camden on Highway 69.
Oct 24, 6:55 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	North Portion, TN	Sheriff's office reported trees down in the northern part of the county on highway 49.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 24, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 675 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 273 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.1

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The text

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

923 
WUUS54 KOHX 242315
SVRBNA
TNC005-083-250000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
615 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO BENTON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS 
  MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ERIN...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF TENNESSEE RIDGE AROUND 645 PM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH ALSO IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY 
EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES. 
$$
STEIGERWALDT

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 Oct 24, 2:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 2:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
230 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001

CURRENT...WATCH BOX ISSUED UP TO OUR BORDER THRU 00Z. SQUALL LINE
JUST AHEAD OF FRONT NOW MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
IL...SE MO...AND NORTH CENTRAL AR. GUST TO 58 KTS ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS LINE AT ST CHARLES MO.

IN OUR NECK OF WOODS...NOT MUCH SUNSHINE TODAY SO TEMPS ONLY IN
UPPER 70S. 18Z REQUESTED SPC SOUNDING SHOWS FOLLOWING PARAMETERS
WHICH WOULD LEND CREDENCE TO POSSIBLE SVR THIS EVE...

LI..... -4
SWEAT INDEX... 324
0-3 KM HELICITY.... 361
WBZ... 10,400

FORECAST...TIMING STILL LOOKS SAME AS PREVIOUS FCST FOR ARRIVAL OF
ACTIVE WX TONITE...00Z-06Z ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY. FRONT THRU BNA
02Z-03Z AND CSV 04Z-05Z. MAINLY DAMAGING WINDS W/ SQUALL LINE
ALONG/JUST AHEAD OF FRONT. ISOLATED TORNADOES NOT OUT OF QUESTION
BUT MAINLY TO OUR N. WILL GO W/ HIER POPS TONITE THAN MOS.

AFTER QUICK SHOT TONITE...RAPID CLEARING AND MUCH COOLER. MORE
FALL-LIKE CONDITIONS WILL ENSUE WITH CONSECUTIVE SHOTS OF COLDER
AIR.

AS FOR TEMPS...MAV LOOKS TOO HI FOR TOMORROWS MAX WHILE FWC LOOKS
WAY TOO HI FOR FRI MAX. LO LEVEL TEMP SCHEME LOOKS BEST OF ALL.

BNA UU 47/61/38/57 8000
CSV UU 44/57/33/54 7000

.BNA...NONE.

MAG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 24, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	50 min
Oct 24, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	33 min
Oct 24, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	58 min
Oct 24, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson	27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2001 Every 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.