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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Nashville, TN

October 24, 2001Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 2001, 8:50 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It was in force for 55 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, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2001, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 24, 9:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 57 ECountywide, TNSheriff reported trees down around the county.
Oct 24, 9:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 EMc Burg, TNEMA reported a shed was destroyed, trees were down and a home was damaged.

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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2001-10-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 659 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-10-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 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
659 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
385 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

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

408 
WUUS54 KOHX 250153
SVRBNA
TNC103-127-250245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE
  MOORE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 847 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING LINCOLN AND MOORE COUNTIES
  FROM THE NORTHWEST.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE OVER...
  FAYETTEVILLE AT 915 PM CDT
  LYNCHBURG AT 930 PM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR TENNESSEE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.
$$
BOYD
LAT...LON 3511 8687 3494 8679 3527 8626 3541 8639

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Perry50 min
Oct 24, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson49 min
Oct 24, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis, Wayne62 min
Oct 24, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner38 min
Oct 24, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson39 min
Oct 24, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Maury53 min
Oct 24, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson35 min
Oct 24, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Smith, Trousdale44 min
Oct 24, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles36 min
Oct 24, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXRutherford35 min
Oct 24, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson55 min
Oct 24, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall50 min
Oct 24, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Overton, Putnam53 min
Oct 24, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPickett53 min
Oct 24, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Rutherford34 min
Oct 24, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Warren50 min
Oct 24, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin54 min
Oct 24, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy36 min
Oct 24, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Van Buren, White48 min
Oct 24, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress51 min
Oct 24, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.