Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2002, 11:09 AM CDT for Franklin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 51 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
- May 13, 2002, 11:09 AM CDT (16:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2002, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KOHX 131609 SVRBNA TNC051-131700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1109 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE * UNTIL NOON CDT * AT 1106 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DECHERD AROUND 1115 AM CDT COWAN AROUND 1120 AM CDT WEAK, SHORT LIVED TORNADOES MAY OCCUR ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER, THE MAIN THREAT IS DAMAGING WIND. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. $$ 21 LAT...LON 3515 8634 3502 8619 3510 8591 3531 8606
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 May 13, 10:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 10:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1000 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2002 RADAR SHOWING LINE OF SHRA ASSOCIATED W/ FRONT MOVING TOWARD BNA. WINDS STRONG W/ THIS LINE W/ TREES DOWN ACROSS MONTGOMERY COUNTY...GUST TO 41 KTS @ M02. LINE SHOULD REACH BNA BY 1030 AM. WILL LET WATCH EXPIRE AND WILL UPDATE TO SHOW RECENT TRENDS. .BNA...NONE. MAG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 13, 5:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-141030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2002 A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY BRINGING WITH IT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS THROUGH MIDDAY...PRODUCING MAINLY DAMAGING WINDS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OF CONCERN...WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE AT MOST LOCATIONS. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON...AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST OF THE AREA. SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO CLEAR TONIGHT. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS SIGNIFICANT...THUS ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY BE NECESSARY INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
Local storm report, May 13, 10:34 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
1034 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0920 AM CLARKSVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02 MONTGOMERY TREES DOWN ACROSS
COUNTY...REPORTED BY
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
1022 AM NASHVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02 DAVIDSON TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
IN NORTHWEST PART OF
COUNTY...REPORTED BY STATE
EOC
HSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 24 min |
| May 13, 4:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Trousdale | 25 min |
| May 13, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman | 46 min |
| May 13, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Putnam, Smith | 52 min |
| May 13, 5:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 44 min |
| May 13, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 29 min |
| May 13, 5:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Rutherford and 5 more | 3 hr |
| May 13, 6:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon | 41 min |
| May 13, 10:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Robertson | 29 min |
| May 13, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 27 min |
| May 13, 10:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 41 min |
| May 13, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 28 min |
| May 13, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.