Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2002, 1:11 PM CDT for Clay County, Jackson County, Macon County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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
- May 17, 2002, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2002, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 1:52 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Celina, TN | Sheriff's office reported ahil the size of a hen egg. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1181 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 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 171811 SVRBNA TNC027-087-111-171845- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 110 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLAY COUNTY JACKSON COUNTY MACON COUNTY * UNTIL 145 PM CDT * AT 101 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RED BOILING SPRINGS...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RED BOILING SPRINGS AROUND 115 PM CDT CELINA AROUND 145 PM CDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DAMAGING HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. $$ LAT...LON 3651 8604 3635 8595 3651 8543 3671 8554
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 9:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Stewart | 3 hr |
| May 17, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 39 min |
| May 17, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 27 min |
| May 17, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 44 min |
| May 17, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 58 min |
| May 17, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 56 min |
| May 17, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 49 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.