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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Nashville, TN

July 2, 2002Benton County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2002, 5:11 PM CDT for Benton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 49 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
Jul 2, 2002, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2002, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Benton County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 5:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ECountywide, TNSheriff's office reported numerous trees and power lines were down.

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 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 12:00Z on 2002-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1612 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 12:00Z on 2002-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1612 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1180 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

543 
WUUS54 KOHX 022211
SVRBNA
TNC005-022300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
508 PM CDT TUE JUL 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WEST CENTRAL HUMPHREYS COUNTY...OR 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF WAVERLY...MOVING WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH CAMDEN BETWEEN 515 AND 530 PM.  

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.

$$
END/JAO
LAT...LON 3601 8822 3583 8821 3598 8792 3610 8800

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson32 min
Jul 1, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence35 min
Jul 2, 12:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy46 min
Jul 2, 1:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne43 min
Jul 2, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery41 min
Jul 2, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson39 min
Jul 2, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren47 min
Jul 2, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson47 min
Jul 2, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren47 min
Jul 2, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson23 min
Jul 2, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner31 min
Jul 2, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWhite42 min
Jul 2, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne47 min
Jul 2, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon42 min
Jul 2, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson43 min
Jul 2, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson41 min
Jul 2, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys42 min
Jul 2, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLincoln35 min
Jul 2, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson48 min
Jul 2, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles49 min
Jul 2, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay43 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.