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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Nashville, TN

July 3, 2002Davidson County, Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2002, 1:38 PM CDT for Davidson County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 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: Jul 3, 2002, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2002, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Davidson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 3, 1:52 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Mt Juliet, TN	Trees were down in Mt. Juliet. Power lines were down on Quarry Rd.
Jul 3, 1:55 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 55 E	Mt Juliet, TN	WEMA reported row of stores had roof damage at intersection of Lebanon Rd. and Mt. Juliet Rd. Also, 2 dug-out roofs were blown off the Mt. Juliet Little League Park, which is located just east of the intersection of Lebanon Road and Mt. Juliet Rd. There was ab

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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 7 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: 344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -217 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 13 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.

787 
WUUS54 KOHX 031838
SVRBNA
TNC037-189-031915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
137 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DAVIDSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  WILSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 133 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BELINDA CITY...OR 5 MILES EAST OF MOUNT
  JULIET...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MOUNT JULIET AROUND 155 PM CDT
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREEN HILL AROUND 200 PM CDT   

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 3613 8630 3630 8639 3619 8678 3596 8666

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 Jul 3, 9:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 9:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
930 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2002

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING DOMINANT HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE
REGION...WITH PLENTY OF SMALL SCALE BOUNDARIES AS WELL. ALOFT...
RIDGES HOLDING OVER THE AREA. A BIT MORE MOISTURE THAN TYPICAL
SHOWING UP AT MID/UPPER LEVELS ON 12Z RAOBS.

OVERALL PATTERN CONDUCIVE TO CONDITIONS VERY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY
...WITH SCATTERED TSTMS POPPING UP...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

AT THIS TIME...FORECAST IN LINE AN PLAN NO CHANGES.

07
.BNA...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
746 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
1219 AM                              TN   SOME TREES DOWN ACROSS
07/03/02   MONTGOMERY COUNTY              SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

0118 AM    FAIRVIEW                  TN   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   WILLIAMSON                     TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          REPORTED BY EMA

1230 AM    NASHVILLE                 TN   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   DAVIDSON                       TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN THE BORDEAUX AREA
                                          REPORTED BY EOC

ROSE

Local storm report, Jul 3, 10:38 AM CDT, 3 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
1038 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0102 PM    SOUTHERN SECTIONS         TN   58 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/02/02   WAYNE                          911 CENTER REPORTED TREES
                                          DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN PART
                                          OF THE COUNTY.

0315 PM    WESTERN SECTIONS          TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/02/02   WHITE                          911 CENTER REPORTED GOLF
                                          BALL SIZE HAIL IN THE
                                          WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

0315 PM    COUNTYWIDE                TN   58 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/02/02   WHITE                          911 CENTER REPORTED TREES
                                          WERE DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

0500 PM    NEW JOHNSONVILLE          TN   60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/02/02   HUMPHREYS                      POLICE DEPT. REPORTED
                                          TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN THE CITY.

JAO

Local storm report, Jul 3, 12:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
1217 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1220 AM    MT JULIET                 TN   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   WILSON                         PUBLIC REPORTED ROOF TAKEN
                                          OFF A BRICK BUILDING. ROOF
                                          LANDED ON A CAR. ALSO,
                                          NEARBY HOME HAD ROOF TAKEN
                                          OFF AN ADDITION TO A HOME.
                                          TREE LIMBS DOWN. IT
                                          OCCURRED NEAR CURD ROAD AND
                                          MT JULIET ROAD.

KV

Local storm report, Jul 3, 1:20 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
120 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0115 PM    LEBANON                   TN   .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   WILSON                         SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL JUST WEST OF LEBANON.

0152 PM    MT JULIET                 TN   58 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/03/02   WILSON                         WILSON COUNTY EMA REPORTED
                                          TREES DOWN IN MT JULIET
                                          AREA. POWER LINES DOWN NEAR
                                          QUARRY ROAD.

0155 PM    MT JULIET                 TN   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   WILSON                         WEMA REPORTED ROOFS OFF
                                          ROW OF STORES AROUND
                                          LEBANON ROAD AND MT JULIET
                                          ROAD.

KV

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb	47 min
Jul 2, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wilson	30 min
Jul 3, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Montgomery	34 min
Jul 3, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Williamson	38 min
Jul 3, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	50 min
Jul 3, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wilson	28 min
Jul 3, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wilson	27 min
Jul 3, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	43 min
Jul 3, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Robertson	38 min
Jul 3, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham	42 min
Jul 3, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham	41 min
Jul 3, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson	43 min
Jul 3, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	39 min
Jul 3, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lewis, Perry	29 min

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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.