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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Nashville, TN

July 3, 2002Montgomery County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2002, 3:21 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 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 3, 2002, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2002, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 3:54 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EClarksville, TN911 center reported 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2002-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 344 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2002-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
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.

391 
WUUS54 KOHX 032021
SVRBNA
TNC125-032100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 316 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 4 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF 
  GUTHRIE TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLARKSVILLE MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.

* CLARKSVILLE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

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 3668 8769 3636 8759 3636 8710 3666 8710

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb47 min
Jul 2, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson30 min
Jul 3, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Montgomery34 min
Jul 3, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson38 min
Jul 3, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery50 min
Jul 3, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson28 min
Jul 3, 1:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson27 min
Jul 3, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson37 min
Jul 3, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson43 min
Jul 3, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson38 min
Jul 3, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham42 min
Jul 3, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham41 min
Jul 3, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson43 min
Jul 3, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis, Perry29 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.