Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 2002, 11:09 PM CST for Benton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 9, 2002, 11:09 PM CST (05:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2002, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Benton County, TN
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1360 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
638 WUUS54 KOHX 100509 SVRBNA TNC005-100545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1109 PM CST SAT NOV 9 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1145 PM CST * AT 1106 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMDEN...OR 9 MILES EAST OF HUNTINGDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CAMDEN AROUND 1120 PM CST A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...GO TO A SAFE PLACE. ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR TENNESSEE. && LAT...LON 3605 8838 3590 8828 3608 8785 3627 8799 $$ ROSE
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 Nov 9, 10:15 PM CST, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 10:15 PM CST, 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1015 PM CST SAT NOV 9 2002 ATMOSPHERE HAS DESTABILIZED OVER WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT, AND HAS BECOME MORE CONDUCIVE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. ALSO, BELIEVE CONDITIONS IN NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL BECOME CONDUCIVE FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THUS, ADDED THE MENTION OF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY SEVERE INTO OUR MOST WESTERN ZONE SET. HAVE ALSO INTRODUCED A CHANCE FOR OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE BNA ZONE SET AS WELL. AN UPDATED HWO HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED TO COVER THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN MIDDLE TENNESSE ON SUNDAY. .BNA...NONE. 19
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 9, 9:05 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-101130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 905 PM CST SAT NOV 9 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE... LOOK FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE MID STATE. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE BEFORE MIDNIGHT, BUT LOOK FOR THE RAIN TO TAPER OFF TOWARD MORNING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SUNRISE ON SUNDAY, AS NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... AS THE COLD FRONT DRAWS NEARER TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE, EXPECT AN INCREASE IN ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE, INSTABILITY, AND LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THESE THREE INGREDIENTS COMING TOGETHER WILL CREATE THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS THE MID STATE, WITH THE PEAK TIME FOR SEVERE STORMS BETWEEN ABOUT 200 PM AND 800 PM. IN ADDITION, THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON SUNDAY. THIS IS AN EVOLVING WEATHER SITUATION. PERSONS SHOULD STAY UPDATED ON THE LOCAL FORECAST, AND FORTHCOMING HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS, SHOULD CONDITIONS CHANGE. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATER SUNDAY NIGHT. AFTERWARD, HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. ROSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 11:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 39 min |
| Nov 10, 12:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery | 63 min |
| Nov 10, 12:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys, Perry | 58 min |
| Nov 10, 1:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 45 min |
| Nov 10, 1:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 34 min |
| Nov 10, 1:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 45 min |
| Nov 10, 1:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 40 min |
| Nov 10, 2:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson | 57 min |
| Nov 10, 2:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 26 min |
| Nov 10, 3:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 59 min |
| Nov 10, 3:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wilson | 64 min |
| Nov 10, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 60 min |
| Nov 10, 3:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Trousdale | 48 min |
| Nov 10, 3:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Smith | 64 min |
| Nov 10, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Putnam | 37 min |
| Nov 10, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 50 min |
| Nov 10, 4:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury | 59 min |
| Nov 10, 4:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Overton | 40 min |
| Nov 10, 4:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford | 41 min |
| Nov 10, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 52 min |
| Nov 10, 5:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 45 min |
| Nov 10, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 35 min |
| Nov 10, 5:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 36 min |
| Nov 10, 5:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 51 min |
| Nov 10, 5:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Warren | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.