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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Nashville, TN

November 10, 2002Perry County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2002, 6:45 PM CST for Perry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 30 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 10, 2002, 6:45 PM CST (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 7:15 PM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Perry County, TN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 00:00Z on 2002-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1368 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 00:00Z on 2002-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 490 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1368 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
490 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
560 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
15.0

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The text

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

883 
WUUS54 KOHX 110045
SVRBNA
TNC135-110115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
643 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 640 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WEST OF LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LINDEN AND LOBELVILLE AT 700 PM

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. 
&&

LAT...LON 3570 8799 3557 8793 3560 8776 3578 8791

$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 6:01 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCoffee29 min
Nov 10, 6:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery29 min
Nov 10, 6:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee27 min
Nov 10, 6:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson45 min
Nov 10, 6:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner38 min
Nov 10, 7:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Warren43 min
Nov 10, 7:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis25 min
Nov 10, 7:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWarren30 min
Nov 10, 7:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Maury, Sumner, Williamson35 min
Nov 10, 7:29 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCoffee, Warren31 min
Nov 10, 7:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, White51 min
Nov 10, 8:02 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren28 min
Nov 10, 8:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Maury28 min
Nov 10, 8:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson48 min
Nov 10, 8:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee16 min
Nov 10, 8:32 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCumberland28 min
Nov 10, 8:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall36 min
Nov 10, 8:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford25 min
Nov 10, 9:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren22 min
Nov 10, 9:23 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCoffee, Cumberland, Van Buren, Warren, White3 hr
Nov 10, 9:32 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, White28 min
Nov 10, 9:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.