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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Nashville, TN

May 2, 2002Lewis County, Maury County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2002, 4:10 PM CDT for Lewis County, Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2002, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2002, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lewis County, TN, Maury County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2002-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1583 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 2002-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 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
1583 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
391 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
10.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KOHX 022110
SVRBNA
TNC101-119-022200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
410 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  MAURY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 410 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF HOHENWALD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MOUNT PLEASANT AROUND 420 PM CDT
  COLUMBIA AROUND 435 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.
$$
JBW
LAT...LON 3561 8755 3544 8747 3544 8696 3579 8695

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 11:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay25 min
May 2, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay23 min
May 2, 11:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay22 min
May 2, 11:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPickett32 min
May 2, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman27 min
May 2, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury, Williamson47 min
May 2, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall36 min
May 2, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford48 min
May 2, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne41 min
May 2, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren, White44 min
May 2, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee50 min
May 2, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne42 min
May 2, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland36 min
May 2, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren28 min
May 2, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lincoln47 min
May 2, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin, Lincoln44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.