Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2002, 5:13 PM CDT for Giles County, Lincoln County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 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, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2002, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Giles County, TN, Lincoln County, TN
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KOHX 022213
SVRBNA
TNC055-103-022300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
513 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GILES COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
LINCOLN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINOR HILL...MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ELKTON AROUND 520 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 3509 8720 3493 8719 3475 8623 3512 8632
3533 8654 3525 8680 3525 8720What 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 May 2, 2:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 231 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2002 CURRENTLY, FRONT CONTINUES TO EDGE ACROSS THE MID STATE, WITH A STRONG TEMPERATURE CONTRAST ALONG THE FRONT. IT APPEARS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOT GOING TO MATERIALIZE, AS THE LOW-LEVEL ENVIRONMENT IS JUST NOT UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT WIDESPREAD CONVECTION. UNLESS SOMETHING BEGINS TO POP DURING THE NEXT HOUR, PLAN TO CANCEL THE WATCH BEFORE ISSUING THE AFTERNOON ZONE FORECAST PACKAGE. MODELS SHOW FRONT STALLING OUT OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TOMORROW, THEN RETURNING AS A WARM FRONT AS PART OF ANOTHER DEVELOPING LOW CENTER. MORE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY BEFORE THIS SYSTEM FINALLY PULLS EAST. DONT EXPECT MUCH TEMPERATURE CHANGE, AS THIS NEXT SYSTEM WILL BE MORE MESOSCALE, AND THEREFORE WONT PULL IN MUCH OF AN AIR MASS CHANGE. LOOKING AHEAD, TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK WILL LIKELY REMAIN AROUND NORMAL, WITH ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM BRINGING A CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE MID STATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY. .BNA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALL MIDDLE TENNESSEE COUNTIES UNTIL 00Z. ROSE
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 2, 11:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
1147 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1136 AM 3 SW CELINA TN 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/02/02 CLAY
1142 AM 0 CELINA TN 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/02/02 CLAY
MRLocal storm report, May 2, 12:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
1210 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 PM 3 NE PICKETT STATE PARK TN 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/02/02 PICKETT REPORTED BY PUBLIC
MED/MRLocal storm report, May 2, 4:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
408 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0320 PM CENTERVILLE TN .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/02 HICKMAN
DMLocal storm report, May 2, 4:30 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
430 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0420 PM 12 N LEWISBURG TN WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02 MARSHALL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
SEVERAL HOUSES WITH ROOF
DAMAGE, TREES DOWN AND
HORSE TRAILORS FLIPPED OVER
ALONG BEASLEY ROAD
DMLocal storm report, May 2, 4:45 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
445 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0420 PM MIDLAND TN WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02 RUTHERFORD HAMS REPORTED
TREES DOWN
0435 PM 5 S WOODBURY TN 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/02/02 CANNON TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED
TREES DOWN
DMLocal storm report, May 2, 4:54 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
454 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PM 5 NE MCMINNVILLE TN 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/02/02 WARREN TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 7
INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN,
ALONG WITH POWER LINES IN
THE ROLLING HILLS AREA.
DMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay | 25 min |
| May 2, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay | 23 min |
| May 2, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay | 22 min |
| May 2, 11:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Pickett | 32 min |
| May 2, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 27 min |
| May 2, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 47 min |
| May 2, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 36 min |
| May 2, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 48 min |
| May 2, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 41 min |
| May 2, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Maury | 50 min |
| May 2, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren, Warren, White | 44 min |
| May 2, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee | 50 min |
| May 2, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 42 min |
| May 2, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 36 min |
| May 2, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 28 min |
| May 2, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin, Lincoln | 44 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.