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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Nashville, TN

May 2, 2002Giles County, Lincoln County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2002, 7:40 PM CDT for Giles County, Lincoln 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, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2002, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Giles County, TN, Lincoln County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2002-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -85 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 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.

000 
WUUS54 KOHX 030040
SVRBNA
TNC055-103-030130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
740 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 830 PM CDT

* AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF ELKTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELKTON AROUND 750 PM CDT
  JUST SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE AROUND 820 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 3516 8716 3498 8717 3501 8637 3517 8637

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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.