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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Nashville, TN

May 2, 2003Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2003, 2:01 PM CDT for Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 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
May 2, 2003, 2:01 PM CDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2003, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wayne County, TN

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 2003-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1266 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 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.

029 
WUUS54 KOHX 021901
SVRBNA
TNC181-021930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
158 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 151 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF LUTTS IN WAYNE COUNTY MOVING 
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL CROSS NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY SOUTH OF 
  COLLINWOOD AROUND 215 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3510 8812 3492 8812 3490 8763 3513 8763

$$

JLM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart18 min
May 2, 7:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart46 min
May 2, 8:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Montgomery30 min
May 2, 8:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson32 min
May 2, 9:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall31 min
May 2, 10:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee29 min
May 2, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin30 min
May 2, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin11 min
May 2, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne42 min
May 2, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lincoln, Marshall38 min
May 2, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Humphreys20 hr
May 2, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Humphreys49 min
May 2, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys55 min
May 2, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lincoln, Marshall31 min
May 2, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall47 min
May 2, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLincoln26 min
May 2, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Maury56 min
May 2, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee33 min
May 2, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Maury46 min
May 2, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lincoln30 min
May 2, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall41 min
May 2, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lincoln37 min
May 2, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles34 min
May 2, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall48 min
May 2, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLincoln27 min
May 2, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence32 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.