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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Nashville, TN

May 5, 2003Cheatham County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2003, 12:55 AM CDT for Cheatham County, Tennessee. It was in force for 20 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 5, 2003, 12:55 AM CDT (05:55 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2003, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cheatham County, TN

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 4, 11:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 55 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 293 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 530 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

481 
WUUS54 KOHX 050555
SVRBNA
TNC021-050615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1254 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1248 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF ASHLAND 
  CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND ASHLAND CITY AND PLEASANT VIEW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3645 8723 3628 8713 3637 8689 3654 8700
$$
ROSE

What 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 4, 9:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 9:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
915 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK EXPECTED IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING, AS ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES AND
0-3 KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITIES APPROACH OBSCENE VALUES OF 600 M2/S2
TO 700 M2/S2. SPC HAS ALREADY EXTENDED THE MODERATE RISK AREA FOR
TONIGHT INTO WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE, REACHING RIGHT UP TO THE
DAVIDSON OCUNTY LINE. A SLIGHT RISK COVERS THE REMAINDER OF OUR
FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 239, FOR NORTHWESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE,
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM.

A NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR WEST HAVE SHOWN SIGNIFICANT SIGNS
OF ROTATION, AND FORECASTERS AT MEMPHIS WFO HAVE BEEN SLINGING
TORNADO WARNINGS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS.

NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN TENNESSEE, PARTLY DUE
TO THE DARKNESS AND PARTLY DUE TO THE LIMITED VIEWING DISTANCE
ALONG THE HORIZON. YOU ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN TUNED TO A RELIABLE
SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY
MORNING, AS THE SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. IF
POSSIBLE, LEAVE A NOAA WEATHER RADIO IN ALERT MODE ON THE BEDSTAND
WHILE YOU SLEEP SO YOU WILL HEAR ANY WARNINGS AS SOON AS THEY ARE
ISSUED.

.BNA...NONE.
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 7:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-051030-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
725 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A WARM FRONT WILL PUSH NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS
EVENING, ALLOWING MORE HUMID AIR TO SEEP INTO THE MID STATE. THIS
WILL FURTHER DESTABILIZE THE ENVIRONMENT, PROVIDING RIPE CONDITIONS
FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. AMPLE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR SHIFTS THE
PRIMARY DANGER TOWARD DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN ISOLATED TORNADOES. IN
ADDITION, THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED ALL OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT, WITH A
MODERATE RISK COVERING THE WEST TENNESSEE UP TO THE TENNESSEE RIVER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A SERIES OF DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF THE PLAINS WILL BRING SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE
IS A SMALL CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER EACH OF THESE DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BECOME
NECESSARY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

ROSE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 4, 9:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-050830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
925 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED IN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. ISOLATED TORNADOES
ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
HAIL. THE BIGGEST THREAT AREA THROUGH 400 AM CDT WILL BE IN
AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...INCLUDING CLARKSVILLE...DICKSON...
WAVERLY...LINDEN...CENTERVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...AND
WAYNESBORO.

NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN TENNESSEE...PARTLY
DUE TO THE DARKNESS AND PARTLY DUE TO THE LIMITED VIEWING DISTANCE
ALONG THE HORIZON. IN ADDITION...TENNESSEE TORNADOES ARE OFTEN
WRAPPED IN RAIN...MAKING THEM VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE. YOU ARE
ADVISED TO REMAIN TUNED TO A RELIABLE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION
THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING, AS THE SEVERE WEATHER
DEVELOPS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. IF POSSIBLE, LEAVE A NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...IN ALERT MODE...ON THE BED STAND WHILE YOU SLEEP SO YOU WILL
HEAR ANY WARNINGS AS SOON AS THEY ARE ISSUED.

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Local storm report, May 4, 11:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
1119 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1110 PM    10W DOVER                 TN   TORNADO
05/04/03   STEWART                        TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          TORNADO REPORTED ON THE
                                          GROUND NEAR PARIS LANDING
                                          10 W DOVER

JLM

Local storm report, May 4, 11:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
1146 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1135 PM    8E DOVER                  TN   TORNADO
05/04/03   STEWART                        LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
                                          TORNADO REPORTED ON THE
                                          GROUND 8 MILES EAST OF
                                          DOVER NEAR INDIAN MOUND.

JLM

Local storm report, May 5, 12:14 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1214 AM CDT MON MAY 05 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1155 AM    6 N CLARKSVILLE           TN   1.00 IN HAIL
05/04/03   MONTGOMERY                     SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL NEAR THE KENTUCKY
                                          BORDER.

JAO

Local storm report, May 5, 12:48 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
1248 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1244 AM    CLARKSVILLE               TN   80 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/05/03   MONTGOMERY                     TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          70-80 MPH WIND IN DOWNTOWN
                                          CLARKSVILLE WITH DEBRIS

1245 AM    CLARKSVILLE               TN   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/05/03   MONTGOMERY                     TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN DOWNTOWN CLARKSVILLE

1253 AM    5S CLARKSVILLE            TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/05/03   MONTGOMERY                     TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN JUST
                                          S OF CLARKSVILLE

1249 AM    5W CENTERVILLE            TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/05/03   HICKMAN                        TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          TREES BLOWN DOWN ON HWY 100
                                          JUST WEST OF CENTERVILLE

1252 AM    3E CENTERVILLE            TN   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/05/03   HICKMAN                        TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          JUST EAST OF CENTERVILLE

JLM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 10:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Stewart	42 min
May 4, 10:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Stewart	31 min
May 4, 11:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Montgomery	60 min
May 4, 11:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Stewart	16 min
May 4, 11:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Stewart	43 min
May 4, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton	36 min
May 5, 12:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Montgomery	63 min
May 5, 12:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry	44 min
May 5, 12:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton, Humphreys	25 min
May 5, 12:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry	38 min
May 5, 12:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Perry	39 min
May 5, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston	46 min
May 5, 12:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Robertson	56 min
May 5, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Maury, Williamson	41 min
May 5, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	34 min
May 5, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham	20 min
May 5, 1:21 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Maury, Williamson	24 min
May 5, 1:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner	35 min
May 5, 1:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson	28 min
May 5, 1:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Maury, Williamson	31 min
May 5, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Sumner, Wilson	28 min
May 5, 1:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Williamson	46 min
May 5, 2:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner, Wilson	28 min
May 5, 2:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman	35 min
May 5, 2:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cannon, Rutherford	40 min
May 5, 2:21 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Wilson	24 min
May 5, 2:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Macon, Trousdale	44 min
May 5, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman	48 min
May 5, 2:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	DeKalb	29 min
May 5, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Williamson	42 min
May 5, 2:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Putnam	31 min
May 5, 3:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Rutherford	45 min
May 5, 3:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	3 hr
May 5, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Maury	44 min
May 5, 3:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	White	34 min
May 5, 3:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Warren	48 min
May 5, 3:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Wilson	32 min
May 5, 3:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Putnam	42 min
May 5, 3:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon	29 min
May 5, 3:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Coffee	50 min
May 5, 3:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Coffee	48 min
May 5, 4:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lincoln	41 min
May 5, 4:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Van Buren, Warren	52 min
May 5, 4:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland	33 min
May 5, 4:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Franklin	47 min
May 5, 4:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cumberland, White	3 hr
May 5, 5:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Franklin	19 min
May 5, 5:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	3 hr
May 5, 5:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	50 min
May 5, 6:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	46 min
May 5, 6:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles	48 min
May 5, 6:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	25 min
May 5, 7:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Putnam	30 min
May 5, 7:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall	38 min
May 5, 7:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lincoln	29 min
May 5, 7:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland	51 min
May 5, 7:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress	28 min
May 5, 7:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress	27 min
May 5, 7:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	38 min
May 5, 8:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Grundy	14 min
May 5, 8:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Franklin, Grundy	42 min
May 5, 8:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lewis, Perry	51 min
May 5, 9:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Perry	43 min
May 5, 9:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wayne	46 min
May 5, 10:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	42 min
May 5, 10:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles	40 min
May 5, 10:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	47 min
May 5, 11:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lincoln, Marshall, Moore	44 min
May 5, 11:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall	44 min
May 5, 11:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	41 min
May 5, 12:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Bedford	81 min
May 5, 12:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	51 min
May 5, 12:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Coffee, Franklin, Grundy	59 min
May 5, 1:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith, Wilson	26 min
May 5, 1:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wayne	54 min
May 5, 1:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton	57 min
May 5, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Williamson	38 min
May 5, 2:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson	46 min
May 5, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Humphreys	52 min
May 5, 2:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2003 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.