Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

May 11, 2003, 2:58 AM CDT (07:58 UTC)

Expired

May 11, 2003, 3:30 AM CDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Maury County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS54 KOHX 110758
SVRBNA
TNC099-101-119-187-110830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
257 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 249 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF SPRING HILL TO
  25 MILES WEST OF MOUNT PLEASANT...OR FROM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  NASHVILLE TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF HOHENWALD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...NEAR
  MOUNT PLEASANT AROUND 310 AM CDT
  SPRING HILL AROUND 315 AM CDT

.WEAK, SHORT LIVED TORNADOES MAY OCCUR ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF 
THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER, THE MAIN THREAT IS 
DAMAGING WIND. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY 
FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.

.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING 
FOR TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3591 8722 3536 8774 3534 8737 3580 8685

$$
GIRODO

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 11, 2:30 AM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
230 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2003

TORNADO BOX IN EFFECT UNTIL 10Z THIS MORNING ACROSS A GOOD PART
OF MID STATE.

CURRENTLY A LINE OF STORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...STRETCHES FROM
DOVER SOUTHWEST ACROSS ERIN AND WAVERLY THEN DOWN INTO WESTERN TN.

LATEST RUC MODEL HANDLING THIS SYSTEM FAIRLY WELL IN THE SHORT TERM.

SQUALL LINE AND ATTENDANT FRONT SHOULD WORK EASTWARD ACROSS THE MID
STATE AND SWEEP BASICALLY EAST OF MID STATE BY 14Z THIS MORNING.

ETA MODEL SHOWS GOOD RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY AND BASICALLY WILL USE
FOR FORECAST.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS:
NASHVILLE  75 52 72 48 74  3000
CROSSVILLE 73 49 68 44 70  7000

.BNA...NONE.

BOYD
01

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-110500-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
353 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING

YOU CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE
TONIGHT...SOME OF WHICH WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. YOU SHOULD STAY TUNED TO A RELIABLE SOURCE OF WEATHER
INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION
IF SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL ALSO LINGER INTO EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...PROBABLY UNTIL AROUND 900 AM OR SO.

RIVER FLOODING WILL ALSO REMAIN A PROBLEM INTO THE NIGHT FOR SEVERAL
COUNTIES IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WITH RIVERS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THROUGH TONIGHT RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE AROUND ONE-QUARTER TO ONE HALF
INCH...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN ISOLATED STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY...AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
THROUGH TONIGHT AND BE READY SHOULD ACTIVATION BE REQUIRED.

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

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.