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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 359, NWS Nashville, TN

July 13, 2003Robertson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2003, 4:52 PM CDT for Robertson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 23 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: Jul 13, 2003, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2003, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Robertson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 45 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: 1439 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

996 
WUUS54 KOHX 132152
SVRBNA
TNC147-132215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
450 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ROBERTSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 442 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SANDY SPRINGS...COOPERTOWN AND GLOVER BY 510 PM

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 3651 8690 3641 8708 3638 8693 3637 8681

$$
GIRODO

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 Jul 13, 3:55 PM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:55 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
355 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

SHORT DISCUSSION...WITH ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE IN A SVR WATCH UNTIL
6 PM...8 PM EAST INCLUDING MOST THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.

ALL 13/12Z MODELS SHOW UPPER TROUGH WILL WEAKEN OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE
AND SHIFT EAST ON MONDAY. THIS WILL LOWER THE RAIN CHANCE. WESTERN
RIDGE IS VERY WARM...AND THE THICKNESS PATTERN SETS UP FOR SOME
POSSIBLE MCS ACTION INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE BEGINNING TUESDAY EVENING.
IN ADDITION...WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON TAP.

BNA 068/089 069/092 071 521
CSV 064/083 063/085 066 531

.BNA....NONE.

04

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 2:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-141030-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
115 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
MOST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL UP
TO GOLF BALL SIZE...ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH OR MORE.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN DIMINISHING THIS EVENING
WHEN DAYTIME HEATING ENDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS IS LIKELY FOR
THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.

STEIGERWALDT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 13, 2:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
0216 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

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

0214 PM    LORETTO                   TN   1.00 IN HAIL
07/13/03   LAWRENCE                       REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTER

ROSE

Local storm report, Jul 13, 2:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
0218 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

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

0211 PM    3 NW MOUNT JULIET         TN   1.00 IN HAIL
07/13/03   WILSON                         MEASURED AT NWS OFFICE

0210 PM    NASHVILLE                 TN   0.88 IN HAIL
07/13/03   DAVIDSON                       OCCURRED IN HERMITAGE AT
                                          INTERSECTION OF LEBANON
                                          ROAD AND ANDREW JACKSON
                                          PARKWAY...REPORTED BY A
                                          SPOTTER

STEIGERWALDT

Local storm report, Jul 13, 2:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
0244 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

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

0234 PM    SMYRNA                    TN   0.88 IN HAIL
07/13/03   RUTHERFORD                     REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
                                          OFFICE

ROSE

Local storm report, Jul 13, 2:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
0251 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

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

0248 PM    WALTERHILL                TN   1.00 IN HAIL
07/13/03   RUTHERFORD                     REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
                                          OFFICE

ROSE

Local storm report, Jul 13, 4:21 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
421 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

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

405 PM     5 W DEERFIELD             TN   1.75 IN HAIL
07/13/03   LAWRENCE                       REPORTED BY EMA

ROSE

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:45 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-132330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
445 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 6 PM
AND FOR THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU REGION UNTIL 8 PM...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN SEVERE...CONTINUED
ACROSS THE MID STATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 440 PM...THE STRONGEST
STORMS INCLUDED LOCATIONS SUCH AS NORTHERN NASHVILLE...SOUTHWEST
ROBERTSON COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY...BETWEEN MCMINNVILLE AND
WINCHESTER...AND JUST EAST OF GAINESBORO. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY
EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. SOME STORMS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE
HAIL...AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING.

GIRODO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman	34 min
Jul 12, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Maury	31 min
Jul 12, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Marshall, Maury	30 min
Jul 12, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Williamson	46 min
Jul 12, 10:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Maury	3 hr
Jul 12, 10:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Marshall	3 hr
Jul 12, 11:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman	3 hr
Jul 13, 10:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress	31 min
Jul 13, 11:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress	38 min
Jul 13, 12:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Pickett	27 min
Jul 13, 1:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Sumner	2 hr
Jul 13, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence	23 min
Jul 13, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Wilson	34 min
Jul 13, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith, Trousdale	39 min
Jul 13, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Marshall	33 min
Jul 13, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Rutherford	48 min
Jul 13, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith, Wilson	32 min
Jul 13, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford	23 min
Jul 13, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress	51 min
Jul 13, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wayne	49 min
Jul 13, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford	45 min
Jul 13, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Perry	31 min
Jul 13, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Warren	46 min
Jul 13, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence	36 min
Jul 13, 4:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Grundy, Warren	31 min
Jul 13, 4:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy, Warren	25 min
Jul 13, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	40 min
Jul 13, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Franklin, Grundy	15 min
Jul 13, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman	36 min
Jul 13, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lewis, Maury	34 min
Jul 13, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	44 min
Jul 13, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wayne	43 min
Jul 13, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Marshall, Rutherford, Williamson	33 min
Jul 13, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Sumner	31 min
Jul 13, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford, Williamson	28 min
Jul 13, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson	37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.