Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 362, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2003, 5:11 PM CDT for Lewis County, Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 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, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2003, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lewis County, TN, Maury County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KOHX 132211 SVRBNA TNC101-119-132245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 505 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LEWIS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE MAURY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND HOHENWALD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL... AFFECT AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 20 BY 520 PM AFFECT AREAS BETWEEN MOUNT PLEASANT AND ROCKDALE BY 525 PM THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 3556 8759 3543 8743 3548 8709 3563 8736 $$ 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, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 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 38 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, 2:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 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
ROSELocal storm report, Jul 13, 2:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes 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
ROSELocal storm report, Jul 13, 4:21 PM CDT, 50 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
ROSESpecial weather statement, Jul 13, 4:45 PM CDT, 26 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
Local storm report, Jul 13, 4:54 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
454 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
420 PM SUMMITVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
07/13/03 COFFEE SEVERAL LARGE TREES
DOWN REPORTED BY
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
ROSELocal storm report, Jul 13, 5:05 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
505 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
501 PM 3 NW JOELTON TN 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 DAVIDSON REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER ON I-24 NEAR
THE DAVIDSON AND
CHEATHAM COUNTY LINE
ROSEThe 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, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 23 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, 5:16 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.