Severe Thunderstorm Warning 402, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Jul 28, 2003, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)

Expired

Jul 28, 2003, 3:45 PM CDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Smith County, TN

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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 282017
SVRBNA
TNC159-282045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
316 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 309 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CARTHAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  IN NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY BY 330 PM CDT

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE 
HAIL, WHICH MAY CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE SHELTER IN A 
STURDY BUILDING AND AVOID WINDOWS.

EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS, AND AVOID USING
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.

LAT...LON 3632 8607 3617 8596 3618 8581 3633 8585

$$

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NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 28, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
315 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2003

COOL FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE EASTWARD ACROSS
SOUTHERN MISSOURI TO SOUTHERN KENTUCKY THEN INTO WEST VIRGINIA.
SEVERAL LOCAL BOUNDARIES EXIST TO THE SOUTH OF THE FRONT THAT ARE
BEING GENERATED BY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. THE UPPER LEVELS ARE
CHARACTERIZED BY A LARGE H5 LOW OVER THE GULF OF ST LAWRENCE WITH
A SECOND LOW LOCATED IN CENTRAL NORTHERN CANADA. A LARGE RIDGE IS
LOCATED OVER THE WESTERN US IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN AREA AND CENTRAL
ROCKIES. THE TROUGH OVER EASTERN CANADA HAS DEEPENED SEVERAL DECAMETERS
IN THE PAST 24 HOURS...ALLOWING MORE SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT OF THE SURFACE
FRONT.

MODELS SLOWLY DEEPEN THE EASTERN US/CANADIAN TROUGH THROUGH FRIDAY
AS THE SECOND LOW IN CENTRAL CANADA MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE
GREAT LAKES. THIS SECOND IMPULSE GENERATES A WAVE ON THE FRONT ON
THURSDAY. DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE MIDSTATE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

BNA BB 072/086 069/087 069 18732
CSV BB 067/082 064/084 065 18742

.BNA...NONE.

JLM

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-291030-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
530 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS FRONT
WILL INTERACT WITH THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE TO
PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN
THREAT. THE GREATEST PROBABILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE OVER THE NORTH HALF OF THE MID STATE. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
ON AND OFF THROUGH THE PERIOD. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS FRONT WILL ALSO INCREASE THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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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.