Severe Thunderstorm Warning 461, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Aug 27, 2003, 12:53 PM CDT (17:53 UTC)

Expired

Aug 27, 2003, 1:30 PM CDT

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bedford County, TN

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 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 271753
SVRBNA
TNC003-271830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1253 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST
  AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  SOUTH OF SHELBYVILLE AROUND 105 PM CDT
  SOUTH OF WARTRACE AROUND 125 PM CDT

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 3536 8657 3547 8665 3567 8643 3564 8638
          3567 8631 3565 8622 3548 8628 3535 8645

$$

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NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 27, 9:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
936 AM CDT WED AUG 27 2003

CURRENTLY, MORNING CONVECTION AROUND THE WAYNESBORO/LAWRENCEBURG
AREAS APPEARS TO BE DIMINISHING. SKIES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
MID STATE REMAIN PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH 900 AM TEMPERATURES ALREADY IN
THE LOWER 80S -- UPPER 70S ALONG THE PLATEAU.

MORNING SOUNDING FROM OHX SHOWS ARE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE
ENVIRONMENT, WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER UP TO 1.86 INCHES, A K-INDEX OF
37, AND A TOTALS INDEX AN EVEN 50. THE LIFTED INDEX STANDS AT -7.1,
AND THE POSITIVE AREA HAS GROWN TO 3541 J/KG.

SURFACE ANALYSIS AT 13Z SHOWS A COLD FRONT STILL NORTH OF THE OHIO
VALLEY, WHILE THE UPPER AIR ANALYSES SHOW WEAK CONFLUENT FLOW AT 850
MB. OTHERWISE, STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE OUR
WEATHER ON THE SYNOPTIC SCALE, WITH THE RIDGE AXIS STILL SITUATED TO
THE WEST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

12Z MODEL DATA IS NOW STARTING TO TRICKLE IN FOLLOWING A NIGHT
WITHOUT IT. OTHERWISE, BELIEVE THE CURRENT ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT IS
ON TRACK.

.BNA...NONE.

ROSE

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-281030-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
640 AM CDT WED AUG 27 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY
AND THIS EVENING. HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HEAT
INDEX READINGS AROUND 100 DEGREES IN MUCH OF THE MID STATE THIS
AFTERNOON. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING EACH DAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE PROBABILITY
FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS NOT LIKELY.

31/13

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.