Severe Thunderstorm Warning 477, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Nov 18, 2003, 1:53 PM CST (19:53 UTC)

Expired

Nov 18, 2003, 2:45 PM CST

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rutherford County, TN

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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 181953
SVRBNA
TNC149-182045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
151 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM CST

* AT 147 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MURFREESBORO...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MURFREESBORO AROUND 205 PM CST
  WALTERHILL AROUND 215 PM CST

THE MAIN THREAT IS DAMAGING WIND. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING 
AND STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IF 
YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INDOORS.


LAT...LON 3598 8658 3571 8657 3571 8626 3596 8625

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BOYD

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 18, 9:55 AM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
955 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

.UPDATE...
SHRA HAVE INVADED THE W W/ SOME WARNINGS ISSUED. VERY LITTLE IN WAY
OF LIGHTNING STRIKES SO FAR. WINDS OUT OF SSE GUSTING TO NEAR 30
MPH. TEMPS NEED TO BE BUMPED UP A LITTLE.
&&

.BNA WATCHES/WARNING/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
AND EASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
&&

MAGM

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-191130-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
530 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
MOIST SOUTH WINDS AND LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR ARE SUFFICIENT FOR
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS COULD DEVELOP ROTATION.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND
POSSIBLY A FEW TORNADOES. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS
SYSTEM...WITH THE BEST CHANCE IN SOUTH MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE
CUMBERLAND PLATEAU TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ANOTHER COLD FRONT LOOKS TO MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON MONDAY.
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BUT MOISTURE APPEARS LIMITED
WITH THIS SYSTEM. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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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.