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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Nashville, TN

June 12, 2004Davidson County, Rutherford County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2004, 3:02 PM CDT for Davidson County, Rutherford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 43 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
Jun 12, 2004, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2004, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Davidson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 15 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2004-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1896 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2004-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1896 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KOHX 122002
SVRBNA
TNC037-149-122045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
302 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DAVIDSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF RURAL HILL...OR 9 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF NASHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL HILL AROUND 310 PM CDT
  8 MILES NORTH OF WALTERHILL AROUND 330 PM CDT

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

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 3621 8666 3604 8671 3578 8621 3604 8608

$$
END/JAO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Putnam, Smith38 min
Jun 12, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne45 min
Jun 12, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart43 min
Jun 12, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson28 min
Jun 12, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson48 min
Jun 12, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner44 min
Jun 12, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson61 min
Jun 12, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland43 min
Jun 12, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury, Williamson37 min
Jun 12, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale48 min
Jun 12, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Putnam, Smith, White52 min
Jun 12, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Humphreys61 min
Jun 12, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith47 min
Jun 12, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson53 min
Jun 12, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham41 min
Jun 12, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson49 min
Jun 12, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton, Pickett51 min
Jun 12, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress65 min
Jun 12, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren54 min
Jun 12, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton39 min
Jun 12, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys, Stewart37 min
Jun 12, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall60 min
Jun 12, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Montgomery52 min
Jun 12, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles39 min
Jun 12, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry53 min
Jun 12, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman48 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.