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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Nashville, TN

July 13, 2004Warren County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2004, 9:40 PM CDT for Warren County, Tennessee. It was in force for 80 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, 2004, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2004, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
80 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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
Jul 13, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 00:00Z on 2004-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2877 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 00:00Z on 2004-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1306 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KOHX 140240
SVRBNA
TNC177-140400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
938 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCMINNVILLE

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 932 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCMINNVILLE TO 10 MILES NORTH
  OF WOODBURY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MCMINNVILLE BY 1015 PM CDT

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THERE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3584 8571 3585 8588 3571 8599 3552 8584
      3558 8555

$$
05

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale65 min
Jul 13, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner59 min
Jul 13, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson58 min
Jul 13, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson49 min
Jul 13, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery52 min
Jul 13, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith65 min
Jul 13, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilson50 min
Jul 13, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson59 min
Jul 13, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham50 min
Jul 13, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford79 min
Jul 13, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam59 min
Jul 13, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson45 min
Jul 13, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton, Pickett67 min
Jul 13, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson50 min
Jul 13, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress59 min
Jul 13, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee74 min
Jul 13, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee73 min
Jul 13, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, White69 min
Jul 13, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery42 min
Jul 13, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall59 min
Jul 13, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury53 min
Jul 13, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy, Van Buren65 min
Jul 13, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson31 min
Jul 13, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman52 min
Jul 13, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury58 min
Jul 13, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry42 min
Jul 13, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne48 min
Jul 14, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Macon24 min
Jul 14, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner24 min
Jul 14, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford36 min
Jul 14, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner, Trousdale24 min
Jul 14, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith, Trousdale, Wilson34 min
Jul 14, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam32 min
Jul 14, 6:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Macon35 min
Jul 14, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Overton34 min
Jul 14, 7:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Pickett15 min
Jul 14, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Pickett15 min
Jul 14, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee45 min
Jul 14, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Maury, Williamson28 min
Jul 14, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Maury64 min
Jul 14, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy44 min
Jul 14, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence55 min
Jul 14, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne66 min
Jul 14, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles53 min
Jul 14, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence48 min
Jul 14, 3:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence2 hr
Jul 14, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne49 min
Jul 14, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne59 min

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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.