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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Nashville, TN

May 10, 2004Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2004, 5:10 PM CDT for Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 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
May 10, 2004, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2004, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 2004-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 177 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 2004-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1445 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 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.

778 
WUUS54 KOHX 102210
SVRBNA
TNC189-102245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
510 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF LEBANON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  10 MPH.

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 3628 8612 3615 8610 3603 8624 3611 8643
          3631 8627 3634 8620

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Maury59 min
May 10, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren60 min
May 10, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, White52 min
May 10, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman34 min
May 10, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon30 min
May 10, 5:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford109 min
May 10, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall30 min
May 10, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford49 min
May 10, 6:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCannon111 min
May 10, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.