Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2004, 6:53 PM CDT for Smith County, Trousdale County, Tennessee. It was in force for 22 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 26, 2004, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2004, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Smith County, TN, Trousdale County, TN
Did it verify
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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 363 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
317 WUUS54 KOHX 262353 SVRBNA TNC159-169-270015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 652 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SMITH COUNTY IN TENNESSEE TROUSDALE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR HARTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CARTHAGE AROUND 710 PM CDT WEAK, SHORT LIVED TORNADOES MAY OCCUR ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER, THE MAIN THREAT IS DAMAGING WIND. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3650 8625 3632 8629 3622 8584 3643 8578 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 2:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 230 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004 .SHORT TERM...(THROUGH THURSDAY) CURRENT...LINE OF STORMS (SOME SEVERE) CONTINUE IN E-W FASHION OVER SOUTHERN KY...WITH EVER SO SLIGHT MOVEMENT TO S. SOME BREAKS IN CLOUDINESS...ESPECIALLY S...HAS ALLOWED MERCURY TO CLIMB INTO LOWER TO MID 80S. FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO N WILL SAG SOUTHWARD. CHANCES FOR RAIN DROP OFF TONITE AND THU AS RAIN WILL JUST SKIRT BY TO OUR N...MUCH LIKE TODAY. .LONG TERM... QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT FRONT EVER GETS INTO CWA. ALL MODELS SHOW IT REACHING FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES LATE THU NITE OR EARLY FRI... B4 MOVING BACK N AS WARM FRONT FRI NITE. WILL KEEP POPS IN CHANCE CAT HIEST POPS N...AS UNCERTAINTY DEFINITELY EXISTS. RAIN CHANCES FAIRLY LOW SAT INTO SUN...THEN PICKING UP SUN NITE AND MON AS FRONT MOVES IN. AS FOR TEMPS...COMPROMISE LOOKS BEST. BNA BT 72/86/68/82 5355 CKV BT 68/86/68/82 5355 CSV BE 69/81/67/79 3234 && .BNA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MAG
Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 9:15 AM CDT, 9 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 915 AM CDT WED MAY 26 2004 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-271030- BEDFORD-BENTON-CANNON-CHEATHAM-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON- DEKALB-DICKSON-FENTRESS-GILES-GRUNDY-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS- JACKSON-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-OVERTON-PERRY- PICKETT-PUTNAM-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE- VAN BUREN-WARREN-WAYNE-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- 915 AM CDT WED MAY 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL BE PRESENT OVER THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL JUST NORTH OF THE MID STATE...AND A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ALONG THE BOUNDARY. CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF THE MID STATE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND RAPID RISES OF SMALL STREAMS. AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 WILL HAVE THE GREATEST CHANCES FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT. 13
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 26, 5:57 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
557 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NNE LAFAYETTE 36.60N 85.99W
05/26/2004 MACON TN TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES BLOWN DOWN ON CARS AT UNDERWOOD
&&
ROSELocal storm report, May 26, 6:11 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
611 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NNE SPRINGFIELD 36.55N 86.85W
05/26/2004 ROBERTSON TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
BARNS BLOWN DOWN
0438 PM HAIL 5 NNW SPRINGFIELD 36.57N 86.91W
05/26/2004 1.75 INCH ROBERTSON TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
ROSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton | 51 min |
| May 26, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 49 min |
| May 26, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton | 30 min |
| May 26, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Macon | 25 min |
| May 26, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 45 min |
| May 26, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 14 min |
| May 26, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 12 min |
| May 26, 5:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 16 min |
| May 26, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 26 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.