Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 384

June 2, 20044 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 2, 2004, 6:10 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2004, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2004, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 90 counties

Bell County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Knox County, KY, Letcher County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Avery County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Anderson County, TN, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carter County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Clay County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Moore County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Union County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Washington County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN, Buchanan County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

36 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXUnion43 min
Jun 2, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnox48 min
Jun 2, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXScott20 min
Jun 2, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger44 min
Jun 2, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson49 min
Jun 2, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXWise, City of Norton41 min
Jun 2, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLee24 min
Jun 2, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamblen50 min
Jun 2, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury46 min
Jun 2, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury45 min
Jun 2, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart37 min
Jun 2, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Knox81 min
Jun 2, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLee26 min
Jun 2, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Jefferson54 min
Jun 2, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHawkins46 min
Jun 2, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXRussell28 min
Jun 2, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHancock25 min
Jun 2, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys37 min
Jun 2, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury, Williamson46 min
Jun 2, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount52 min
Jun 2, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson44 min
Jun 2, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDecatur, Henderson53 min
Jun 2, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford57 min
Jun 2, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSevier56 min
Jun 2, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys, Perry46 min
Jun 2, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman55 min
Jun 2, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Wilson61 min
Jun 2, 9:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson46 min
Jun 2, 9:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman47 min
Jun 2, 9:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDeKalb, Wilson2 hr
Jun 2, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson46 min
Jun 2, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam45 min
Jun 2, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Wilson57 min
Jun 2, 10:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson47 min
Jun 2, 10:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland38 min
Jun 2, 10:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson33 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2004-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 261 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 2004-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 8:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Boyle and 62 more65 min
Jun 1, 9:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Boyle and 62 more56 min
Jun 2, 4:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Boyd, Boyle and 46 more91 min
Jun 2, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 11 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2004Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.