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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Nashville, TN

May 19, 2005Davidson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2005, 4:12 PM CDT for Davidson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 48 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 19, 2005, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Davidson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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.

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 19, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 19 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 194 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1341 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 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 192112
SVROHX
TNC037-192200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0101.050519T2112Z-050519T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
412 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DAVIDSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NASHVILLE

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 401 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELLE MEADE TO 10 MILES   
  SOUTHWEST OF FOREST HILLS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  OAK HILL BY 425 PM CDT
  OLD HICKORY BY 430 PM CDT
  LAKEWOOD BY 435 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3627 8694 3601 8702 3603 8660 3626 8653

$$

04

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KOHX 192135
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
434 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

TNC037-192200-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-050519T2200Z/
DAVIDSON TN-
434 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
DAVIDSON COUNTY...

AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE TO BELLE MEADE TO FOREST HILLS...MOVING EAST AT 
30 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  OAK HILL...DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE AND BERRY HILL BETWEEN 435 AND
  440 PM CDT...
  OLD HICKORY AND LAKEWOOD BY 455 PM CDT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT 
THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE AREA. 

LAT...LON 3627 8698 3603 8691 3601 8661 3626 8653
      3634 8679

$$
STEIGERWALDT

000 
WWUS54 KOHX 192150
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
448 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

TNC037-192200-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-050519T2200Z/
DAVIDSON TN-
448 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
DAVIDSON COUNTY...

AT 444 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE 
OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH.  
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES 
NORTH OF DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRANKLIN... 
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GOODLETTSVILLE...OLD HICKORY AND LAKEWOOD BY 455 PM CDT

AT 440 PM CDT...A SPOTTER IN DONELSON REPORTED 65 TO 70 MPH WIND 
GUSTS.

BRIEF BUT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE PONDING OF 
WATER ON ROADS AND HIGHWAY...SO EACH MOTORIST SHOULD EXERCISE 
EXTREME CAUTION BY SLOWING DOWN AND INCREASING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN 
YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT 
THURSDAY EVENING FOR TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3629 8694 3604 8688 3601 8661 3613 8659
      3632 8665 3635 8680

$$
STEIGERWALDT

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 19, 3:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 3:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
310 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

.DISCUSSION...
LATEST ANALYSIS SHOWING AIRMASS QUITE UNSTABLE ACROSS THE REGION
THIS AFTERNOON. A SURFACE FRONT IS SHOWING UP SITTING TO THE NORTH
THE CWA...WITH A FAIRLY GOOD OUTFLOW NEARING THE MS RIVER. ALOFT...
ML/UL LOWS SPINNING OVER THE GREAT LAKES.

LL BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH LOOKS TO STAY NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH
06Z OR SO WHILE A WEAK WAVE RIDES ALONG IT...THEN START SLIPPING
SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT WITH PUSH OF OPENING UPPER LOWS. THIS PROCESS
WILL KEEP THE CWA IN A FAVORABLE AREA OF MODERATE/DEEP MOISTURE AND
UVV THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH COLD POOL ALOFT MOVING OVER THE AREA
LATE INCREASING INSTABILITY FURTHER TOWARD 12Z. PLAN TO RUN WITH
LIKELY POPS OVERNIGHT...HIGHER EAST. CURRENT WATCH MAY EXPAND SOUTH
AND EAST LATER.

SCATTERED-NUMEROUS SHWRS/TSTMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY EAST. COLD FRONT ALONG WITH SHARP
UPPER TROF AXIS OVER NORTHERN KY VICINITY AROUND 12Z WILL PUSH
TO NEAR CSV AROUND 18Z. PLAN TO KEEP LIKELY POPS RUNNING BNA EAST
THROUGH THE MORNING...CHANCE WEST...THEN SLOWLY RAMP POPS DOWN IN THE
AFTERNOON WEST TO EAST...AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND UPPER TROF MOVE
TOWARD THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD AND DRYING BEGINS.

DRY AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SETTLE ON THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING BUT A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND MOISTURE SOURCE WILL PUSH
ACROSS ON SUNDAY IN ML/UL NORTHWEST FLOW. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY
MAY BE ENOUGH FOR A SHOWER OR TWO IN THE AFTERNOON BUT WILL LEAVE
POPS OUT FOR NOW.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE    65  78  61  80 / 70  60  10  10
CLARKSVILLE  65  78  59  81 / 70  40  10  10
CROSSVILLE   62  73  55  75 / 80  70  20  10

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

07

Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 5:30 AM CDT, 10 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
530 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-2011030-
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-
530 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A LOW PRESSURE CENTER AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED
TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE MIDSTATE THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE EXTREME WEST AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS
OF THE MIDSTATE...MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THE MIDSTATE ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE MOVING
SOUTHWARD ON FRIDAY NIGHT. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...TAPERING OFF FRIDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH
INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ANOTHER COOL FRONT WILL PUSH
THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. NO
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE
PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS
AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

JLM

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 2:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
203 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0152 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLARKSVILLE             36.56N 87.35W
05/19/2005                   MONTGOMERY         TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

&&

STEIGERWALDT

Local storm report, May 19, 3:19 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
319 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0140 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLARKSVILLE             36.56N 87.35W
05/19/2005                   MONTGOMERY         TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROOF PARTIALLY OFF APPARTMENT BUILDING...OCCURRED IN NEW
            PROVIDENCE AREA

0149 PM     HAIL             3 E CLARKSVILLE         36.56N 87.29W
05/19/2005  1.00 INCH        MONTGOMERY         TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            OCCURRED AT DUNBAR CAVE STATE PARK

0204 PM     HAIL             3 E CLARKSVILLE         36.56N 87.29W
05/19/2005  1.00 INCH        MONTGOMERY         TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            OCCURRED AT DUNBAR CAVE STATE PARK

&&

STEIGERWALDT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	33 min
May 19, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	24 min
May 19, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman	34 min
May 19, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wayne	37 min
May 19, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Maury, Williamson	45 min
May 19, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	46 min
May 19, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wilson	63 min
May 19, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Sumner	37 min
May 19, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb	35 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.