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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Nashville, TN

June 6, 2005Lawrence County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2005, 12:18 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Tennessee. It was in force for 44 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: Jun 6, 2005, 12:18 PM CDT (17:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2005, 1:02 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lawrence County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 2485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 914 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KOHX 061719
SVROHX
TNC099-061800-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0116.050606T1718Z-050606T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1218 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1214 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  CLUSTER 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 13 MILES WEST OF LAWRENCEBURG
  TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCEBURG TO 18 MILES SOUTH OF
  LAWRENCEBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LAWRENCEBURG BY 1230 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3514 8751 3516 8757 3541 8756 3539 8753
      3546 8745 3546 8733 3544 8721 3534 8721
      3511 8721 3502 8723 3502 8737

$$

GM

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KOHX 061744
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1241 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

TNC099-061800-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-050606T1800Z/
LAWRENCE TN-
1241 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY...

AT 1239 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A CLUSTER 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 12 MILES WEST OF ETHRIDGE TO
6 MILES EAST OF LAWRENCEBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

LAT...LON 3518 8747 3519 8756 3541 8756 3539 8753
      3546 8745 3546 8733 3544 8721 3534 8721
      3511 8721 3512 8723 3515 8735

$$

GM

000 
WWUS54 KOHX 061802
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
100 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

TNC099-061810-
/O.EXP.KOHX.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-050606T1800Z/
LAWRENCE TN-
100 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 100 PM CDT...

THE STORMS IN NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED SLIGHT AND ARE NOW
BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS 
BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  STAY TUNED FOR ANY UPDATES.

LAT...LON 3518 8747 3519 8756 3541 8756 3539 8753
      3546 8745 3546 8733 3544 8721 3534 8721
      3511 8721 3512 8723 3515 8735

$$

GM

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 Jun 6, 9:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 9:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
940 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

.DISCUSSION...WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH
THE AIRMASS QUITE UNSTABLE. CUMULUS CLOUDS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING
OVER THE PLATEAU AND TO THE NORTH OF COMPLEX OF STORMS OVER NORTH
MS. THIS COMPLEX IS SLOWLY MOVING NORTH AHEAD OF VORT MAX MOVING
NORTHEAST TOWARD MIDDLE TN. UPPER RIDGE SHOWING SOME SLIGHT
WEAKENING TODAY AND WITH THE IMPULSE TO THE SOUTHWEST SHOULD HELP TO
CAUSE MORE WIDESPREAD AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION ACROSS THE
SOUTH AND WEST. WEAK SURFACE FRONT TO THE NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER IS
NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE MUCH FARTHER SOUTH...STAYING NORTH OF TN. THE
HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT AND POSSIBLE SLOW MOVING STORMS MAY CAUSE SOME
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE SOUTHWEST HALF. UPDATE TO RAISE
POPS TO 50 PERCENT MOST AREAS AND INCREASE QPF AMOUNTS. TEMPERATURES
AND WINDS LOOK GOOD.

&&

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

TD

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 5:30 AM CDT, 6 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
530 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-071030-
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 MON JUN 6 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

GIRODO/HW

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:10 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
ISSUED BY NWS MORRISTOWN TN
1210 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

TNZ093-094-DDHHMM-
LAWRENCE-WAYNE-
1210 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

AROUND 1150 AM CDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY THE SHERIFFS
OFFICE NEAR COLLINWOOD IN WAYNE COUNTY FROM A GROWING THUNDERSTORM.
THE FUNNEL HAS DISSIPATED.

AROUND 1200 PM CDT SPOTTERS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY HAVE REPORTED
SEVERAL FUNNELS NEAR WEST POINT AND LORETTO.

NO ORGANIZED STORM SCALE ROTATION HAS BEEN NOTED WITH THESE
STORMS ON RADAR. THESE STORMS ARE BEING MONITORED CLOSELY AS THEY
MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 12:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Humphreys	67 min
Jun 6, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	33 min
Jun 6, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy	33 min
Jun 6, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Warren	39 min
Jun 6, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb	43 min
Jun 6, 3:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Rutherford, Warren	2 hr
Jun 6, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland	24 min
Jun 6, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress, Overton	54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.