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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Nashville, TN

June 6, 2005Benton County, Humphreys County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2005, 12:53 PM CDT for Benton County, Humphreys County, Tennessee. It was in force for 67 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2005, 12:53 PM CDT (17:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2005, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benton County, TN, Humphreys County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2005-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2485 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 2005-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 9:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 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, 7 hours 23 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, 43 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence44 min
Jun 6, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys33 min
Jun 6, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy33 min
Jun 6, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren39 min
Jun 6, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb43 min
Jun 6, 3:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Rutherford, Warren2 hr
Jun 6, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland24 min
Jun 6, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Overton54 min

Nearby

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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.