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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Nashville, TN

January 13, 20054 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 13, 2005, 9:40 AM CST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 39 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2005, 9:40 AM CST (15:40 UTC)
Expired: Feb 21, 2005, 9:45 AM CST
In force: 39 days
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cannon County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 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
Jan 13, 7:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 38 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 482 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 632 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 131540
SVROHX
TNC149-131615-
/X.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0013.050113T1540Z-050113T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
940 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MURFREESBORO

* UNTIL 1015 AM CST

* AT 928 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MURFREESBORO...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LAT...LON 3599 8645 3568 8647 3565 8622 3596 8616

$$

JAO

1 follow-up statement

000 
WUUS54 KOHX 211509
SVROHX
TNC015-041-159-211545-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0013.050221T1509Z-050221T1545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
909 AM CST MON FEB 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CANNON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WOODBURY
  DE KALB COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SMITH COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARTHAGE

* UNTIL 945 AM CST

* AT 907 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF CARTHAGE TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF WOODBURY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  HARTSVILLE TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODBURY...AND MOVING EAST AT 45
  MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WOODBURY BY 915 AM CST
  GORDONSVILLE AND CARTHAGE BY 920 AM CST

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3623 8582 3585 8589 3571 8617 3572 8621
      3576 8617 3589 8616 3592 8612 3596 8614
      3595 8611 3598 8609 3597 8599 3628 8612
      3635 8607

$$

07

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 Jan 13, 4:40 AM CST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 4:40 AM CST, 5 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
440 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PLAINS STRETCHES DOWN TO SOUTH TEXAS
THIS MORNING. STRONG EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE MOVING EAST OVER ARKANSAS AT
THIS TIME...WITH SQUALL LINE POSITIONED WELL AHEAD FROM THE NORTHERN
OHIO VALLEY INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM
THERE CONTINUES TO BE A FEED OF MOISTURE...WITH SOUTH FLOW AROUND
60KTS 3KFT UP OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE. GFS/ETA TENDS TO WEAKEN UPPER
TROUGH AND MOVE UPPER WAVE NORTHEAST OVER THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY.
STRONG DYNAMICS/POLAR JET CONFIGURATION SUPPORTS LINE OF STORMS
MOVING INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY.

PRIOR TO PRECIP ONSET THIS MORNING...PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS FAIRLY
TIGHT. SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP 35
MPH THIS MORNING MOST AREAS. SO LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE
UNTIL 18Z. FLASH FLOODING IS A CONCERN...MAINLY FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
CONSIDERING RECENT RAINS AND SOME RIVERS STILL FLOWING HIGH...A FLOOD
WATCH WILL BE POSTED FOR TODAY. LAST TWO RUNS OVER ETA PUT 1.25 TO
1.5 INCHES AT BNA...WITH MORE EAST. APPEARS THE BEST CHANCE FOR
FLOODING WILL BE IN THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...WITH ONE AND
SIX-HOUR FFG VALUES EXCEEDED BY ALL MODEL QPF. FLOOD WATCH WILL COVER
NORTH MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE PLATEAU.

AS FOR SEVERE WEATHER...12Z MODELS SHOW WET-BULB HEIGHTS INCREASING
WITH PRECIP ONSET ALONG THE LINE...SO ONLY ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS
POSSIBLE AT THIS POINT.

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE NUDGES THIS WAY FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT...
WITH MODELS AND GUIDANCE SHOWING A QUICK CLEARING. SOUNDING DATA
SUGGESTS MORE CU WITH BASES AROUND 2KFT...FROM COLD ADVECTION. SO
WILL KEEP SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EAST
FRIDAY.

ARCTIC AIR/CENTER OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE STAYS NORTHWEST OF
MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS WEEKEND. NO QUESTION THAT IT WILL BE COLDER...
AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL NORMS. MAY TURN COLDER EARLY NEXT WEEK
WITH GFS MOVING ARCTIC AIR IN. KEPT THE EXTENDED DRY...BUT NUDGED
SURFACE DEWPOINTS AND TEMPERATURES TOWARD THE GFS.

BNA TB 066/033 042/024 042 04+3-
    BBBBB 022/038 026/037 021/042 026/043 0000001111
CKV TB 066/028 038/021 038 04+1-
    BBBBB 020/034 025/033 019/042 022/037 0000011111
CSV TB 063/033 042/024 040 04+8-
    BBBUB 026/040 027/040 023/043 025/045 0000001111

.BNA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LAKE WIND ADVISORY ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS MORNING.
FLOOD WATCH TODAY ACROSS NORTH AND EAST MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

&&

04

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 5:03 AM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
503 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-141130-
BEDFORD TN-BENTON TN-CANNON TN-CHEATHAM TN-CLAY TN-COFFEE TN-
CUMBERLAND TN-DAVIDSON TN-DE KALB TN-DICKSON TN-FENTRESS TN-GILES TN-
GRUNDY TN-HICKMAN TN-HOUSTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-JACKSON TN-LAWRENCE TN-
LEWIS TN-MACON TN-MARSHALL TN-MAURY TN-MONTGOMERY TN-OVERTON TN-
PERRY TN-PICKETT TN-PUTNAM TN-ROBERTSON TN-RUTHERFORD TN-SMITH TN-
STEWART TN-SUMNER TN-TROUSDALE TN-VAN BUREN TN-WARREN TN-WAYNE TN-
WHITE TN-WILLIAMSON TN-WILSON TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND CITY...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...
CARTHAGE...CELINA...CENTERVILLE...CLARKSVILLE...COLUMBIA...
COOKEVILLE...CROSSVILLE...DICKSON...DOVER...ERIN...FRANKLIN...
GAINESBORO...GALLATIN...HARTSVILLE...HOHENWALD...JAMESTOWN...
LAFAYETTE...LAWRENCEBURG...LEBANON...LEWISBURG...LINDEN...
LIVINGSTON...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...MURFREESBORO...NASHVILLE...
PULASKI...SHELBYVILLE...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...SPENCER...
SPRINGFIELD...WAVERLY...WAYNESBORO AND WOODBURY
503 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDSTATE TODAY. HEAVY RAINFALL
IS EXPECTED WITH THIS FRONT. THE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE POORLY DRAINED
AREAS TO FLOOD AND ALSO PUSH SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS INTO FLOOD
LATER TODAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT MAY HAVE
DAMAGING WINDS. RAIN WILL TAPER OFF LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MUCH COLDER ON FRIDAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. CONTINUED BELOW
NORMAL TEMPS THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

JLM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 13, 9:27 AM CST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
927 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

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

0730 AM     TSTM WND DMG     12 S CLARKSVILLE        36.39N 87.35W
01/13/2005                   MONTGOMERY         TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TREE DOWN CAUSING AN ACCIDENT ON
            ROAD IN SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

&&

VIRTS

Local storm report, Jan 13, 9:28 AM CST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
928 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

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

0730 AM     TSTM WND DMG     RIDGETOP                36.40N 86.77W
01/13/2005                   ROBERTSON          TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TREES DOWN IN RIDGETOP.

&&

VIRTS

Local storm report, Jan 13, 9:29 AM CST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
929 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

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

0810 AM     TSTM WND DMG     RIDGETOP                36.40N 86.77W
01/13/2005                   ROBERTSON          TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TREES DOWN IN RIDGETOP.

&&

VIRTS

Local storm report, Jan 13, 9:30 AM CST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
930 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

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

0820 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ASHLAND CITY            36.28N 87.06W
01/13/2005                   CHEATHAM           TN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTED TREE DOWN IN ASHLAND CITY.

&&

VIRTS

Local storm report, Jan 13, 9:31 AM CST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
931 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

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

0830 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNT PLEASANT          35.55N 87.19W
01/13/2005                   MAURY              TN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTED TREE DOWN IN MOUNT PLEASANT.

&&

VIRTS

Local storm report, Jan 13, 9:32 AM CST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
932 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

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

0845 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WESTMORELAND            36.56N 86.25W
01/13/2005                   SUMNER             TN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTED TREES DOWN IN WESTMORELAND.

&&

VIRTS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 6:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston, Montgomery	39 days
Jan 13, 6:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Humphreys, Lewis	39 days
Jan 13, 6:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Maury	39 days
Jan 13, 6:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Perry	39 days
Jan 13, 7:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Montgomery, Robertson	39 days
Jan 13, 7:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Williamson, Wilson	39 days
Jan 13, 7:44 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman	2 hr
Jan 13, 8:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Humphreys, Robertson	39 days
Jan 13, 8:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Maury and 1 more	39 days
Jan 13, 8:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Robertson, Sumner	39 days
Jan 13, 8:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Maury, Williamson	39 days
Jan 13, 9:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Marshall, Rutherford, Wilson	39 days
Jan 13, 9:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Sumner	39 days
Jan 13, 9:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Macon, Trousdale	39 days
Jan 13, 9:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Van Buren	39 days
Jan 13, 9:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy	39 days
Jan 13, 9:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Cumberland	39 days
Jan 13, 10:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy	39 days

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.