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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Nashville, TN

April 1, 2005Giles County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2005, 2:31 PM CST for Giles County, Tennessee. It was in force for 95 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: Apr 1, 2005, 2:31 PM CST (20:31 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 2005, 4:06 PM CST
In force: 95 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Giles County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 1, 11:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 226 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 012031
SVROHX
TNC055-012115-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0039.050401T2031Z-050401T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
231 PM CST FRI APR 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GILES COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 315 PM CST

* AT 225 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  MINOR HILL...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PULASKI...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELKTON BY 255 PM CST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3504 8733 3488 8723 3512 8657 3534 8671

$$

JLM

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KOHX 012106
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
306 PM CST FRI APR 1 2005

TNC055-012116-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050401T2115Z/
GILES TN-
306 PM CST FRI APR 1 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GILES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3504 8733 3488 8723 3512 8657 3534 8671

$$

JLM

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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.