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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Nashville, TN

May 25, 2006Rutherford County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2006, 10:19 AM CDT for Rutherford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 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
May 25, 2006, 10:19 AM CDT (15:19 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2006, 10:45 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rutherford County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:21 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 9:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 2006-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1538 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 2006-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
1538 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
975 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 May 25, 2:34 AM CDT, 7 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 2:34 AM CDT, 7 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
234 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

.SHORT TERM...(THROUGH FRI)
CURRENT...CONVECTION SE MO- ERN KY MOVING MAINLY IN ERLY
DIRECTION...WITH AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY APPROACHING OUR NE COUNTIES.
CU FILED STARTING TO FORM OVER CWA..SO SCT TSTMS COULD POP SOON.
TEMPS IN MUGGY MID 60S TO MID 70S.

STACKED LO PRES WILL MOVE FROM WI INTO MI BY FRI. DONT EXPECT
CONVECTION TO BE TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM THIS MORNING. BUT AS WE
DESTABILIZE LATER THIS MORNING (DEWPOINTS INTO MID 60S ALREADY W
1/2 OF CWA) AND UPPER DIFFLUENCE BECOMES MORE PRONOUNCED...COULD
SEE SOME GOOD TSTM ACTION LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SLITE RISK OF
SEVERE LOOKS ABOUT RIGHT..FOR JUST ABOUT ALL OF CWA.
TONITE...DYNAMICS EVEN BETTER AND ANOTHER ROUND OF TSTMS LIKELY AS
COMPLEX MOVES SE INTO CWA AHEAD OF FRONT OVER OH VALLEY. 4.5 KM
WRF MODEL SHOWS ACTIVITY LATE AFTERNOON TODAY AND AFTER MIDNITE
TONITE...PROBABLY NOT BAD PROGNOSTICATION.

SLITE RISK WILL CONTINUE INTO FRI WHEN FROPA OCCURS. BASICALLY HI
CHANCE POPS TODAY INTO FRI.

.LONG TERM...
GFS AND UKMET HINT AT CONVECTION LINGERING INTO SAT SO WILL PUT
IN ISOLATED TSTMS. MEANWHILE...UPPER RIDGE TAKES HOLD...LOOKS LIKE
LATE SPRING WARM CYCLE UNDERWAY.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE    88  66  88  68 /  50  50  30  20
CLARKSVILLE  88  66  88  67 /  50  50  20  10
CROSSVILLE   82  63  80  62 /  50  50  50  20
&&

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

MAG
Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 5:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
530 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-261030-
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 25 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER BOTH TODAY AND TONIGHT...
WITH THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME BEING THIS AFTERNOON...AND AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE MID STATE AGAIN FRIDAY.
AGAIN...SOME COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

BECAUSE OF THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED...
ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.

GIRODO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 25, 4:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
440 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

TNZ005>007-022>026-251101-
BENTON-CHEATHAM-DICKSON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-
STEWART-
440 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

...STRONG STORMS MOVING ALONG TENNESSEE...KENTUCKY BORDER
NORTHWEST OF DOVER...

A BAND OF STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE ALONG THE TENNESSEE AND
KENTUCKY BORDER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...FROM DOVER
EAST THROUGH THE CLARKSVILLE AREA TO ABOUT SPRINGFIELD.

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS SHOULD
THEY BECOME NECESSARY.

BOYD
Special weather statement, May 25, 6:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
634 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-251230-
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-
634 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS DOVER...CLARKSVILLE
AND INTO THE SPRINGFIELD AREA...FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. A
FEW STORMS MAY CONTAIN PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH...
ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO WORK ITS WAY DOWN INTO THE NASHVILLE
AREA LATER THIS MORNING.

BOYD
Local storm report, May 25, 9:51 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 9:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson25 min
May 25, 10:44 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson19 min
May 25, 10:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb31 min
May 25, 11:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren23 min
May 25, 11:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Rutherford24 min
May 25, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys29 min
May 25, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton26 min
May 25, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys24 min
May 25, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry23 min
May 25, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.