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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Nashville, TN

May 25, 2006Benton County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2006, 2:34 PM CDT for Benton 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, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Benton County, TN

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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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, 10:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 10:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 5:30 AM CDT, 9 hours 4 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

Local storm report, May 25, 10:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1040 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

1036 AM     HAIL             SMYRNA                  35.98N 86.52W
05/25/2006  E1.75 INCH       RUTHERFORD         TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

HSTEIGER
Local storm report, May 25, 10:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1052 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

1040 AM     HAIL             7 NE MURFREESBORO       35.92N 86.31W
05/25/2006  E1.00 INCH       RUTHERFORD         TN   PUBLIC

&&

JCOHEN
Local storm report, May 25, 11:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1100 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

1040 AM     TSTM WND DMG     7 NE MURFREESBORO       35.92N 86.31W
05/25/2006                   RUTHERFORD         TN   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN IN LACASSAS

&&

JCOHEN
Local storm report, May 25, 12:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1235 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

1044 AM     TSTM WND DMG     11 NE MURFREESBORO      35.97N 86.26W
05/25/2006                   RUTHERFORD         TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            LACASSAS TN AREA ALONG HWY 96....FRONT PORCH DESTROYED
            AND SOME ROOF DAMAGE...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

&&

JCOHEN
Local storm report, May 25, 1:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
107 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

1100 AM     HAIL             2 S AUBURNTOWN          35.92N 86.09W
05/25/2006  E0.75 INCH       CANNON             TN   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL 2 MILES SOUTH OF
            AUBURNTOWN

&&

JLM
Local storm report, May 25, 2:18 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
218 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

0211 PM     HAIL             1 E NEW JOHNSONVILLE    36.02N 87.94W
05/25/2006  E0.75 INCH       HUMPHREYS          TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED JUST EAST OF NEW JOHNSONVILLE

&&

JLM

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, 10:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford26 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, 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

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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.