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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Nashville, TN

March 9, 20064 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2006, 6:10 PM CST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2006, 6:10 PM CST (00:10 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2006, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fentress County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 9, 6:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Livingston, TN	SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 20 minutes after it went out.

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
Mar 9, 2:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 1265 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 559 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 972 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 100011
SVROHX
TNC049-133-137-141-100115-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0024.060310T0010Z-060310T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
610 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FENTRESS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN
  OVERTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIVINGSTON
  PICKETT COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BYRDSTOWN
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COOKEVILLE

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 607 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIVINGSTON TO 9 MILES
  NORTH OF BAXTER TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAXTER...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CELINA TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  GAINESBORO TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF SMITHVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT
  50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  COOKEVILLE AND ALGOOD BY 620 PM CST
  LIVINGSTON BY 625 PM CST
  BYRDSTOWN BY 635 PM CST
  MONTEREY BY 640 PM CST
  JAMESTOWN BY 650 PM CST

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS 
THE MID STATE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3660 8481 3629 8487 3614 8510 3608 8537
      3609 8554 3604 8562 3609 8569 3608 8576
      3623 8570 3621 8555 3624 8552 3647 8547
      3654 8528 3662 8526

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KOHX 100037
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
635 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

TNC049-133-137-141-100115-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060310T0115Z/
PUTNAM TN-OVERTON TN-FENTRESS TN-PICKETT TN-
635 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST 
FOR PICKETT...FENTRESS...OVERTON AND PUTNAM COUNTIES...

AT 630 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF BYRDSTOWN TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ALGOOD TO COOKEVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF
BYRDSTOWN TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF LIVINGSTON TO COOKEVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BYRDSTOWN BY 640 PM CST
  MONTEREY BY 650 PM CST
  JAMESTOWN BY 700 PM CST
  ALLARDT BY 705 PM CST

LAT...LON 3660 8481 3629 8487 3614 8510 3608 8537
      3609 8554 3604 8562 3609 8569 3608 8576
      3623 8570 3621 8555 3624 8552 3647 8547
      3654 8528 3662 8526

$$

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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 Mar 9, 3:47 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 3:47 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
347 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

.SHORT TERM...STORMS ARE NOW MAKING THEIR WAY INTO SOUTHWEST
MIDDLE TENNESSEE, WITH WARNINGS ALREADY BEING ISSUED. MAIN LINE OF
STORMS SHOWS A LINE ECHO WAVE PATTERN OVER PERRY, DECATUR, AND
BENTON COUNTIES.

COMPUTER MODELS ARE SHOWING THE PEAK TIME FOR ACTIVE WEATHER AT
NASHVILLE TO BE RIGHT AT 00Z. THE SPECIAL SOUNDING DONE HERE AT
18Z SHOWS THE ENVIRONMENT IS NOT ALL THAT UNSTABLE, WITH A LIFTED
INDEX OF +3.4, AND A MINISCULE POSITIVE AREA. THE BIG INHIBITOR
APPEARS TO BE A CAP BASED AT 850 MB.

BUT THERE IS PLENTY OF WIND SHEAR OUT THERE, AS THE 0-3 KM
HELICITY WAS 732. WIND SPEED AT 2,000 WAS 42 KNOTS, THEN 48 KNOTS
AT 3,000 FEET, 48 KNOTS AT 3,000 FEET, 56 KNOTS AT 4,000 FEET, AND
62 KNOTS AT 6,000 FEET.

THE SOUNDING SHOWS A DEEP DRY LAYER BETWEEN 600 AND 850 MB, WHICH
IS ABOUT 9,300 FEET THICK.

AT ANY RATE, EVEN A HEAVY RAINSHOWER COULD BRING DOWN A DOWNBURST
CAPABLE OF DOING DAMAGE, AS VOLATILE AS THE LOW-LEVEL WIND FIELD IS.

THE LINE OF STORMS WILL WEAKEN ONCE IT GETS EAST OF NASHVILLE.
STILL, THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EXTENDING TO THE PLATEAU IS A
GOOD CALL BY THE SPC GIVEN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT.

HAVE ALSO INCLUDED A WIND ADVISORY FOR AREAS EAST OF NASHVILLE
UNTIL 900 PM, GIVEN THAT THE SURFACE GRADIENT ACROSS OUR WESTERN
COUNTIES WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF THE LINE OF
STORMS, LEAVING THE STRONGEST WINDS EAST OF HERE.

THE SURFACE MAP AT 21Z SHOWS A DEEP 987 MB LOW CENTERED NEAR ST.
LOUIS, WITH THE COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD INTO CENTRAL
ARKANSAS THROUGH THE ARK-LA-TEX.

.LONG TERM...LOW CENTER WILL CONTINUE ON ITS NORTHEASTWARD TRACK,
ALTHOUGH WE WILL NEVER GET A TRUE FRONTAL PASSAGE, PER SE, EVEN
THOUGH DEW POINTS WILL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES LOWER TOMORROW THAN
TODAY. WINDS WILL VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT, BUT WILL BACK
AROUND TO THE SOUTH BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT
WEATHER SYSTEM.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE    49  69  52  75 /  90  10  20  40
CLARKSVILLE  49  67  54  75 /  90  10  20  40
CROSSVILLE   48  66  51  70 /  90  10  20  40
&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BEDFORD...CANNON...CLAY...COFFEE...CUMBERLAND...DEKALB...
FENTRESS...GILES...GRUNDY...JACKSON...MACON...MARSHALL...
OVERTON...PICKETT...PUTNAM...RUTHERFORD...SMITH...TROUSDALE...
VAN BUREN...WARREN...WHITE...AND WILSON.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BEDFORD...CANNON...CLAY...COFFEE...CUMBERLAND...
DAVIDSON...DEKALB...FENTRESS...GILES...GRUNDY...JACKSON...
LAWRENCE...MACON...MARSHALL...MAURY...OVERTON...PICKETT...
PUTNAM...RUTHERFORD...SMITH...SUMNER...TROUSDALE...VAN BUREN...
WARREN...WHITE...WILLIAMSON...AND WILSON.

TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BENTON...CHEATHAM...DICKSON...HICKMAN...HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS...
LEWIS...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...ROBERTSON...STEWART...AND WAYNE.
&&

ROSE

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 5:30 AM CST, 12 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
530 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-101130-
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 CST THU MAR 9 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE
MIDSTATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS EVENT
WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT OVER THE AREA WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
ALSO...HIGH WINDS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE AREA...WITH WINDS INCREASING
TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE HIGH WINDS WILL BE A THREAT
TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS WELL AS MARINE TRAFFIC ON AREA LAKES.

.DAYS TWO AND THREE...FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...
LITTLE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. INCREASING ATMOSPHERIC
INSTABILITY WILL BRING MORE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INTO THE MIDSTATE
ON SATURDAY. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WIND OR HAIL.

.DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE ON MONDAY AS THE COLD FRONT
APPROACHES THE MIDSTATE. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY
MORNING AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED ON
WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

JLM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 9, 5:38 PM CST, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TO REPORT NO INJURIES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
538 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006

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

0411 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SE DICKSON            36.02N 87.30W
03/09/2006                   DICKSON            TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FOLLOWING A TEMA SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE ONE HALF MILE NORTH
            OF HICKMAN DICKSON COUNTY LINE ON HIGHWAY 46: NO INURIES
            OCCURRED AND ONE MOBILE HOME DAMAGED AND MOVED OFF ITS
            FOUNDATION.

            THIS CORRECTS THE EARLIER REPORT OF 2 INJURIES.

&&

MASSIE

Special weather statement, Mar 9, 5:49 PM CST, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
549 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

TNZ011-032>034-100045-
FENTRESS-OVERTON-PICKETT-PUTNAM-
549 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

...THROUGH 730 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT FENTRESS...
OVERTON...PICKETT AND PUTNAM COUNTIES...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR EASTERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

AT 545 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF
CARTHAGE TO SMITHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH PASSAGE OF THESE
STORMS.

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 5:54 PM CST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
554 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006

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

0455 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LEWISBURG               35.45N 86.79W
03/09/2006                   MARSHALL           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROOFS BLOWN OFF MOBILE HOMES IN EMBERS TRAILER PARK.
            TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG HARBOUR ROAD, YELL ROAD, BALL LANE
            AND VERONA CANY ROAD.

&&

MASSIE

Local storm report, Mar 9, 6:02 PM CST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
602 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006

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

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NW MURFREESBORO       35.88N 86.43W
03/09/2006                   RUTHERFORD         TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FOUR TO FIVE STORAGE SHEDS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED AND ONE
            HOUSE WITH SLIGHT DAMAGE.

&&

MASSIE

Local storm report, Mar 9, 6:08 PM CST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
608 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006

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

0450 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HENDERSONVILLE          36.29N 86.60W
03/09/2006                   SUMNER             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN AND POWERLINE DOWN ON A HOUSE.

&&

MASSIE

Local storm report, Mar 9, 6:10 PM CST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
610 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006

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

0457 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNT JULIET            36.21N 86.52W
03/09/2006                   WILSON             TN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            FOUR TO SIX POWER POLES SNAPPED OFF ALONG LEBANON ROAD.

&&

MASSIE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 6:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Warren	48 min
Mar 9, 6:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Grundy	45 min
Mar 9, 6:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Van Buren	31 min
Mar 9, 7:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Warren	13 min
Mar 9, 7:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	47 min
Mar 9, 8:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton	27 min
Mar 9, 8:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston	29 min
Mar 9, 8:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	48 min
Mar 9, 8:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Perry	36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2006 Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.