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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Nashville, TN

May 26, 2006Dickson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2006, 5:53 PM CDT for Dickson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 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 26, 2006, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dickson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2006-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 404 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 2006-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 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
404 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
967 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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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 26, 3:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 3:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 9:08 AM CDT, 8 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
908 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-271030-
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-
908 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 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 THE AFTERNOON. THE THREAT
WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE MID STATE AGAIN
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart45 min
May 25, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton33 min
May 25, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston26 min
May 25, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton15 min
May 26, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys31 min
May 26, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman37 min
May 26, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis42 min
May 26, 2:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall37 min
May 26, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys29 min
May 26, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys30 min
May 26, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys35 min
May 26, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Rutherford, Williamson25 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.