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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Nashville, TN

May 26, 2006Dickson County, Hickman County, Humphreys County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT for Dickson County, Hickman County, Humphreys County, Tennessee. It was in force for 30 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: May 26, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dickson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Humphreys County, TN

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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
May 26, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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: 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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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KOHX 262331
SVROHX
TNC043-081-085-270000-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0243.060526T2330Z-060527T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
630 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DICKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DICKSON
  NORTHEASTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  NORTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCEWEN...OR ABOUT
  11 MILES EAST OF WAVERLY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
  THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ...
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DICKSON BY 700 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3622 8755 3610 8772 3585 8723 3615 8718

$$
JAO

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KOHX 262344
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
644 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006

TNC043-081-085-270000-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0243.000000T0000Z-060527T0000Z/
HICKMAN TN-DICKSON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
644 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL HUMPHREYS...SOUTHERN DICKSON AND NORTHEASTERN
HICKMAN COUNTIES...

AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DICKSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WHITE BLUFF AND BURNS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3622 8755 3610 8772 3585 8723 3615 8718

$$
ROSE

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, 6:10 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 6:10 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
610 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006

.UPDATE...PUBLIC FORECAST HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE WATCH
AND INCREASE POPS TO 30 PERCENT AREA-WIDE.
&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 409
UNTIL 04Z FOR MOST MIDDLE TENNESSEE COUNTIES, EXCEPT THOSE
GENERALLY ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE UPPER PLATEAU.
&&

ROSE

Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 9:08 AM CDT, 9 hours 22 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 6:21 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
621 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006

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

0612 PM     HAIL             2 S CHARLOTTE           36.16N 87.35W
05/26/2006  M2.00 INCH       DICKSON            TN   PUBLIC

            METEOROLOGIST REPORTS 2 HAIL...

&&

WEK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	45 min
May 25, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton	33 min
May 25, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston	26 min
May 25, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton	15 min
May 26, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	31 min
May 26, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman	37 min
May 26, 1:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis	42 min
May 26, 2:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Marshall	37 min
May 26, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson	37 min
May 26, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Humphreys	29 min
May 26, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Humphreys	35 min
May 26, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford, Williamson	25 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.