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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Nashville, TN

May 26, 2006Bedford County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2006, 8:02 PM CDT for Bedford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 28 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
May 26, 2006, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2006, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bedford County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 8:08 PM CDTHAIL 1.757 Wsw Shelbyville, TN

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 00:00Z on 2006-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3011 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2006-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
3011 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1159 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KOHX 270102
SVROHX
TNC003-270130-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0252.060527T0102Z-060527T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHELBYVILLE

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 757 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF SHELBYVILLE...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHELBYVILLE BY 810 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3559 8656 3546 8671 3520 8642 3536 8623

$$

JAO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KOHX 270113
SVSOHX

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

TNC003-270130-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060527T0130Z/
BEDFORD TN-
812 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY...

AT 809 PM CDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE 
HAIL WITH A STORM LOCATED NEAR THE BEDFORD COMMUNITY, APPROXIMATELY 
7 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SHELBYVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 
MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3559 8656 3546 8671 3520 8642 3536 8623

$$
ROSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Maury, Williamson29 min
May 26, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Rutherford24 min
May 26, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys34 min
May 26, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford30 min
May 26, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry31 min
May 26, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury23 min
May 26, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Perry31 min
May 26, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys26 min
May 26, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Marshall, Maury39 min
May 26, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys31 min
May 26, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis31 min
May 26, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Maury35 min
May 26, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis29 min
May 26, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles46 min
May 26, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence33 min
May 26, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence29 min
May 27, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner38 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.