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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 376, NWS Nashville, TN

August 14, 2006Davidson County, Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2006, 10:39 PM CDT for Davidson County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 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
Aug 14, 2006, 10:39 PM CDT (03:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2006, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Davidson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 7 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 2006-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1819 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 00:00Z on 2006-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1819 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.8

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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 Aug 14, 8:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 8:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 5:30 AM CDT, 17 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
530 AM CDT MON AUG 14 2006

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-151030-
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 MON AUG 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY. A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM IN NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST THIS EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE KENTUCKY BORDER. DAMAGING
WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE NEXT
WEEKEND. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

04

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 4:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
445 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006

TNZ010-031-142245-
CLAY-JACKSON-
445 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES...

AT 438 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RED BOILING SPRINGS...OR 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF GAINESBORO...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

PEOPLE IN JACKSON AND SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF
GAINESBORO...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD
SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 8:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
809 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006

TNZ005-006-022>024-150215-
BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-MONTGOMERY-STEWART-
809 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BENTON...HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS
...MONTGOMERY AND STEWART COUNTIES...

AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CANTON TO 14 MILES
NORTH OF SPRINGVILLE TO MCKENZIE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CADIZ TO 14 MILES WEST OF DOVER TO MCKENZIE...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

PEOPLE IN HOUSTON...BENTON...HUMPHREYS...STEWART AND MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DOVER...CAMDEN...TENNESSEE
RIDGE...ERIN AND CLARKSVILLE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 10:26 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 14, 10:27 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart63 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.