Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2007, 5:22 PM CDT for Fentress County, Tennessee. It was in force for 38 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
- Jun 29, 2007, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Fentress County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 5:44 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Allardt, TN | TREES DOWN ON BASELINE ROAD IN ALLARDT |
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 22 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 nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 573 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KOHX 292222 SVROHX TNC049-292300- /O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0079.070629T2222Z-070629T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 522 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL FENTRESS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALLARDT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE REMAIN IN RURAL EASTERN FENTRESS COUNTY... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 3644 8490 3626 8490 3625 8456 3647 8457 $$ BOYD
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KOHX 292243 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 540 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 TNC049-292300- /O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-070629T2300Z/ FENTRESS TN- 540 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL FENTRESS COUNTY... AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALLARDT...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. ANOTHER STORM HAS ENTERED NORTHWEST FENTRESS COUNTY THAT COULD BECOME SEVERE SHORTLY. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR JAMESTOWN BY 6 PM. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 3650 8504 3622 8509 3625 8456 3651 8463 $$ BOYD
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 Jun 29, 2:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 244 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 .DISCUSSION... UPPER TROUGH OVER CNTRL/LOWER PLAINS EXPECTED TO BREAKUP THIS WEEKEND WITH THE NRN HALF BEING PUSHED SEWD ACROSS THE MIDSTATE ACCOMPANIED BY A SFC FRONT. SFC WINDS ARE BRIDGING ACROSS THE FRONT WITH ASSOCIATED DRYING HOLDING OFF TIL SUN NGT/MON. SFC RIDGE OVER THE GREAT LAKES PUSHES THE MOIST AIR A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH ON MON NGT/TUE BEFORE SLY FLOW RETURNS LATE TUE/TUE NGT. THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION RETURNS TO THE FORECAST FOR THE 4TH OF JULY AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE AND ANOTHER WEAK FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE CHANCE OF RAIN CONTINUES THRU WED NGT AND THU AS THE FRONT SWEEPS IN ON THU AM. DRY AIR PUSHES INTO THE AREA ON FRI WITH THE GFS BRINGING IN A FAIRLY STRONG SFC RIDGE ON SAT. MOS POPS AND TEMPS SEEM REASONABLE WITH NO SGFNT DEVIATIONS PLANNED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 70 86 67 87 / 30 40 30 20 CLARKSVILLE 65 86 65 85 / 30 40 40 20 CROSSVILLE 64 82 62 83 / 30 30 20 20 COLUMBIA 70 88 68 87 / 30 40 40 20 LAWRENCEBURG 70 89 69 87 / 30 40 40 20 WAVERLY 68 87 66 87 / 30 50 40 20 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && JLM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 303 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 TNZ028-292030- WILSON- 303 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH WILSON COUNTY... A COMPLEX OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH WILSON COUNTY THROUGH 320 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. IF TRAVELING...EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL. 21
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 323 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 TNZ007-292045- ROBERTSON- 323 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH ROBERTSON COUNTY... A COMPLEX OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH ROBERTSON COUNTY THROUGH 340 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. IF TRAVELING...EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL. 21
Local storm report, Jun 29, 3:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
343 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 S LEBANON 36.07N 86.32W
06/29/2007 WILSON TN TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN
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JCOHENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | White | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Overton | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.