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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Nashville, TN

June 9, 20084 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2008, 6:28 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 32 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
Jun 9, 2008, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties DeKalb County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN

The radar

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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 Jun 9, 1:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 1:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
159 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2008

.DISCUSSION...
CU FIELD MINIMAL ACROSS MID STATE AS WARM UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONE
REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA WITH GOOD SUBSIDENCE TAKING PLACE. TEMPS
HAVE WARMED INTO THE LOWER 90S AT A FEW LOCATIONS AS OF 1 PM CDT
WITH PLATEAU IN MID TO UPPER 80S. CU FIELD IS BEGINNING TO FORM
ALONG PLATEAU SO CANT RULE OUT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO IN
THE AFTERNOON HEAT. A POTENT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED OVER WALKER
COUNTY GEORGIA AND HEADED NORTH ACROSS CHATTANOOGA DURING THE LAST
HOUR.

POTENT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA AT EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY IN
ASSOCIATION WITH A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS
WILL LIKELY REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. ISOLATED STORMS ALSO DEVELOPING IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

MODELS BRING SURFACE LOW OUT OF MISSOURI THIS EVENING AND WORK
IT QUICKLY NORTHEAST INTO GREAT LAKES REGION OVERNIGHT WHILE
DRAGGING A WEAKENING COOL FRONT INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE
TONIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY. LATEST MODEL RUNS DONT GIVE MUCH IN THE WAY
OF PRECIP SO WILL KEEP POPS FAIRLY LOW. CANT RULE OUT ISOLATED SEVERE
LATE TONIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY IN MID STATE. STILL A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS/TSTMS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY BUT MAINLY EAST. DEEP ENOUGH
MOISTURE AROUND INTO THE WEEKEND AND WITH WEAK EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES
TRAVERSING THE AREA TO KEEP A POP RUNNING THROUGH SATURDAY.

AFTER TODAY TEMPS WILL BACK OFF FROM THE HEAT OF THE LAST SEVERAL
DAYS BUT REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL. HAVE ISSUED (UPDATED) PNS ABOUT
THE HOT START TO JUNE 2008. CHECK WEB SITE FOR DETAILS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE      72  87  67  90 /  30  30  10  20
CLARKSVILLE    70  87  64  89 /  40  30  10  20
CROSSVILLE     66  82  63  85 /  30  30  10  20
COLUMBIA       71  87  66  89 /  30  30  10  20
LAWRENCEBURG   70  87  67  89 /  30  30  10  20
WAVERLY        68  88  65  90 /  40  30  10  20

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

BOYD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 5:06 AM CDT, 13 hours 22 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
418 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2008

TNZ032-065-066-092145-
CUMBERLAND-PUTNAM-WHITE-
418 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING CUMBERLAND...PUTNAM AND WHITE
COUNTIES...

AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF MONTEREY...OR 12 MILES WEST OF
CROSSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 13 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTEREY BY 445 PM CDT.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

JLM
Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:58 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
558 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2008

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

0535 PM     HAIL             5 S MURFREESBORO        35.78N 86.39W
06/09/2008  E0.88 INCH       RUTHERFORD         TN   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED SOUTH OF MURFREESBORO

&&

JLM
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Rutherford, Wilson37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.