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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Nashville, TN

May 15, 2009Jackson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2009, 1:49 PM CDT for Jackson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 11 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: May 15, 2009, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2009, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 11 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Jackson 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 May 15, 12:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 12:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 9:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 15, 11:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1129 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

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

1123 AM     HAIL             8 S JAMESTOWN           36.32N 84.94W
05/15/2009  M1.00 INCH       FENTRESS           TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED.

&&

JBW

Special weather statement, May 15, 1:29 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 1:29 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
129 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

TNZ007>011-027>034-059>066-075-077>080-152115-
ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-
RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-
GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...
CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...
HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...
JAMESTOWN...ALLARDT...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...
LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...
CROSSVILLE...FAIRFIELD GLADE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...
MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...TRACY CITY...ALTAMONT...COALMONT...
SPENCER
129 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE
EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON...

UNSTABLE AIR AND A MID LEVEL CIRCULATION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST MIDDLE TENNESSEE
THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED CELLS COULD PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. BECAUSE OF THE BRIEF AND ISOLATED
NATURE OF THE STORMS...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ANTICIPATED.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 11:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress	36 min
May 15, 12:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Williamson	26 min
May 15, 12:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale	23 min
May 15, 12:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Macon	21 min
May 15, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Jackson	55 min
May 15, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Williamson	37 min
May 15, 1:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Jackson	49 min
May 15, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy	30 min
May 15, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Overton	32 min
May 15, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith	18 min
May 15, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Pickett	34 min
May 15, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence	54 min
May 15, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb, Warren	31 min
May 15, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Van Buren, White	28 min
May 15, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford	26 min
May 15, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress, Overton, Pickett	28 min
May 15, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Putnam, White	48 min
May 15, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Rutherford	28 min
May 15, 2:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Pickett	3 hr
May 15, 2:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	White	3 hr
May 15, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Overton, Putnam	34 min
May 15, 3:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Van Buren	3 hr
May 15, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	37 min
May 15, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Robertson, Sumner	32 min
May 15, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson	35 min
May 15, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Robertson, Sumner	30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.