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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Nashville, TN

June 2, 2009Clay County, Jackson County, Macon County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2009, 5:26 PM CDT for Clay County, Jackson County, Macon County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 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 2, 2009, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2009, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1479 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1358 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 2, 3:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 3:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 5:00 AM CDT, 12 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
500 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-031030-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
500 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
MIDDLE TENNESSEE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT, WITH SOME
ACTIVE WEATHER LASTING INTO FRIDAY ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.
HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS WILL
AVERAGE AROUND 2 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AS
A RESULT, ISOLATED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NASHVILLE.

ROSE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 12:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1224 PM CDT TUE JUN 02 2009

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

1223 PM     HAIL             HENDERSONVILLE          36.29N 86.60W
06/02/2009  E0.88 INCH       SUMNER             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            AT INTERSECTION OF CURTIS CROSS ROAD AND SAUNDERS FERRY
            ROAD IN HENDERSONVILLE.

&&

MTP

Local storm report, Jun 2, 12:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1245 PM CDT TUE JUN 02 2009

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

1235 PM     HAIL             2 W CENTERVILLE         35.79N 87.49W
06/02/2009  E0.75 INCH       HICKMAN            TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY S.O. NEAR CENTERVILLE.

&&

JLM

Local storm report, Jun 2, 1:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
106 PM CDT TUE JUN 02 2009

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

0103 PM     HAIL             8 SE HOHENWALD          35.47N 87.46W
06/02/2009  E0.75 INCH       LEWIS              TN   PUBLIC

            PENNEY SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY PUBLIC NEAR THE INTERSECTION
            OF SUMMERTOWN RD AND NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY

&&

JLM

Local storm report, Jun 2, 2:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
210 PM CDT TUE JUN 02 2009

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

0209 PM     HAIL             9 N COLUMBIA            35.75N 87.05W
06/02/2009  E0.75 INCH       MAURY              TN   PUBLIC

&&

MDAVIS

Local storm report, Jun 2, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
230 PM CDT TUE JUN 02 2009

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

0140 PM     HAIL             3 S KINGSTON SPRINGS    36.05N 87.10W
06/02/2009  E0.75 INCH       WILLIAMSON         TN   PUBLIC

&&

MDAVIS

Local storm report, Jun 2, 2:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 12:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	35 min
Jun 2, 12:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman	30 min
Jun 2, 12:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman	23 min
Jun 2, 12:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury	33 min
Jun 2, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Maury, Williamson	23 min
Jun 2, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson	35 min
Jun 2, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence	27 min
Jun 2, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Robertson	37 min
Jun 2, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence	27 min
Jun 2, 2:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Lawrence	3 hr
Jun 2, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Macon, Smith, Trousdale	21 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.