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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Nashville, TN

June 15, 2009Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2009, 6:57 PM CDT for Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 17 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 15, 2009, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2009, 7:14 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 15, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 12:00Z on 2009-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1321 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 12:00Z on 2009-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.1

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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 15, 3:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
309 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

.DISCUSSION...SURFACE MAP AT 19Z SHOWS BOUNDARY LYING ACROSS
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY, WITH
MOST OF THE ONGOING CONVECTION OCCURRING NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY.
TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN INTO THE 80S THIS AFTERNOON, ALTHOUGH
SCATTERED CELLS HAVE TEMPORARILY DROPPED TEMPERATURES IN SEVERAL
LOCATIONS. ATMOSPHERE REMAINS QUITE MOIST WITH DEW POINTS HAVING
RISEN INTO THE LOWER 70S ACROSS WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

ATMOSPHERIC MODELS SHOW CONVECTION TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AFFECTING
MAINLY THE NORTHEAST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AS THE BOUNDARY
LIFTS SLOWLY NORTHWARD ACROSS THE MID STATE. A LOW CENTER
CURRENTLY DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL TRACK EASTWARD
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, EVENTUALLY BRINGING A COLD FRONT
THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON WEDNESDAY.

A WARMING TREND WILL SEND TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 80S
TOMORROW, LOWER 90S WEDNESDAY, AND MID 90S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL COME THROUGH IN THE FORM OF ANOTHER
COLD FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY, PRODUCING SCATTERED CELLS.
ASIDE FROM THIS, THE PERIOD FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE
WEEKEND LOOKS TO BE DRY.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE      68  88  71  92 /  40  40  30  20
CLARKSVILLE    67  87  71  91 /  40  40  20  20
CROSSVILLE     65  83  69  86 /  50  40  50  50
COLUMBIA       69  89  70  93 /  30  40  20  20
LAWRENCEBURG   69  90  70  93 /  30  40  20  20
WAVERLY        68  88  71  92 /  40  40  20  20
&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 419
UNTIL 600 PM...TORNADO WATCH 422 UNTIL 600 PM.
&&

ROSE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 5:26 AM CDT, 13 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
526 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-161030-
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-
526 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LOOK FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST LATER TODAY
INTO THIS EVENING...WITH ANOTHER ROUND POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. SOME
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ONCE MORE ON TUESDAY...AGAIN WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

17/MAG

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson35 min
Jun 15, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPerry, Wayne43 min
Jun 15, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWayne33 min
Jun 15, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne23 min
Jun 15, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWayne34 min
Jun 15, 5:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne114 min
Jun 15, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne35 min
Jun 15, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWayne30 min
Jun 15, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2009Every 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.