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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 278, NWS Nashville, TN

July 15, 2009Overton County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2009, 10:34 PM CDT for Overton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 2009, 10:34 PM CDT (03:34 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2009, 11:05 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Overton County, TN

The radar

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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 Jul 15, 9:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 9:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
921 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2009

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE WEAKENED WITH THE STRONGEST
ACTIVITY NOW OVER WAYNE COUNTY. NEVERTHELESS...MODERATE RAINFALL AND
A FEW EMBEDDED TSTMS EXTENDS WESTWARD INTO WESTERN TN. WILL CONTINUE
WITH THE HIGH POPS BUT REMOVE THE REFERENCE TO TIMING AS STORMS HAVE
POPPED UP ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLATEAU.

WILL ALSO REMOVE REFERENCE TO SEVERE STORMS AS INSTABILITIES HAVE
BACKED OFF FOR THE NIGHT.

UPDATE OUT SHORTLY.

&&

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 7:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
743 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2009

TNZ005>009-022>029-056>062-075-093>095-160345-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-BENTON-HOUSTON-
HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-PERRY-
HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-BEDFORD-WAYNE-
LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...
ASHLAND CITY...KINGSTON SPRINGS...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...LINDEN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...
HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...
MURFREESBORO...SHELBYVILLE...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
743 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2009

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST FROM WESTERN TN...

AT 740 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM MAYFIELD KY THROUGH TRENTON TN...SW TO COVINGTON
TN. THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL REACH
WESTERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TN BETWEEN 815 PM AND 915 PM. AS THIS
ACTIVITY OVERSPREADS WESTERN AREAS OF THE MID STATE THIS
EVENING...STRONG TO SEVERE TSTMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. HIGH WINDS
WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND SOME FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED...
ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTENING.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 9:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 9:47 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 9:59 PM CDT, 35 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
Jul 15, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Humphreys	35 min
Jul 15, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Perry	40 min
Jul 15, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton	21 min
Jul 15, 8:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Perry	111 min
Jul 15, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Perry	57 min
Jul 15, 9:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Benton	2 hr
Jul 15, 9:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	104 min
Jul 15, 10:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Overton	3 hr
Jul 15, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford	23 min
Jul 15, 11:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Clay	3 hr
Jul 16, 12:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Putnam	3 hr
Jul 16, 12:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Jackson, Overton	2 hr
Jul 16, 5:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Lawrence	3 hr
Jul 16, 5:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Giles	119 min
Jul 16, 6:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	3 hr

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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.