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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Nashville, TN

May 17, 2010Davidson County, Rutherford County, Williamson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2010, 7:40 PM CDT for Davidson County, Rutherford County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 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 17, 2010, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2010, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Davidson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 17, 5:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 5:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 5:23 AM CDT, 14 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
523 AM CDT MON MAY 17 2010

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-181200-
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-DE KALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
523 AM CDT MON MAY 17 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LOW PRESSURE WILL COMBINE WITH LINGERING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY
TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. A
FEW STORMS COULD BE BRIEFLY SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVEN THOUGH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF AND
ISOLATED, SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO CALL IN ANYTHING REACHING REPORTING
CRITERIA.

SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA...
TORNADO
FUNNEL CLOUD
FLOODING
HAIL >= 1/2 INCH
WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED)
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN

13

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 17, 3:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
357 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2010

TNZ026-027-172130-
CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-
357 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEATHAM AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES...

AT 354 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF KINGSTON SPRINGS...OR 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ASHLAND CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

04
Special weather statement, May 17, 4:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
454 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2010

TNZ027-028-059-062-172300-
DAVIDSON-RUTHERFORD-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
454 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DAVIDSON...RUTHERFORD...
WILLIAMSON AND WILSON COUNTIES...

AT 451 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.

HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

BOYD
Local storm report, May 17, 6:46 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
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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.