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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Nashville, TN

May 28, 2010Lawrence County, Lewis County, Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2010, 5:24 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Lewis County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 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 28, 2010, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2010, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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 28, 3:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 3:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 11:27 AM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1127 AM CDT FRI MAY 28 2010

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-291630-
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-
1127 AM CDT FRI MAY 28 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE MID STATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. IN ADDITION... STEERING CURRENTS WILL BE RELATIVELY WEAK
OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA, WHICH MEANS THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE SLOW-MOVING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
PONDING OF WATER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BECOME A MAINSTAY OVER THE
SOUTHEAST STATES SATURDAY INTO MONDAY. MORE SCATTERED AFTERNOON
AND EVENING PULSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...SOME WITH STRONG
WINDS...HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
418 PM CDT FRI MAY 28 2010

TNZ024-025-057-282215-
DICKSON-HICKMAN-HUMPHREYS-
418 PM CDT FRI MAY 28 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DICKSON...HICKMAN AND HUMPHREYS
COUNTIES...

AT 408 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DICKSON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN HUMPHREYS...NORTHERN HICKMAN AND SOUTHERN DICKSON
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DICKSON AND BURNS...SHOULD MONITOR
THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

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Local storm report, May 28, 5:24 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 12:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren31 min
May 28, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy31 min
May 28, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Van Buren, White32 min
May 28, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy, Warren33 min
May 28, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren, White29 min
May 28, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam, White34 min
May 28, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury, Williamson25 min
May 28, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson14 min
May 28, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis36 min
May 28, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury5 min
May 28, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Montgomery36 min
May 28, 5:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXMontgomery2 hr
May 28, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury37 min
May 28, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Marshall25 min
May 28, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner26 min
May 28, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner24 min
May 28, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Maury23 min
May 28, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner19 min
May 28, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Sumner23 min
May 28, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys14 min
May 28, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence34 min
May 28, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Maury14 min
May 28, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Sumner16 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.