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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2010, 6:05 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 25 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
- Mar 25, 2010, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2010, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Davidson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 13 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Mar 25, 3:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 3:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 306 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010 .DISCUSSION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCD WITH A COLD FRONT OVER WEST TN WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDSTATE SHORTLY. ACTIVITY MAY BE SEVERE WITH MAINLY A HAIL/WIND THREAT. MORNING SOUNDING SHOWING GOOD SHEAR WITH MODELS PREDICTING GOOD INSTABILITY AND ADEQUATE B+. SOUNDING ALSO INDICATING GOOD 0-3 KM SHEAR...SO A TORNADO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. LOCAL WRF MODEL INDICATING THAT STORMS SHOULD BE OUT OF THE BNA AREA BY 7 PM AND OUT OF THE CSV AREA BY 9-10 PM. STORMS WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER 6-7 PM. REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WILL BE SCT-NMRS SHOWERS WITH SGFNT COLD ADVECTION ENTERING THE NWRN COUNTIES AROUND 8-9 PM AND SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA TO THE PLATEAU BY 2 AM. A FEW REMAINING SHOWERS I THE PLATEAU EARLY TOMORROW MORNING WILL PULL EWD QUICKLY WITH THE SFC LOW ALREADY ON THE EAST COAST BY THAT TIME. SFC RIDGE TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA MOVES ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY ON FRI/FRI NGT WITH SLY FLOW RETURNING TO THE AREA BY SAT AM. SLY FLOW INCREASES ON SAT PM AND SAT NGT SUPPLYING MOISTURE TO THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PLOWING ITS WAY ACROSS THE LOWER PLAINS INTO THE MID MS VALLEY ON SAT/SAT NGT. THE LOW MOVES ACROSS THE OH/TN VALLEYS ON SUN REACHING THE EAST COAST LATE SUN NGT. SFC RIDGE OVER THE AREA FROM SUN NGT ONWARD. MODELS DO FORM A STG SFC LOW OVER THE LOWER GULF ON TUE AND MOVE IT NEWD ACROSS FL ON THU PM. MODELS KEEP ALL ASSOCD PRECIP AND MOST OF THE CLOUDINESS SOUTH OF THE AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 40 55 35 69 / 80 10 0 10 CLARKSVILLE 37 55 34 68 / 80 0 0 10 CROSSVILLE 37 49 33 62 / 90 10 0 0 COLUMBIA 41 56 37 69 / 70 10 0 10 LAWRENCEBURG 41 56 37 68 / 60 0 0 10 WAVERLY 38 56 35 69 / 70 0 0 10 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && JLM
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 1:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 150 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-261030- 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- 150 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SOME STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...CREATING ANOTHER GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS DURING THIS PERIOD COULD BECOME STRONG...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. .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 04
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 5:26 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 526 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010 TNZ094-095-252300- GILES-LAWRENCE- 526 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GILES AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES... AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT PLEASANT TO LEXINGTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST OF LEWISBURG TO 18 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... PULASKI BY 540 PM CDT. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH AND DIME SIZED HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 04
Local storm report, Mar 25, 5:34 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
534 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0533 PM HAIL FAIRVIEW 35.98N 87.12W
03/25/2010 E0.25 INCH WILLIAMSON TN TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL WAS STARTING TO COVER THE GROUND.
&&
STEIGERWALDTSpecial weather statement, Mar 25, 5:36 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 536 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010 TNZ025>027-057>060-252300- CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-DICKSON-HICKMAN-LEWIS-MAURY-WILLIAMSON- 536 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEATHAM...DAVIDSON...DICKSON... HICKMAN...LEWIS...MAURY AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES... AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KINGSTON SPRINGS TO 6 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT PLEASANT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF ASHLAND CITY TO 10 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... PEGRAM BY 540 PM CDT. COLUMBIA BY 545 PM CDT. SPRING HILL BY 555 PM CDT. FOREST HILLS BY 600 PM CDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 04
Local storm report, Mar 25, 5:50 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 34 min |
| Mar 25, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 30 min |
| Mar 25, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Marshall, Rutherford | 23 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.