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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 314, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2010, 5:06 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 24 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
- Aug 15, 2010, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2010, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Perry County, TN, Wayne County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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 Aug 14, 6:28 PM CDT, 22 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 6:28 PM CDT, 22 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 628 PM CDT SAT AUG 14 2010 .UPDATE... HUMID AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS IN THE LOWER LEVELS WILL COMBINE WITH A WESTERLY UPPER DIFFLUENT FLOW TO PRODUCE SCT AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. ACTIVITY SHOULD DIE OUT AFTER 06Z WITH 3-5 SM BR POSSIBLE TOWARD 12Z. && .AVIATION... && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 518 PM CDT SAT AUG 14 2010/ MESOSCALE UPDATE...BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE, WITH A LARGE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY RACING TOWARD THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA. ELSEWHERE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE, ISOLATED CELLS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. LAPS ANALYSIS FROM 21Z SHOWS THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR LOCATED ACROSS THE UPPER CUMBERLAND PLATEAU, BACK ACROSS THE METRO AREA, THEN INTO WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. TBNA SHOWS BEST VELOCITIES ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OCCURRING IN ROBERTSON COUNTY, WITH VALUES OF 30-40 KTS AROUND 2,300 FT AGL. AT THE MOMENT, NO SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE, ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE STORMS MAY STRENGTHEN FURTHER GIVEN THE MORE UNSTABLE AIR MASS THEY'RE MOVING INTO. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 324 PM CDT SAT AUG 14 2010/ SHORT TERM (THRU MON)... ISO TRW DEVELOPING IN MID AFTERNOON HEAT. IT IS VERY UNSTABLE IN W MID TN S/CAPES AROUND 4000 J/KG. MORE ORGANIZED AREA OF PCPN WITH MCV IN W KY PRODUCING BROKEN LINE TRW. SYS EXPECTED TO BUILD SE INTO NW MID TN BY LATE AFTERNOON. H8 WINDS TEND TO WEAKEN W/SYS THIS EVENING. EXPECT TO GET SOME STRONG-SEVERE STORMS NW QUAD OF MID TN THIS EVENING...TO I-65 CORRIDOR BEFORE SYS WEAKENS. SOME STORMS POSSBILE IN W MID TN S OF I-40 AS WELL. INC CHC OF PCPN TNGT. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. ANOTHER HOT DAY SUNDAY W/MAINLY SCT RW/TRW. HEAT ADVISORY FOR ONE MORE DAY ON TRACK. SFC HIGH PRES TRACKS ACR THE OH VLY MON AND PUSHES A FRONT INTO MID TN. SCT RW/TRW ATTM. LONG TERM (TUE-SAT)... LONG-TERM MODELS CONTINUES TO SHOW SFC LOW PRES TRACKING WEST ALONG THE GULF COAST TUE-WED THEN LIFTING NORTH. MOISTURE STREAMS INTO THE REGION. MAIN IMPACT LOOKS TO BE CLOUDS WITH POPS IN SLGT TO CHC RANGE ATTM. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR TNZ005>010-022>031- 056>064-075-077-093>095. && 21
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Smith | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Wilson | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 12 min |
| Aug 15, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.