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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2010, 7:19 AM CDT for Maury County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 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 1, 2010, 7:19 AM CDT (12:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2010, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Maury County, TN, Williamson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:11 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 442 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
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 May 1, 5:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 5:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 6:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 603 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 TNZ005>010-022>031-056>064-075-077-093>095-021030- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-BENTON-HOUSTON- HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH- JACKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD- CANNON-DE KALB-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES- 603 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP AS WELL. ADDITIONALLY...FLOODING AND OR FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE THREAT OF MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AND INTO EARLY MONDAY. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. TNZ011-032>034-065-066-078>080-021030- PICKETT-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-WARREN-GRUNDY- VAN BUREN- 603 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP AS WELL. ADDITIONALLY...MINOR FLOODING AND OR FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE THREAT OF MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AND INTO EARLY MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN 07
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 1, 2:17 AM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 217 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 TNZ005-022>024-010800- BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-STEWART- 217 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BENTON...HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS AND STEWART COUNTIES... AT 209 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 29 MILES WEST OF BUENA VISTA...OR 34 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HIGH WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG THIS LINE ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL. RESIDENTS IN BENTON...HOUSTON...HUMPREYS AND STEWART COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED SHORTLY FOR YOUR AREA. BOYD
Special weather statement, May 1, 5:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 504 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 TNZ006>008-022>027-056-057-059-011100- BENTON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-DICKSON-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS- MONTGOMERY-PERRY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-WILLIAMSON- 504 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BENTON...CHEATHAM...DAVIDSON... DICKSON...HICKMAN...HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS...MONTGOMERY...PERRY... ROBERTSON...SUMNER AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES... AT 501 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINDEN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BOYD
Special weather statement, May 1, 5:17 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 517 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 TNZ007-008-024>027-056-057-059-011115- CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-DICKSON-HICKMAN-HUMPHREYS-PERRY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER- WILLIAMSON- 517 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEATHAM...DAVIDSON...DICKSON... HICKMAN...HUMPHREYS...PERRY...ROBERTSON...SUMNER AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES... AT 518 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PORTLAND TO WHITE HOUSE TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINDEN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BOYD
Special weather statement, May 1, 6:50 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 650 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 TNZ008>010-027>032-056>062-064-093>095-011245- CLAY-DAVIDSON-DEKALB-GILES-HICKMAN-JACKSON-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MACON- MARSHALL-MAURY-PERRY-PUTNAM-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-WAYNE- WILLIAMSON-WILSON- 650 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLAY...DAVIDSON...DEKALB... GILES...HICKMAN...JACKSON...LAWRENCE...LEWIS...MACON...MARSHALL... MAURY...PERRY...PUTNAM...RUTHERFORD...SMITH...SUMNER...TROUSDALE... WAYNE...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON COUNTIES... AT 648 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RED BOILING SPRINGS TO 7 MILES NORTH OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BOYD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis | 28 min |
| May 1, 2:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Stewart | 62 min |
| May 1, 3:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 25 min |
| May 1, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys | 39 min |
| May 1, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 38 min |
| May 1, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Perry | 58 min |
| May 1, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson | 34 min |
| May 1, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 45 min |
| May 1, 8:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 8 hr |
| May 1, 9:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cannon, Cheatham, Davidson, DeKalb, Dickson, Hickman and 5 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 10:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Maury | 6 hr |
| May 1, 10:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Williamson | 6 hr |
| May 1, 11:02 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | OHX | Cheatham | 4 hr |
| May 1, 11:02 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 4 hr |
| May 1, 11:02 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | OHX | Williamson | 4 hr |
| May 1, 11:02 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 4 hr |
| May 1, 11:02 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | OHX | Montgomery | 11 hr |
| May 1, 11:02 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | OHX | Perry | 4 hr |
| May 1, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 27 min |
| May 1, 12:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 43 hr |
| May 1, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson | 34 min |
| May 1, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 37 min |
| May 1, 1:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 22 min |
| May 1, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 32 min |
| May 1, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Smith, Wilson | 31 min |
| May 1, 3:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Perry | 4 days |
| May 1, 3:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 3 days |
| May 1, 3:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 62 hr |
| May 1, 3:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Williamson | 54 hr |
| May 1, 3:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 4 days |
| May 1, 3:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 4 days |
| May 1, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 48 min |
| May 1, 3:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, DeKalb, Dickson, Hickman and 16 more | 24 hr |
| May 1, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 27 min |
| May 1, 3:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 40 hr |
| May 1, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 32 min |
| May 1, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 29 min |
| May 1, 4:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| May 1, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Warren, White | 24 min |
| May 1, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren | 34 min |
| May 1, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 31 min |
| May 1, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee | 28 min |
| May 1, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall | 23 min |
| May 1, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, White | 26 min |
| May 1, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 34 min |
| May 1, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 26 min |
| May 1, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 30 min |
| May 1, 5:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb and 20 more | 24 hr |
| May 1, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 30 min |
| May 1, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 28 min |
| May 1, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.