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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Nashville, TN

April 24, 2011Macon County, Sumner County, Trousdale County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2011, 1:22 PM CDT for Macon County, Sumner County, Trousdale County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2011, 1:22 PM CDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2011, 2:01 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Macon County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 61 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1536 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1536 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

553 
WUUS54 KOHX 241822
SVROHX
TNC111-165-169-241915-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0101.110424T1822Z-110424T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
122 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TROUSDALE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WESTERN MACON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  EASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 120 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL...
  AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE STORM WAS NEAR
  GALLATIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WESTMORELAND...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2. DO NOT
STAY OUTDOORS IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...WHICH
COULD FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS QUICKLY AND COVER ROADS WITH WATER. DO
NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3664 8593 3661 8588 3635 8632 3643 8654
      3665 8635
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 220DEG 17KT 3642 8641

$$

FORECASTER:BOYD
1 follow-up statement
397 
WWUS54 KOHX 241901
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
201 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

TNC111-165-169-241910-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110424T1915Z/
TROUSDALE TN-MACON TN-SUMNER TN-
201 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SUMNER...WESTERN MACON
AND NORTHWESTERN TROUSDALE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3664 8593 3661 8588 3635 8632 3643 8654
      3665 8635
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 220DEG 17KT 3656 8627

$$

BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson26 min
Apr 24, 12:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Sumner47 min
Apr 24, 12:37 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Sumner38 min
Apr 24, 12:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXSumner118 min
Apr 24, 1:06 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner, Trousdale, Wilson24 min
Apr 24, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale54 min
Apr 24, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon, Pickett66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.