Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2011, 7:42 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Fentress County, Tennessee. It was in force for 63 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 27, 2011, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cumberland County, TN, Fentress County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 308 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 104 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
235
WUUS54 KOHX 280042
SVROHX
TNC035-049-280145-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0159.110428T0042Z-110428T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
742 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
FENTRESS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT/945 PM EDT/
* AT 740 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 HIGH
POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALLARDT...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3633 8477 3629 8479 3627 8487 3623 8487
3621 8489 3616 8489 3610 8483 3609 8480
3602 8488 3625 8510 3630 8511 3653 8475
3653 8473 3640 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 227DEG 31KT 3620 8492
$$
04What 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 Apr 27, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 639 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 .UPDATE...FOR 00Z TAFS. && .AVIATION... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS BRIEFLY BRINGING VSBYS/CEILINGS DOWN TO MVFR/IFR WILL DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT BUT CEILINGS MAY STAY LOW PERIODICALLY THRU 12Z-14Z. AFT THAT TIME...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED BNA/CSV THRU 00Z FRI. WINDS WILL BECOMING GUSTY AT TIMES. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 348 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011/ DISCUSSION... SIGNIFICANT ONGOING WEATHER EVENT EXPECTED TO WRAP UP OVERNIGHT AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY PASSES. FRONT CURRENTLY ACROSS EASTERN AR/LA WILL MOVE EAST AS SFC LOW MOVES RAPIDLY INTO SOUTHERN IL BY 00Z. IN THE MEANTIME THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS REMAIN ON THE VERY HIGH END ALTHOUGH SFC BASED INSTABILITY NOT RECOVERED TOO WELL. WELL DEFINED WARM FRONT ACROSS NORTH AL HOWEVER EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH AND RECHARGED SFC BASED JUICE. THIS WILL LEAVE AREA IN VERY HIGH CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISO TORNADOES THRU MIDNIGHT OR SO...ENDING EAST. PLAN ON KILLING WIND ADVISORY. FRONT PASSES BNA LATE THIS EVENING AND CSV JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS/STORMS WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT AS BIGTIME DRYING SLIDES IN BEHIND FRONT. WHILE SEVERE STORMS/SHORT-FUSE FLOODING WILL END...RIVERS/CREEKS WILL REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD WELL INTO SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY AROUND BNA AND WEST WHERE 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN FELL THROUGHOUT THE LAST 2-3 DAYS. ON THU...DRY WX EXPECTED TO RETURN AREA-WIDE BUT SHARP UPPER TROF SLIDING BY THU NIGHT MAY BRING A FEW SHOWERS TO THE EXTREME NORTH BUT THATS ABOUT IT. ON FRI...ML/UL RIDGE FINALLY TAKES HOLD LATE... COMBINING WITH SFC/LL HIGHS. THESE FEATURES PRETTY MUCH RULE THRU SAT NIGHT...WITH NEXT FRONTAL BOUNDARY SETTING UP ACROSS THE MS RIVER VALLEY TOWARD 12Z SUN. A FEW STORMS MAY SPILL INTO THE EXTREME NORTHWEST BEFORE 12Z BUT THE MAIN AFFECTS WILL BE FELT MORE-SO SUN THRU MON AS THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY PASSES. FRONT PASSING WITH GOOD BIT OF INSTABILITY AND A DECENT TRAILING UL TROF. EXPECT AT LEAST SCT TSTORMS THRU THAT PERIOD. THINGS CLEAR OUT MONDAY RETURNING DRY WEATHER...HOLDING INTO MID- LATE WEEK. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR TNZ005>011- 022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095. && 07
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 4:47 AM CDT, 14 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 447 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-281000- 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- 447 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. A MODERATE RISK EXISTS OVER MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE MID STATE. LONG TRACKED STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING... ALONG WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME AREA CREEKS, STREAMS AND RIVERS TO REACH...OR APPROACH...FLOOD STAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT IS EXPECTED. SPOTTER REPORTS WILL 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 19
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 27, 6:50 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
650 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM FLOOD 5 S WATERTOWN 36.03N 86.14W
04/27/2011 WILSON TN PUBLIC
ROAD FLOODED AT INTERSECTION OF STATESVILLE ROAD AND
GREENVALE ROAD.
&&
JLMLocal storm report, Apr 27, 7:10 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
710 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0653 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 SE MANCHESTER 35.39N 85.98W
04/27/2011 COFFEE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES BLOWN IN THE HILLSBORO COMMUNITY.
&&
JLMSpecial weather statement, Apr 27, 7:17 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 717 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 TNZ064-065-078-080-280045- DEKALB-VAN BUREN-WARREN-WHITE- 717 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DEKALB...VAN BUREN...WARREN AND WHITE COUNTIES... AT 714 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MCMINNVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. HALF INCH SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 21
Local storm report, Apr 27, 7:18 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
718 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 PM HAIL MCMINNVILLE 35.69N 85.78W
04/27/2011 E0.50 INCH WARREN TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR MCMINNVILLE.
&&
JLMLocal storm report, Apr 27, 7:38 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
738 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG MCMINNVILLE 35.69N 85.78W
04/27/2011 WARREN TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES BLOWN DOWN. ONE TREE ON A HOUSE.
&&
JLMLocal storm report, Apr 27, 7:40 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
740 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM FLOOD MCMINNVILLE 35.69N 85.78W
04/27/2011 WARREN TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED.
&&
JLMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Overton, Putnam, Van Buren and 2 more | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 7:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Decatur, Hardin, Perry, Wayne | 11 days |
| Apr 27, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 12 min |
| Apr 27, 8:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Maury | 67 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Giles | 12 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Giles | 22 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:14 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 25 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:14 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Williamson | 22 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:00 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Bedford | 7 hr |
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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.