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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Nashville, TN

May 25, 2011Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2011, 9:02 PM CDT for Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2011, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Stewart County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 9:28 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG17 Nw Dover, TNSIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE REPORTED ON RUSHING CREEK ROAD IN THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 00:00Z on 2011-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1870 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1870 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
334 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
14.1

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The text

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

376 
WUUS54 KOHX 260202
SVROHX
TNC161-260230-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0202.110526T0202Z-110526T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
902 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN STEWART COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 857 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THE STORM WAS NEAR MURRAY...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM THURSDAY MORNING FOR
CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3668 8791 3667 8787 3665 8785 3665 8777
      3655 8805 3667 8808 3668 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 244DEG 33KT 3659 8822

$$

FORECASTER: ROSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton37 min
May 25, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXStewart25 min
May 25, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart42 min
May 25, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart35 min
May 25, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry33 min
May 25, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry29 min
May 25, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Montgomery, Robertson and 1 more33 min
May 25, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Williamson30 min
May 25, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis, Perry, Wayne46 min
May 25, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Sumner27 min
May 25, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Sumner and 2 more45 min
May 25, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry25 min
May 25, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale34 min
May 25, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne31 min
May 25, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence24 min
May 25, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson22 min
May 25, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and 1 more37 min
May 25, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Maury, Williamson, Wilson47 min
May 25, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury29 min
May 25, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Marshall25 min
May 25, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson30 min
May 26, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Marshall, Rutherford36 min
May 26, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Davidson, Jackson, Macon, Rutherford, Smith and 4 more34 min
May 26, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford26 min
May 26, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson33 min
May 26, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Warren, White32 min
May 26, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Overton, Putnam28 min
May 26, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam38 min
May 26, 8:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee27 min
May 26, 8:51 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCoffee24 min
May 26, 9:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Warren27 min
May 26, 9:11 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCoffee, Warren34 min
May 26, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Macon, Trousdale36 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.