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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS Nashville, TN

June 15, 20115 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2011, 10:03 AM CDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 57 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: Jun 15, 2011, 10:03 AM CDT (15:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fentress County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 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 nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 338 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 227 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -377 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

553 
WUUS54 KOHX 151503
SVROHX
TNC049-087-133-137-141-151600-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0242.110615T1503Z-110615T1600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1003 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  OVERTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  FENTRESS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  PICKETT COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT

* AT 1000 AM 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
  GAINESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LIVINGSTON...
  JAMESTOWN...

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 3661 8483 3633 8475 3633 8477 3629 8479
      3627 8487 3623 8488 3619 8560 3637 8565
      3662 8487
TIME...MOT...LOC 1503Z 258DEG 31KT 3630 8552

$$

FORECASTER:BOYD

2 follow-up statements

793 
WWUS54 KOHX 151512
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1012 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

TNC049-087-133-137-141-151600-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0242.000000T0000Z-110615T1600Z/
PUTNAM TN-JACKSON TN-OVERTON TN-FENTRESS TN-PICKETT TN-
1012 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PICKETT...
FENTRESS...OVERTON...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND NORTH CENTRAL PUTNAM
COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM CDT...

AT 1009 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
NORTH OF ALGOOD...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIVINGSTON...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH. THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED 6 MILES EAST OF 
GAINSBORO SHORTLY AFTER 10 AM. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN AND ALLARDT.

LAT...LON 3639 8553 3662 8487 3661 8483 3633 8475
      3633 8477 3629 8479 3627 8487 3623 8488
      3619 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 1511Z 258DEG 31KT 3631 8544

$$

BOYD

207 
WWUS54 KOHX 151553
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1053 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

TNC087-141-151603-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0242.000000T0000Z-110615T1600Z/
PUTNAM TN-JACKSON TN-
1053 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND NORTH
CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3623 8524 3651 8508 3662 8487 3661 8483
      3633 8475 3633 8477 3629 8479 3627 8487
      3623 8488
TIME...MOT...LOC 1553Z 258DEG 31KT 3638 8500

$$

TNC049-133-137-151600-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0242.000000T0000Z-110615T1600Z/
OVERTON TN-FENTRESS TN-PICKETT TN-
1053 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
PICKETT...FENTRESS AND EAST CENTRAL OVERTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM
CDT...

AT 1051 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JAMESTOWN AND ALLARDT.

LAT...LON 3623 8524 3651 8508 3662 8487 3661 8483
      3633 8475 3633 8477 3629 8479 3627 8487
      3623 8488
TIME...MOT...LOC 1553Z 258DEG 31KT 3638 8500

$$
BOYD

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 Jun 15, 6:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 6:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
634 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

.UPDATE...FOR 12Z TAFS.

&&

.AVIATION...
COMBINATION OF H5 S/W TROF DROPPING SE OVR THE AREA AND INCREASE
IN DEWPTS/TEMPS EXPECTED TO GET AREA OF RW/TRW STARTED AROUND NOON.
WL TEMPO MVFR COND W/TSRA 18Z-22Z KBNA AND 20Z-24Z KCSV. MVFR FG
KCSV LATE TNGT.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 314 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011/

DISCUSSION...UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO ROTATE EWD
THROUGH THE OH/TN VALLEY TODAY. LOCAL WRF MODEL SHOWS SIGNIFICANT
INCREASES IN INSTABILITY...B+...PRECIPITABLE WATER. IT ALSO SHOWS
A 500MB JET DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA BY 18Z AND MOVING EWD ACROSS
THE MIDSTATE THIS AFTERNOON. THUS IT APPEARS THAT ALL OF THE
INGREDIENTS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR A FEW SVR STORMS...MAINLY THIS
AFTERNOON. SPC HAS OUTLOOKED A SLIGHT RISK SVR FOR TODAY WITH
DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT. CONVECTION TAPERS OFF
THIS EVENING AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA.

NO COOLING AT THE SFC UNFORTUNATELY AS HIGH TEMPS BUMP UP AGAINST
THE 90 MARK TOMORROW. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS BACK OVER THE AREA BY
SAT. AS THIS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN OVER THE SERN STATES THE NEXT
UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE PLAINS BY MON WITH A WELL DEFINED SFC
LOW SETTING UP OVER THE PLAINS BY FRI. THE ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT
EXTENDS FROM THE KANSAS LOW SEWD ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH ON FRI AM.
THE WARM FRONT MOVES NWD TO AN IOWA TO WEST VIRGINIA LINE BY MON
AM. THIS FEATURE WILL ALSO HELP TO KICK OFF CONVECTION OVER THE
AREA DURING THE FRI-SUN PERIOD.

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF DRY AIR AT ALL LEVELS GET PUMPED NEWD OUT
OF THE LOWER PLAINS BEHIND THE WARM FRONT SUCH THAT CHANCES OF
CONVECTION SEEMED TOO LOW TO MENTION ON MON AND TUE.

THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PLAINS FINALLY MOVES EWD ENOUGH TO SPARK
CONVECTION FOR TUE NGT AND WED.

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

04

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 5:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
527 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-161030-
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-
527 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MIDDLE
TENNESSEE TODAY.

MOISTURE WILL INCREASE ALONG A FRONTAL SYSTEM TODAY. AN ORGANIZED
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY. WARM AND
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS COULD GENERATE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ON FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY 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

04

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 6:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
658 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0657 AM     HAIL             GALLATIN                36.38N 86.45W
06/15/2011  E0.50 INCH       SUMNER             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER.

&&

JLM

Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:03 AM CDT, 3 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
703 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     HAIL             4 E GALLATIN            36.38N 86.38W
06/15/2011  E0.88 INCH       SUMNER             TN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE.

&&

JLM

Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
748 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0654 AM     HAIL             GALLATIN                36.38N 86.45W
06/15/2011  E0.88 INCH       SUMNER             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN GALLATIN.

&&

JLM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 11:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Jackson, Putnam, Smith	28 min
Jun 15, 11:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Grundy	24 min
Jun 15, 11:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam	63 min
Jun 15, 11:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress, Pickett	15 min
Jun 15, 11:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, Wilson	61 min
Jun 15, 1:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Williamson, Wilson	49 min
Jun 15, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Davidson, DeKalb, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson	62 min
Jun 15, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Cumberland, DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White	65 min
Jun 15, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart	33 min
Jun 15, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury	28 min
Jun 15, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson	63 min
Jun 15, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury	28 min
Jun 15, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson	54 min
Jun 15, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Grundy	19 min
Jun 15, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	63 min
Jun 15, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne	27 min
Jun 15, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Maury, Williamson	16 min
Jun 15, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	32 min
Jun 15, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Maury	29 min
Jun 15, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys	36 min
Jun 15, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy	28 min
Jun 15, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White	31 min
Jun 15, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	29 min
Jun 15, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lewis, Maury	13 min
Jun 15, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	35 min
Jun 15, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson	48 min
Jun 15, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy	31 min
Jun 15, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury, Williamson	34 min
Jun 15, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Williamson	37 min
Jun 15, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	14 min
Jun 15, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	32 min
Jun 15, 5:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Williamson	3 hr
Jun 15, 5:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Grundy	3 hr
Jun 15, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys	19 min
Jun 15, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	18 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2011 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.