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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Nashville, TN

June 15, 2011Hickman County, Lewis County, Maury County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2011, 2:32 PM CDT for Hickman County, Lewis County, Maury 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
Jun 15, 2011, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2011, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hickman County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Maury County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 2:39 PM CDTHAIL 14 Ne Hohenwald, TN

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
Jun 15, 11:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 263 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2133 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 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
2133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1365 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

022 
WUUS54 KOHX 151932
SVROHX
TNC081-101-119-152000-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0252.110615T1932Z-110615T2000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 229 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
  HOHENWALD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLUMBIA...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3580 8708 3558 8703 3552 8751 3571 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 259DEG 23KT 3563 8742

$$

FORECASTER:BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 10:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam57 min
Jun 15, 11:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Putnam, Smith28 min
Jun 15, 11:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy24 min
Jun 15, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam63 min
Jun 15, 11:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Pickett15 min
Jun 15, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, Wilson61 min
Jun 15, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Williamson, Wilson49 min
Jun 15, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Davidson, DeKalb, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson62 min
Jun 15, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Cumberland, DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White65 min
Jun 15, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart33 min
Jun 15, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson63 min
Jun 15, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury28 min
Jun 15, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson54 min
Jun 15, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy19 min
Jun 15, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Wilson63 min
Jun 15, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne27 min
Jun 15, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Maury, Williamson16 min
Jun 15, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne32 min
Jun 15, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Maury29 min
Jun 15, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys36 min
Jun 15, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy28 min
Jun 15, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White31 min
Jun 15, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne29 min
Jun 15, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lewis, Maury13 min
Jun 15, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson35 min
Jun 15, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson48 min
Jun 15, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy31 min
Jun 15, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury, Williamson34 min
Jun 15, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson37 min
Jun 15, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson14 min
Jun 15, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys32 min
Jun 15, 5:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Williamson3 hr
Jun 15, 5:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGrundy3 hr
Jun 15, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys19 min
Jun 15, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence18 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.