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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Nashville, TN

June 15, 2011DeKalb County, Smith County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2011, 9:26 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Smith County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 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, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties DeKalb County, TN, Smith County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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: 1668 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1036 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

446 
WUUS54 KOHX 160226
SVROHX
TNC041-159-160300-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0285.110616T0226Z-110616T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DEKALB COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTH CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 926 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH. THE STORM WAS NEAR DOWELLTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SMITHVILLE...

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 3600 8563 3599 8563 3598 8565 3596 8565
      3586 8570 3603 8600 3615 8593
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 301DEG 27KT 3603 8589

$$

FORECASTER: 31

2 follow-up statements

559 
WWUS54 KOHX 160248
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
948 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

TNC159-160258-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-110616T0300Z/
SMITH TN-
948 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3607 8577 3600 8563 3599 8563 3598 8565
      3596 8565 3592 8569 3594 8578 3598 8576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 299DEG 34KT 3598 8569

$$

TNC041-160300-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-110616T0300Z/
DEKALB TN-
948 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
DEKALB COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 948 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SMITHVILLE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN DEKALB COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3607 8577 3600 8563 3599 8563 3598 8565
      3596 8565 3592 8569 3594 8578 3598 8576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 299DEG 34KT 3598 8569

$$
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574 
WWUS54 KOHX 160252
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
952 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

TNC041-160302-
/O.EXP.KOHX.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-110616T0300Z/
DEKALB TN-
952 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3607 8577 3600 8563 3599 8563 3598 8565
      3596 8565 3592 8569 3594 8578 3598 8576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 299DEG 34KT 3596 8565

$$
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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, 8:30 PM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 8:30 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
830 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

.UPDATE...
STRONGEST CONVECTION HAS NOW PUSHED SOUTH OF THE MID STATE. WE
STILL SEE SOME WEAKER SHOWERS AND TSTMS FROM SUMNER COUNTY
EASTWARD. LATEST LAPS DATA SHOWS A MARKED DECREASE IN INSTABILITY
ACROSS THE AREA. TREND WILL BE FOR THE STORMS TO REMAIN BELOW
STRONG OR SEVERE LIMITS BUT WILL ALLOW WATCH TO TERMINATE AT 9 PM
CDT AS SCHEDULED.

UPDATE AT 9 PM WILL INCLUDE THE REMOVAL OF THE WATCH AS WELL AS A
LOWERING OF THE OVERALL POPS FOR THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT. WILL
LIKELY KEEP POPS IN THE 30-40 PERCENT RANGE HOWEVER ACROSS THE
PLATEAU AND FAR SOUTH. OTHERWISE...REMAINDER OF FCST IS IN GOOD
SHAPE. SFC BOUNDARY HAS NOW MOVED INTO FAR WESTERN TN AND WE SEE
THE LOWERING OF THE DEW POINTS BEHIND THE FROPA. THE FRONT IS
STILL EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT.

UPDATE WILL BE SENT SHORTLY AFTER 9 PM.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 348 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011/

DISCUSSION...
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING WEAK UL TROUGH WORKING INTO THE REGION.
AT THE SFC/LLS...WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE MID-STATE...
WHICH IS NOW JUST EAST OF BNA. GOOD INSTABILITY AND DECENT LL/ML
FLOW MIXED IN FUELING ONGOING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. OVERALL...
STORMS PRODUCING AT OR BELOW 1 INCH HAIL...WITH WIND GUSTS BELOW
50KT.

WEAK ML/UL TROUGH AND TRAILING COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS
LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL KEEP STRONG TO POSSIBLY ISOLATED SEVERE
STORMS GOING WELL INTO THE EVENING AS GOOD INSTABILITY REMAINS
AHEAD OF THESE FEATURES. LARGE HAIL LOOKS TO CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN
THREAT NORTH BUT THINGS HAVE WARMED BIGTIME ACROSS THE SOUTH...BREAKING
INVERSION. WIND DAMAGE BECOMING INCREASINGLY POSSIBLE.

ML/UL TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE BY ON THURSDAY SETTING UP ANOTHER NORTHWEST
FLOW REGIME ALOFT. AIRMASS WILL DRY SOME THURSDAY BUT CONVECTION DEVELOPING
UPSTREAM THURSDAY NIGHT MAY AGAIN RIDE DOWN OVER THE CWA EARLY FRIDAY...
BUT THEN BUILDING RIDGE WILL CUT INTO CONVECTION THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THUS STORMS LIKELY TO BE ISO-SCT AT BEST.

ML/UL RIDGE AXIS GENERALLY HOLDS ACROSS THE MS RIVER THRU THE WEEKEND
WHICH WILL LIMIT CONVECTION AND BRING ANOTHER HEAT WAVE TO THE AREA.
ANY CONVECTION WILL BE VERY ISO AND TEMPS LIKELY TO CLIMB AS HIGH AS
THE MID-UPR 90S. THESE TYPES OF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST
PART OF NEXT WEEK.

BY WEDNESDAY...A BETTER CHANCE FOR PCPN AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS ARE
ON TAP AS A ML/UL TROUGH APPROACHES.

&&

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

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 7:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
757 PM 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-
757 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE EVENING EXTREME SOUTH BUT THINGS WILL CALM DOWN LATER AND
OVERNIGHT. THESE STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH WILL PRODUCE STRONG TO
DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVEN THOUGH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF AND
ISOLATED, SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO CALL IN ANYTHING REACHING REPORTING
CRITERIA.

SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA...
TORNADO
FUNNEL CLOUD
FLOODING
HAIL >= 1/2 INCH
WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED)
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN

07

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
742 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

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

0718 PM     HAIL             2 E SPRING HILL         35.74N 86.89W
06/15/2011  E1.25 INCH       MAURY              TN   PUBLIC

            HALF DOLLAR HAIL REPORTED 2 MILES EAST OF SPRING HILL.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 8:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
814 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

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

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PULASKI                 35.20N 87.03W
06/15/2011                   GILES              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES BLOWN DOWN AND SMALL HAIL IN AND NEAR PULASKI.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 9:02 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
902 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

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

0840 PM     HAIL             LAFAYETTE               36.52N 86.03W
06/15/2011  U0.50 INCH       MACON              TN   PUBLIC

&&

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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 9:15 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
915 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

TNZ031>033-160245-
JACKSON-OVERTON-PUTNAM-
915 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JACKSON...OVERTON AND PUTNAM
COUNTIES...

AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GAINESBORO...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND WINDS OF AROUND 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 9:18 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
918 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

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

0845 PM     LIGHTNING        WESTMORELAND            36.56N 86.25W
06/15/2011                   SUMNER             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN WESTMORELAND

&&

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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 9:18 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
918 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

TNZ028-063-064-160245-
CANNON-DEKALB-WILSON-
918 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CANNON...DEKALB AND WILSON
COUNTIES...

AT 918 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF WATERTOWN...OR 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WOODBURY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND WINDS OF AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wayne	28 min
Jun 15, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	25 min
Jun 15, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson	13 min
Jun 15, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	29 min
Jun 15, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	41 min
Jun 15, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	32 min
Jun 15, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Macon	35 min
Jun 15, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Jackson, Macon, Putnam, Smith	25 min
Jun 15, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb	36 min
Jun 15, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Putnam	32 min
Jun 15, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Jackson	15 min
Jun 15, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Putnam	16 min
Jun 15, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Overton, Putnam	19 min
Jun 15, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, White	16 min
Jun 15, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Putnam	28 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.