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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Nashville, TN

June 16, 2011Perry County, Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 9:51 PM CDT for Perry County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 11 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 16, 2011, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2011, 10:02 PM CDT
In force
11 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Perry County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2011-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 89 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
89 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

172 
WUUS54 KOHX 170251
SVROHX
TNC135-181-170315-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0293.110617T0251Z-110617T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
951 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 951 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 CLIFTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY...

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 3553 8795 3551 8771 3550 8772 3550 8771
      3540 8772 3543 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 277DEG 14KT 3546 8785

$$

FORECASTER: 31
1 follow-up statement
530 
WWUS54 KOHX 170302
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1002 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

TNC135-181-170312-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-110617T0315Z/
PERRY TN-WAYNE TN-
1002 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL PERRY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3553 8795 3551 8771 3550 8772 3550 8771
      3540 8772 3543 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 277DEG 14KT 3545 8780
$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys, Perry30 min
Jun 16, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne15 min
Jun 17, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys39 min

Nearby

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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.