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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Nashville, TN

June 24, 2011Coffee County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2011, 1:15 PM CDT for Coffee County, Tennessee. It was in force for 17 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 24, 2011, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2011, 1:32 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Coffee County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-207 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
474 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.

146 
WUUS54 KOHX 241815
SVROHX
TNC031-241845-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0321.110624T1815Z-110624T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
115 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 115 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 TULLAHOMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL CENTRAL COFFEE 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 3548 8609 3543 8605 3538 8615 3538 8618
      3542 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 228DEG 8KT 3541 8614

$$

FORECASTER: 31
1 follow-up statement
703 
WWUS54 KOHX 241832
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
132 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011

TNC031-241842-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-110624T1845Z/
COFFEE TN-
132 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011

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

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

LAT...LON 3548 8609 3543 8605 3538 8615 3538 8618
      3542 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 228DEG 8KT 3544 8611

$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy28 min
Jun 24, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy25 min
Jun 24, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee35 min
Jun 24, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford21 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2011Every 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.