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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Nashville, TN

June 28, 2011Davidson County, Rutherford County, Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2011, 4:08 AM CDT for Davidson County, Rutherford County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 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 28, 2011, 4:08 AM CDT (09:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2011, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Davidson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 14 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 2011-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2905 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 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
2905 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1124 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
7.6

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The text

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

223 
WUUS54 KOHX 280908
SVROHX
TNC037-149-189-280945-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0331.110628T0908Z-110628T0945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
408 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WEST CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 404 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH. THE STORM WAS NEAR RURAL HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SMYRNA...

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 3610 8632 3592 8649 3608 8665 3617 8655
TIME...MOT...LOC 0908Z 311DEG 42KT 3608 8651

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 2:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMacon, Sumner62 min
Jun 28, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Sumner39 min
Jun 28, 2:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMontgomery, Stewart62 min
Jun 28, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson44 min
Jun 28, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson25 min
Jun 28, 3:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Robertson58 min
Jun 28, 3:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHouston, Stewart67 min
Jun 28, 3:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson52 min
Jun 28, 4:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDeKalb58 min
Jun 28, 4:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Smith, Warren, Wilson38 min
Jun 28, 5:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Hickman, Lewis, Marshall, Maury55 min
Jun 28, 5:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy, Warren37 min
Jun 28, 5:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury56 min
Jun 28, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Giles, Marshall, Rutherford40 min
Jun 28, 8:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLawrence, Lewis34 min
Jun 28, 9:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury3 hr
Jun 28, 9:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne3 hr
Jun 28, 10:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton39 min
Jun 28, 10:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry, Wayne34 min
Jun 28, 10:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXBedford11 hr
Jun 28, 10:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys, Perry31 min
Jun 28, 10:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne47 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.