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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Nashville, TN

April 15, 2011Davidson County, Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2011, 7:14 PM CDT for Davidson County, Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee. It was in force for 16 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: Apr 15, 2011, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Davidson County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Sumner County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 41 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: 17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 773 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 471 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 487 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

029 
WUUS54 KOHX 160014
SVROHX
TNC037-147-165-160045-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0076.110416T0014Z-110416T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
714 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  EASTERN ROBERTSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 712 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THE STORM WAS NEAR
  NASHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GOODLETTSVILLE...
  RIDGETOP...
  WHITE HOUSE...
  CROSS PLAINS...
  PORTLAND...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS 58 MPH OR STRONGER...OR
HAIL ONE INCH OR LARGER. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A
BUILDING LOCATION NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3665 8657 3666 8655 3663 8647 3611 8678
      3618 8699 3619 8698 3666 8675 3666 8659
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 204DEG 45KT 3623 8684

$$

FORECASTER: ROSE

1 follow-up statement

261 
WWUS54 KOHX 160030
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
730 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

TNC037-147-165-160040-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110416T0045Z/
DAVIDSON TN-ROBERTSON TN-SUMNER TN-
730 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SUMNER...EASTERN
ROBERTSON AND CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTIES IS CANCELED...

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

LAT...LON 3665 8657 3666 8655 3663 8647 3611 8678
      3618 8699 3619 8698 3666 8675 3666 8659
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 204DEG 45KT 3641 8674

$$

ROSE

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 Apr 15, 7:05 PM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 7:05 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
705 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

.MESOSCALE UPDATE...
SO FAR...THE EXTENT OF ANY DAMAGE WITH THIS LATE AFTERNOON ROUND
OF TSTMS IS IN THE FORM OF HAIL ACROSS WESTERN TN. LAPSE ANALYSIS
SHOWING AN AREA OF GOOD INSTABILITY AND 700 MB THETA E RIDGING
ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED WESTERN TN AREA. UPPER LEVEL LOW CAN BE
DEPICTED NICELY ON SAT IMAGERY AND IS CURRENTLY SPINNING OVER
SOUTHERN MO. SHOULD THEREFORE CONTINUE TO SEE FREEZING LEVELS DROP
THEREBY REINFORCING THE HAIL THREAT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
EVENING.

TORNADO WATCH WILL CONTINUE HOWEVER AS THE MAIN BOUNDARY IS STILL
EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 615 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011/

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 403 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011/

UPDATE...
WIND ADVISORY EXTENDED TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 355 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011/

SHORT TERM (THRU SUN)...
STRONG H5 CLOSED LOW OVR MO WL DRIFT EAST THIS EVENING WITH A
VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACR WEST TN. EXPECT A LINE OR BROKEN LINE OF
STORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG/AHEAD OF COLD FRONT AND MOVE INTO THE TN
RVR AREA OF W MID TN BTW 5 AND 7 PM.

AN AREA OF ONGOING SEVERE SOUTH IN ALABAMA WITH CONFIRMED TORNADOES
IN BMX AREA WL BE WATCHED CLOSELY AS CELLS HEAD NORTHEAST. APPEARS
RAIN COOLED AIR LIMITING CELL DEVELOPMENT IN CURRENT WATCH 143
(SOUTHWEST MID TN).

AS LINE OF STORMS DEVELOPS ALONG FRONT IN WEST TN...FAVORABLE SHEAR
AND VEERING WL SUPPORT ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
DRIER AIR LOOKS TO KEEP STORMS DISCRETE AND NOT WIDESPREAD ACROSS
THE REGION THIS EVENING.

MUCH COOLER AIR SPREADS EAST BEHIND THE FRONT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LINGERING MOISTURE WILL KEEP SHOWERS IN THE EAST WITH COLDER AIR
ALOFT AND SCATTERED SHOWERS SAT...MAINLY IN THE NORTH AND PLATEAU.
A COUPLE OF COOL NIGHTS IN STORE WITH DAYTIME TEMPS WARMING BACK
INTO THE LWR 70S SUN.

LONG TERM (MON-FRI)...
H5 TROF AND LOW PRESSURE COMBINE FOR CHC RW/TRW EARLY NEXT WEEK.
THE BEST CHANCE OF PCPN REMAINS WED WITH COLD FRONT. CHC OF RAIN
LINGERS WITH WARM FRONT IN THE AREA THU-FRI.

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR TNZ005>011-022>034-
056>066-075-077>080-093>095.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 4:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
450 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-161100-
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-
450 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT TONIGHT FOR WESTERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A CLARKSVILLE TO
LAWRENCEBURG LINE...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM
CDT TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP GENERALLY WITHIN
THIS AREA WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF DEVELOPING TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.

FOR OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE...THERE IS A SLIGHT
RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE
DAMAGING WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. ISOLATED TORNADOES FORMING ACROSS
THESE LOCATIONS COULD ALSO OCCUR.

NON THUNDERSTORM STRONG SURFACE WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR
BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT IS EXPECTED. SPOTTER REPORTS
WILL BE NEEDED.

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 2:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
236 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

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

0130 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG NASHVILLE               36.17N 86.78W
04/15/2011                   DAVIDSON           TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WINDOWS IN HIGH RISE APARTMENTS BROKEN ALONG A TWO BLOCK
            STRETCH DOWNTOWN

&&

04

Special weather statement, Apr 15, 2:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
243 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

TNZ058-093-152015-
LEWIS-WAYNE-
243 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LEWIS AND WAYNE COUNTIES...

AT 243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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Local storm report, Apr 15, 3:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
304 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

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

0250 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG LEBANON                 36.21N 86.32W
04/15/2011                   WILSON             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE BLOWN DOWN IN LEBANON.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 15, 3:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
321 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

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

0100 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG GALLATIN                36.38N 86.45W
04/15/2011                   SUMNER             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED ACROSS THE
            COUNTY...WITH A COUPLE OF TREES DOWNED ON TOP OF HOUSES.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 15, 3:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
324 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

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

1215 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SE CROSS PLAINS       36.53N 86.67W
04/15/2011                   ROBERTSON          TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER RPTS TREES UPROOTED AND PATIO FURNITURE
            BLOWN ACROSS ROADS.

0100 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG GALLATIN                36.38N 86.45W
04/15/2011                   SUMNER             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED ACROSS THE
            COUNTY...WITH A COUPLE OF TREES DOWNED ON TOP OF HOUSES.

0130 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG MURFREESBORO            35.85N 86.39W
04/15/2011                   RUTHERFORD         TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS HAVE BEEN BLOWN
            DOWN IN THE MURFREESBORO AREA. SPOTTER ESTIMATES WIND
            GUSTS OF BETWEEN 50 AND 55 MPH.

0130 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG NASHVILLE               36.17N 86.78W
04/15/2011                   DAVIDSON           TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WINDOWS IN HIGH RISE APARTMENTS BROKEN ALONG A TWO BLOCK
            STRETCH DOWNTOWN

0130 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG NASHVILLE               36.17N 86.78W
04/15/2011                   DAVIDSON           TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMA REPORTS ABOUT 20 TREES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS DAVIDSON
            COUNTY.

0142 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST MURFREESBORO            35.85N 86.39W
04/15/2011  U0.00 MPH        RUTHERFORD         TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE BLOWN DOWN ON A HOUSE AT EWING BLVD AND A TREE BLOWN
            DOWN ON A CAR ALONG NORTH WALNUT ST.

0250 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG LEBANON                 36.21N 86.32W
04/15/2011                   WILSON             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE BLOWN DOWN IN LEBANON.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 15, 5:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
517 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

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

0300 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG PORTLAND                36.59N 86.52W
04/15/2011                   SUMNER             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE BLOWN DOWN AT CORNER OF SOUTH RUSSEL AND EAST
            LONGVIEW.

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Maury, Williamson	36 min
Apr 15, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Maury	34 min
Apr 15, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson	37 min
Apr 15, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	47 min
Apr 15, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Macon, Sumner, Trousdale	38 min
Apr 15, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	15 min
Apr 15, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Macon	22 min
Apr 15, 9:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Bedford	6 hr

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.