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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Nashville, TN

May 6, 2012Houston County, Montgomery County, Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2012, 4:51 PM CDT for Houston County, Montgomery County, Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 24 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: May 6, 2012, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Houston County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Stewart County, TN

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 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

279 
WUUS54 KOHX 062151
SVROHX
TNC083-125-161-062215-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0142.120506T2151Z-120506T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
451 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN STEWART COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 446 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL.
  THE STORM WAS NEAR CUMBERLAND CITY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TENNESSEE RIDGE AND ERIN

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 3624 8756 3632 8781 3647 8766 3643 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 037DEG 13KT 3638 8762

$$

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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 May 6, 3:52 PM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 3:52 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
352 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

.SHORT TERM (THRU TUE)...
ANOTHER MCS/MCV TYPE SYSTEM MOVED SOUTH OVR MID TN THIS MORNING
TO NEAR THE GULF COAST THIS AFTN. THE STALLED FRONT IN WEST MID
TN HAS DRIFTED EAST BUT IS MORE DIFFUSE...WITH SOME AREAS OF
MODERATE DESTAB DRIVING ISOLATED ACTIVITY.

MOST OF THE MODEL INSTAB THIS EVENING IS ALIGNED NEAR THE FRONT FM
I-65 WEST...WITH ISO-SCT STORMS EXPECTED. STORM MOTION IS SOUTH AS
PER CORFIDI VECTORS.

SFC LOW PRES WL GET BETTER ORGANIZED IN MO-IL TNGT WHERE MOST OF
THE STORM ACTIVITY WL BE. THE QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT IN WEST MID
TN WL LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT OVERNIGHT. WL KEEP A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.

MON-MON NGT...SFC LOW PRES/COLD FRONT WL APPROACH FM THE NORTHWEST
IN THE AFTN. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WL INCREASE
TO LKLY WEST OF THE PLATEAU. SPC HAS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA MON-MON NGT. H8 WINDS AHEAD OF THE
FRONT ARE NOT PARTICULARILY STRONG...WITH WEAK SHEAR.

IF A LINE OF STORMS DEVELOPS DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE...MAINLY MON AFTN-EVE. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD CROSS THE
AREA TUE MORNING...WITH LINGERING SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION

.LONG TERM (WED-SAT)...
MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW MUCH IMPROVED WEATHER WED-FRI. WL CONTINUE
THE TREND INTO SAT. TEMPS DURING THE PERIOD WL PROBABLY DIP BELOW
NORMAL WED-THU...TO NEAR NORMAL FRI. WARMER TEMPS AND MORE
MOISTURE NEXT WEEKEND...WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE      67  86  64  78 /  20  70  80  50
CLARKSVILLE    65  85  63  76 /  20  70  80  20
CROSSVILLE     61  80  61  76 /  20  40  70  60
COLUMBIA       67  86  64  78 /  30  70  70  40
LAWRENCEBURG   63  86  63  79 /  30  70  70  40
WAVERLY        66  86  64  76 /  30  70  70  20

&&

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

04

Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 5:24 AM CDT, 11 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
524 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-071030-
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-
524 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WITH A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY REMAINING OVER THE AREA...ISOLATED
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH AND GUSTY TO DAMAGING
WIND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF
MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATER MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. SEVERE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY 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

07

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 4:14 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
414 PM CDT SUN MAY 06 2012

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

0411 PM     HAIL             CLARKSVILLE             36.56N 87.35W
05/06/2012  E0.88 INCH       MONTGOMERY         TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ROSE

Local storm report, May 6, 4:31 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
431 PM CDT SUN MAY 06 2012

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

0427 PM     HAIL             NASHVILLE               36.17N 86.78W
05/06/2012  E0.88 INCH       DAVIDSON           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 2ND AND
            PEABODY

&&

ROSE

Special weather statement, May 6, 4:34 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
434 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

TNZ059-062200-
WILLIAMSON-
434 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY...

AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF FRANKLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5
MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3587 8663 3579 8678 3594 8689 3600 8672

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Local storm report, May 6, 4:35 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
435 PM CDT SUN MAY 06 2012

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

0433 PM     HAIL             NASHVILLE               36.17N 86.78W
05/06/2012  E1.00 INCH       DAVIDSON           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DOWNTOWN NEAR THE CORNER OF 2ND AND PEABODY

&&

ROSE

Local storm report, May 6, 4:38 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
438 PM CDT SUN MAY 06 2012

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

0436 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NASHVILLE               36.17N 86.78W
05/06/2012                   DAVIDSON           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SMALL TREES DOWN AT 8TH AND WEDGEWOOD

&&

ROSE

Special weather statement, May 6, 4:40 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
440 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

TNZ007-008-062215-
ROBERTSON-SUMNER-
440 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ROBERTSON AND SUMNER COUNTIES...

AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WHITE HOUSE...OR 10 MILES EAST OF
SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3665 8664 3638 8660 3638 8673 3641 8675
      3638 8678 3639 8690 3639 8691 3664 8702

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 12:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Perry, Stewart	57 min
May 6, 1:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston, Humphreys	48 min
May 6, 1:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston, Stewart	27 min
May 6, 2:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery	28 min
May 6, 3:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman and 15 more	54 min
May 6, 4:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence and 6 more	55 min
May 6, 5:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Stewart	66 min
May 6, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Montgomery	24 min
May 6, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	35 min
May 6, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	29 min
May 6, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Rutherford	23 min
May 6, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Williamson	26 min
May 6, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson	35 min
May 6, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Robertson, Sumner	36 min
May 6, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Robertson	33 min
May 6, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Rutherford	57 min
May 6, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	23 min
May 6, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner	32 min
May 6, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy	30 min
May 6, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson	32 min
May 6, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Williamson	27 min

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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.