Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 1, 2012, 6:59 PM CST for Lawrence County, Lewis County, Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2012, 6:59 PM CST (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2012, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Maury County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 7:25 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | 3 Sw Mount Pleasant, TN | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND ON HWY 43S NEAR LAWRENCE COUNTY LINE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
710 WUUS54 KOHX 020059 SVROHX TNC099-101-119-020130- /O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0016.120202T0059Z-120202T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 659 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SOUTHWESTERN MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 730 PM CST * AT 657 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE STORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOHENWALD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SUMMERTOWN... 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 3559 8721 3535 8722 3533 8756 3548 8756 TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 251DEG 24KT 3542 8745 $$ SHAMBURGER
1 follow-up statement
177 WWUS54 KOHX 020116 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 716 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012 TNC099-101-119-020130- /O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120202T0130Z/ LAWRENCE TN-LEWIS TN-MAURY TN- 716 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MAURY...EAST CENTRAL LEWIS AND NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CST... AT 713 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT PLEASANT...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCEBURG... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SUMMERTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE. && LAT...LON 3539 8739 3553 8740 3559 8721 3540 8722 TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 250DEG 26KT 3547 8728 $$ SHAMBURGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 6:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 35 min |
| Feb 1, 6:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 28 min |
| Feb 1, 6:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson | 64 min |
| Feb 1, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury | 36 min |
| Feb 1, 7:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 66 min |
| Feb 1, 7:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Marshall | 31 min |
| Feb 1, 8:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles | 57 min |
| Feb 1, 8:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Montgomery | 23 min |
| Feb 1, 9:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Van Buren | 52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.