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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Nashville, TN

May 29, 2012Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2012, 4:38 PM CDT for Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 11 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 29, 2012, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2012, 4:49 PM CDT
In force
11 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Stewart County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2012-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 651 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 12:00Z on 2012-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
651 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 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.

403 
WUUS54 KOHX 292138
SVROHX
TNC161-292215-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0166.120529T2138Z-120529T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
438 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN STEWART COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 438 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 DOVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL EASTERN STEWART 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 3654 8763 3643 8760 3638 8767 3655 8789
      3664 8781 3664 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 309DEG 16KT 3654 8777

$$

FORECASTER: 31
1 follow-up statement
594 
WWUS54 KOHX 292149
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
449 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

TNC161-292159-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-120529T2215Z/
STEWART TN-
449 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN STEWART COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3654 8763 3643 8760 3638 8767 3655 8789
      3664 8781 3664 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 309DEG 16KT 3651 8772

$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 5:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBenton33 min
May 29, 6:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart58 min
May 29, 6:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton35 min
May 29, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton30 min
May 29, 7:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton3 hr
May 29, 7:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMontgomery, Stewart63 min
May 29, 8:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart18 min
May 29, 11:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress40 min
May 29, 12:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress44 min
May 29, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress, Pickett57 min
May 29, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXStewart24 min
May 29, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRobertson35 min
May 29, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson33 min
May 29, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart22 min
May 29, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys30 min
May 29, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRobertson23 min
May 29, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys30 min
May 29, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson32 min
May 29, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman35 min
May 29, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWilliamson28 min
May 29, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford20 min
May 29, 6:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford27 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.