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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Nashville, TN

June 3, 2012Lewis County, Perry County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2012, 8:25 PM CDT for Lewis County, Perry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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: Jun 3, 2012, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lewis County, TN, Perry County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 3, 8:47 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Linden, TN	ON U.S. 412 JUST EAST OF LINDEN A FEW TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN.
Jun 3, 8:47 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Linden, TN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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: 49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 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.

721 
WUUS54 KOHX 040125
SVROHX
TNC101-135-040215-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0178.120604T0125Z-120604T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
825 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WEST CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 822 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL...
  AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE STORM WAS NEAR
  LINDEN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LINDEN...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MONDAY MORNING FOR
CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3566 8802 3573 8804 3575 8802 3567 8774
      3546 8749 3546 8765 3549 8773 3549 8780
      3546 8783 3548 8787 3546 8803 3547 8803
      3549 8799 3553 8798 3561 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 278DEG 20KT 3556 8794

$$

FORECASTER:13

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	35 min
Jun 3, 7:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Wayne	37 min
Jun 3, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry	49 min
Jun 3, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry	38 min
Jun 3, 8:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Wayne	33 min
Jun 3, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	38 min
Jun 3, 8:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	3 hr
Jun 3, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Maury	50 min
Jun 3, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	12 min
Jun 3, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence	24 min
Jun 3, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	31 min
Jun 3, 10:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	32 min
Jun 3, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wayne	33 min
Jun 3, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis, Maury, Perry	37 min
Jun 3, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	32 min
Jun 3, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wayne	41 min
Jun 3, 11:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence	62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.