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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Nashville, TN

July 5, 2012Rutherford County, Williamson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2012, 6:12 PM CDT for Rutherford County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 18 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
Jul 5, 2012, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Rutherford County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 2012-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1407 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 2012-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
1407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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.

478 
WUUS54 KOHX 052312
SVROHX
TNC149-187-052330-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0211.120705T2312Z-120705T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
612 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 612 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 EAGLEVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  THE INDICATED COUNTIES.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THURSDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3576 8661 3577 8669 3582 8667 3581 8660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 010DEG 7KT 3579 8663

$$

FORECASTER: 31

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWilson58 min
Jul 4, 7:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXPerry55 min
Jul 5, 3:20 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryOHXBedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 30 more64 hr
Jul 5, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRobertson38 min
Jul 5, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMontgomery37 min
Jul 5, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGiles, Lawrence33 min
Jul 5, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence41 min
Jul 5, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Pickett23 min
Jul 5, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Pickett51 min
Jul 5, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress31 min
Jul 5, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery26 min
Jul 5, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence25 min
Jul 5, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress36 min
Jul 5, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWayne45 min
Jul 5, 5:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford, Marshall, Rutherford53 min
Jul 5, 5:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXOverton35 min
Jul 5, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCoffee90 min
Jul 5, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCannon34 min
Jul 5, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMarshall32 min
Jul 5, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCoffee24 min
Jul 5, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Rutherford, Wilson39 min
Jul 5, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee37 min
Jul 5, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXPutnam, White60 min
Jul 5, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWarren28 min
Jul 5, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren23 min
Jul 5, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford27 min
Jul 5, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMaury38 min
Jul 5, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee23 min
Jul 5, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford36 min
Jul 5, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Coffee31 min
Jul 5, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren, White46 min
Jul 5, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson44 min
Jul 5, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren28 min
Jul 5, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren55 min
Jul 5, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMaury36 min
Jul 5, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford31 min
Jul 5, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCannon, DeKalb59 min
Jul 5, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCoffee26 min
Jul 5, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Warren40 min
Jul 5, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson28 min
Jul 5, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson26 min
Jul 5, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy54 min
Jul 5, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.