Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2012, 5:53 PM CDT for Bedford County, Rutherford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 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 6, 2012, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bedford County, TN, Rutherford County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 844 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
332 WUUS54 KOHX 062253 SVROHX TNC003-149-062330- /O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0239.120706T2253Z-120706T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 553 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 550 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 MURFREESBORO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY... RURAL NORTHERN BEDFORD 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. && LAT...LON 3554 8638 3565 8664 3581 8649 3575 8634 TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 030DEG 9KT 3572 8644 $$ FORECASTER:13
1 follow-up statement
893 WWUS54 KOHX 062318 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 618 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012 TNC003-149-062330- /O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0239.000000T0000Z-120706T2330Z/ RUTHERFORD TN-BEDFORD TN- 618 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD AND SOUTH CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NEWLY DEVELOPED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF MURFREESBORO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BEDFORD AND SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES. LAT...LON 3574 8647 3575 8634 3554 8638 3565 8664 TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 059DEG 13KT 3566 8640 $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Maury | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Williamson | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys | 14 min |
| Jul 6, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 19 min |
| Jul 6, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Perry | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Rutherford | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner | 51 min |
| Jul 6, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 14 min |
| Jul 6, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson | 17 min |
| Jul 6, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury, Williamson | 21 min |
| Jul 6, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis | 34 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.