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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Nashville, TN

July 8, 20124 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 30 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
Jul 8, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2012, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dickson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Maury County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 4:17 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG7 S Kingston Springs, TNMULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN ACROSS FAIRVIEW RD AND SURROUNDING ROADS. REPORTED BY WILLIAMSON COUNTY EMA

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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 2012-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2027 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2012-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2027 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

156 
WUUS54 KOHX 082100
SVROHX
TNC043-081-119-187-082130-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0252.120708T2100Z-120708T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
400 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHEASTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTH CENTRAL MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 358 PM CDT 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 NEAR FAIRVIEW...
  MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FAIRVIEW...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3604 8728 3604 8707 3575 8707 3574 8740
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 149DEG 4KT 3592 8719

$$

FORECASTER: ROSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 11:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham24 min
Jul 7, 11:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson63 min
Jul 7, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Montgomery46 min
Jul 7, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson20 min
Jul 8, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart41 min
Jul 8, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Houston, Humphreys28 min
Jul 8, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart54 min
Jul 8, 1:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDickson, Humphreys116 min
Jul 8, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys63 min
Jul 8, 1:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHouston58 min
Jul 8, 2:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXStewart25 min
Jul 8, 3:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXStewart66 min
Jul 8, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys32 min
Jul 8, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys28 min
Jul 8, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys30 min
Jul 8, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson31 min
Jul 8, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson28 min
Jul 8, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWilliamson29 min
Jul 8, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Williamson41 min
Jul 8, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson38 min
Jul 8, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith, Trousdale, Wilson35 min
Jul 8, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson45 min
Jul 8, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson23 min
Jul 8, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Wilson62 min
Jul 8, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith, Trousdale, Wilson46 min
Jul 8, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith, Wilson32 min
Jul 8, 6:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXRutherford, Smith, Wilson66 min
Jul 8, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale35 min
Jul 8, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon, Overton36 min
Jul 8, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale27 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.