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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Nashville, TN

March 2, 20125 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 9:05 AM CST for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 10 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: Mar 2, 2012, 9:05 AM CST (15:05 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 9:15 AM CST
In force: 10 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties DeKalb County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Smith County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 64 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: 1667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

232 
WUUS54 KOHX 021505
SVROHX
TNC041-087-141-159-189-021515-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0029.120302T1505Z-120302T1515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
905 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 915 AM CST

* AT 900 AM CST 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
  ALEXANDRIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CARTHAGE...

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 3634 8585 3618 8562 3594 8599 3608 8613
TIME...MOT...LOC 1506Z 229DEG 45KT 3608 8596

$$

FORECASTER:BOYD

1 follow-up statement

081 
WWUS54 KOHX 021513
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
913 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

TNC041-087-141-159-189-021522-
/O.EXP.KOHX.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120302T1515Z/
PUTNAM TN-SMITH TN-WILSON TN-DE KALB TN-JACKSON TN-
913 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON...
NORTHWESTERN DE KALB...SOUTHEASTERN WILSON...SOUTHERN SMITH AND
NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 AM CST...

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

LAT...LON 3634 8585 3618 8562 3594 8599 3608 8613
TIME...MOT...LOC 1512Z 229DEG 45KT 3608 8587

$$

BOYD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 4:00 AM CST	Wind Advisory	OHX	Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more	17 hr
Mar 2, 5:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Humphreys	25 min
Mar 2, 5:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Robertson	18 min
Mar 2, 6:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson	15 min
Mar 2, 6:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Trousdale	12 min
Mar 2, 6:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Macon, Trousdale	23 min
Mar 2, 6:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay, Macon	16 min
Mar 2, 8:25 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Rutherford	20 min
Mar 2, 9:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	30 min
Mar 2, 9:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Overton, Putnam, White	33 min
Mar 2, 9:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy, Warren	24 min
Mar 2, 9:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Fentress, Overton, Putnam	32 min
Mar 2, 10:12 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren	33 min
Mar 2, 11:12 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	OHX	Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more	10 hr
Mar 2, 1:36 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb and 12 more	54 min
Mar 2, 1:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles	24 min
Mar 2, 2:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles	27 min
Mar 2, 2:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Grundy	33 min
Mar 2, 2:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles	20 min
Mar 2, 2:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Coffee	26 min
Mar 2, 2:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Dickson, Humphreys	44 min
Mar 2, 2:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren	38 min
Mar 2, 3:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys	44 min
Mar 2, 3:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Grundy	23 min
Mar 2, 3:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson	42 min
Mar 2, 3:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Grundy	39 min
Mar 2, 3:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry	37 min
Mar 2, 3:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy	32 min
Mar 2, 3:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Williamson	28 min
Mar 2, 3:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Wayne	32 min
Mar 2, 4:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson	50 min
Mar 2, 4:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	27 min
Mar 2, 4:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale and 1 more	51 min
Mar 2, 4:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Wayne	35 min
Mar 2, 4:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Robertson, Williamson	32 min
Mar 2, 4:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson	32 min
Mar 2, 4:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Maury	33 min
Mar 2, 5:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury	28 min
Mar 2, 5:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam and 1 more	47 min
Mar 2, 5:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury, Williamson	21 min
Mar 2, 5:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	34 min
Mar 2, 5:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Maury	23 min
Mar 2, 5:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett	50 min
Mar 2, 5:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford	34 min
Mar 2, 5:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury	46 min
Mar 2, 5:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Rutherford	28 min
Mar 2, 5:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	OHX	Fentress, Overton, Pickett	36 min
Mar 2, 5:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury	31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.