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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Nashville, TN

August 1, 2012Bedford County, Coffee County, Grundy County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2012, 8:26 PM CDT for Bedford County, Coffee County, Grundy County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 min. 3 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
Aug 1, 2012, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bedford County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Grundy County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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
Aug 1, 8:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGTullahoma, TNNUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALL AROUND TULLAHOMA.
Aug 1, 8:30 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 0Tullahoma, TNNUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALL AROUND TULLAHOMA.
Aug 1, 8:35 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGNormandy, TNSEVERAL TREES DOWN IN NORMANDY.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 1, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 00:00Z on 2012-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2342 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 00:00Z on 2012-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

139 
WUUS54 KOHX 020126
SVROHX
TNC003-031-061-020200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0321.120802T0126Z-120802T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
826 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  COFFEE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHWESTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 824 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
  MANCHESTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTY...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE 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 1000 PM WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3524 8582 3522 8588 3529 8593 3531 8600
      3534 8604 3536 8615 3533 8620 3534 8625
      3539 8628 3540 8627 3540 8629 3556 8637
      3562 8598 3529 8569 3524 8569 3521 8573
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 322DEG 19KT 3546 8607

$$

FORECASTER:BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury, Williamson39 min
Aug 1, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys42 min
Aug 1, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCoffee, Grundy62 min
Aug 1, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy, Warren44 min
Aug 2, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLewis64 min
Aug 2, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles37 min
Aug 2, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGiles, Lawrence59 min
Aug 2, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.