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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 337, NWS Nashville, TN

August 13, 2012Cheatham County, Davidson County, Robertson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT for Cheatham County, Davidson County, Robertson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 30 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
Aug 13, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT (15:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2012, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Robertson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 25 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 2012-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1430 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 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.

067 
WUUS54 KOHX 131500
SVROHX
TNC021-037-147-131530-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0337.120813T1500Z-120813T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1000 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ROBERTSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN CHEATHAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  DAVIDSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT

* AT 958 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE SEVERE        
  STORMS EXTENDED FROM ADAMS TO ASHLAND CITY...AND WERE MOVING EAST  
  AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPRINGFIELD...
  GREENBRIER...
  RIDGETOP...
  LAKEWOOD...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS 58 MPH OR STRONGER...OR
HAIL ONE INCH OR LARGER. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A
BUILDING LOCATION NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3665 8659 3642 8672 3641 8675 3634 8672
      3629 8664 3625 8664 3624 8659 3610 8651
      3601 8662 3597 8661 3604 8680 3605 8693
      3600 8704 3609 8704 3613 8700 3624 8698
      3635 8691 3636 8719 3646 8712 3665 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 1500Z 278DEG 45KT 3663 8704 3641 8713

$$

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1 follow-up statement
038 
WWUS54 KOHX 131505
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1005 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2012

TNC021-037-147-131530-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0337.000000T0000Z-120813T1530Z/
ROBERTSON TN-CHEATHAM TN-DAVIDSON TN-
1005 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH
CENTRAL DAVIDSON...NORTHERN CHEATHAM AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES UNTIL
1030 AM CDT...

AT 1003 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 10 MILES EAST OF GUTHRIE TO 9 MILES NORTH OF ASHLAND CITY...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPRINGFIELD...GREENBRIER...RIDGETOP...CROSS PLAINS AND ORLINDA.

LAT...LON 3665 8659 3642 8672 3641 8675 3635 8672
      3636 8719 3646 8712 3665 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 1504Z 278DEG 45KT 3662 8698 3640 8707

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 8:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXStewart45 min
Aug 13, 9:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHouston52 min
Aug 13, 9:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMontgomery47 min
Aug 13, 9:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery28 min
Aug 13, 10:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham, Davidson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson62 min
Aug 13, 10:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale45 min
Aug 13, 10:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson51 min
Aug 13, 11:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne27 min
Aug 13, 11:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCannon, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson41 min
Aug 13, 11:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGiles, Lawrence47 min
Aug 13, 11:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence47 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.