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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Nashville, TN

March 14, 2012Giles County, Lawrence County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2012, 4:25 PM CDT for Giles County, Lawrence County, Tennessee. It was in force for 17 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
Mar 14, 2012, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2012, 4:42 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 14, 4:30 PM CDTHAIL 14 S Lawrenceburg, TNHAIL REPORTED IN LEOMA

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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2012-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 486 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 2012-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
486 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 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.

858 
WUUS54 KOHX 142125
SVROHX
TNC055-099-142200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0050.120314T2125Z-120314T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
425 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GILES COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 423 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
  LAWRENCEBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL WESTERN GILES COUNTY...
  RURAL CENTRAL GILES COUNTY...

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 3532 8710 3507 8702 3507 8740 3525 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 260DEG 21KT 3518 8731

$$

FORECASTER:07
1 follow-up statement
170 
WWUS54 KOHX 142142
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
442 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2012

TNC055-099-142152-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-120314T2200Z/
GILES TN-LAWRENCE TN-
442 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAWRENCE AND WESTERN
GILES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3532 8710 3507 8702 3507 8740 3525 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 260DEG 21KT 3520 8719

$$

07

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys37 min
Mar 14, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys45 min
Mar 14, 5:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHickman2 hr
Mar 14, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson47 min
Mar 14, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys33 min
Mar 14, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson24 min
Mar 14, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Sumner26 min
Mar 14, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson23 min
Mar 14, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson31 min
Mar 14, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner31 min
Mar 14, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner39 min
Mar 14, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale35 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.