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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Nashville, TN

March 14, 20124 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2012, 5:13 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min. 2 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
Mar 14, 2012, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
47 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), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 14, 5:25 PM CDTHAIL 1Fairview, TN
Mar 14, 5:25 PM CDTHAIL 1.7512 Nne Centerville, TNPUBLIC REPORT RELAYED FROM NANCY VANCAMP AT WSMV.

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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 50 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.

667 
WUUS54 KOHX 142213
SVROHX
TNC043-081-119-187-142300-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0052.120314T2213Z-120314T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHEASTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 507 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 EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FAIRVIEW...
  SPRING HILL...

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 3602 8746 3604 8705 3600 8704 3599 8703
      3602 8698 3603 8696 3603 8695 3571 8684
      3571 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 258DEG 23KT 3589 8720

$$

FORECASTER:07
1 follow-up statement
780 
WWUS54 KOHX 142231
SVSOHX

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

TNC043-081-119-187-142300-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-120314T2300Z/
WILLIAMSON TN-DICKSON TN-HICKMAN TN-MAURY TN-
531 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
MAURY...NORTHEASTERN HICKMAN...SOUTHEASTERN DICKSON AND WESTERN
WILLIAMSON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 527 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.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTH OF FAIRVIEW...OR 14 MILES WEST OF FRANKLIN...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPRING HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3604 8705 3600 8704 3599 8703 3603 8695
      3571 8684 3580 8722 3602 8741 3603 8715
      3604 8714
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 258DEG 23KT 3591 8707

$$

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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, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence17 min
Mar 14, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys45 min
Mar 14, 5:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHickman2 hr
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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.