Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Nashville, TN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 5:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Fairview, TN | |
| Mar 14, 5:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 12 Nne Centerville, TN | PUBLIC 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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
$$
FORECASTER:071 follow-up statement
780
WWUS54 KOHX 142231
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
531 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2012
TNC043-081-119-187-142300-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-120314T2300Z/
WILLIAMSON TN-DICKSON TN-HICKMAN TN-MAURY TN-
531 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
MAURY...NORTHEASTERN HICKMAN...SOUTHEASTERN DICKSON AND WESTERN
WILLIAMSON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 527 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTH OF FAIRVIEW...OR 14 MILES WEST OF FRANKLIN...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRING HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3604 8705 3600 8704 3599 8703 3603 8695
3571 8684 3580 8722 3602 8741 3603 8715
3604 8714
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 258DEG 23KT 3591 8707
$$
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 37 min |
| Mar 14, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 17 min |
| Mar 14, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 5:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Hickman | 2 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys | 33 min |
| Mar 14, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 24 min |
| Mar 14, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 26 min |
| Mar 14, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 23 min |
| Mar 14, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 31 min |
| Mar 14, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 31 min |
| Mar 14, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 39 min |
| Mar 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 35 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.