Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2012, 5:27 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 33 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, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cheatham County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 6:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Charlotte, TN |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.
028
WUUS54 KOHX 142227
SVROHX
TNC021-043-083-085-142300-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0053.120314T2227Z-120314T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
527 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
WESTERN CHEATHAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 522 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 MCEWEN...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DICKSON...
WHITE BLUFF...
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 3638 8716 3606 8712 3606 8764 3627 8770
3633 8741 3632 8735 3632 8731 3631 8730
3633 8728 3635 8728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 253DEG 32KT 3619 8752
$$
FORECASTER:071 follow-up statement
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WWUS54 KOHX 142246
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
546 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2012
TNC083-085-142255-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120314T2300Z/
HOUSTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
546 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS AND
SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3638 8716 3606 8712 3611 8747 3628 8752
3633 8741 3632 8735 3632 8732 3631 8730
3633 8728 3635 8728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 253DEG 30KT 3623 8737
$$
TNC021-043-142300-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120314T2300Z/
DICKSON TN-CHEATHAM TN-
546 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
CHEATHAM AND NORTHERN DICKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 541 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 10 MILES
NORTH OF DICKSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITE BLUFF.
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 3638 8716 3606 8712 3611 8747 3628 8752
3633 8741 3632 8735 3632 8732 3631 8730
3633 8728 3635 8728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 253DEG 30KT 3623 8737
$$
BOYDThe 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, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 47 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.