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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Nashville, TN

March 14, 2012Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2012, 6:36 PM CDT for Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 min. 5 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, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Robertson County, TN, Sumner County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6:36 PM CDTHAIL 1Millersville, TN
Mar 14, 6:41 PM CDTHAIL 11 N Goodlettsville, TN
Mar 14, 6:54 PM CDTHAIL 1.754 Sse Portland, TNHAIL REPORTED ON 109 SOUTH OF PORTLAND. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL VEHICLES.
Mar 14, 7:08 PM CDTHAIL 0.54 Se Portland, TN
Mar 14, 7:10 PM CDTHAIL 12 N Gallatin, 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 26 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.

311 
WUUS54 KOHX 142336
SVROHX
TNC147-165-150015-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0059.120314T2336Z-120315T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL ROBERTSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WESTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 632 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
  MILLERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PORTLAND...
  GALLATIN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2. DO NOT
STAY OUTDOORS IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3632 8641 3631 8642 3633 8642 3634 8644
      3631 8651 3630 8654 3632 8655 3630 8657
      3629 8665 3634 8672 3652 8675 3665 8647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 261DEG 19KT 3640 8667

$$

FORECASTER:07
1 follow-up statement
160 
WWUS54 KOHX 150007
SVSOHX

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

TNC147-150017-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-120315T0015Z/
ROBERTSON TN-
707 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ROBERTSON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3665 8647 3632 8641 3631 8642 3633 8642
      3634 8644 3630 8654 3632 8654 3630 8657
      3629 8665 3631 8664 3654 8664 3657 8661
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 261DEG 19KT 3643 8647

$$

TNC165-150015-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-120315T0015Z/
SUMNER TN-
707 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL SUMNER
COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 705 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 NEAR
GALLATIN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GALLATIN.

LAT...LON 3665 8647 3632 8641 3631 8642 3633 8642
      3634 8644 3630 8654 3632 8654 3630 8657
      3629 8665 3631 8664 3654 8664 3657 8661
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 261DEG 19KT 3643 8647

$$

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, 4:25 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, 5:13 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, 6:55 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.