Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2012, 3:27 PM CDT for Dickson County, Hickman County, Humphreys County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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 15, 2012, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dickson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Humphreys County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:57 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 8 Sse Dickson, TN | CORRECTED TIME....HAIL REPORTED AT HWY 100 AND HWY 7 IN NORTHEAST HICKMAN COUNTY. SIZE RANGED FROM PING PONGS TO GOLFBALLS AND IT WAS COVERING THE PARKING LOT. |
| Mar 15, 4:03 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Burns, TN | REPORTED ON I-40 NEAR BURNS |
| Mar 15, 4:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 9 Sse Dickson, TN | HAIL RANGING FROM PEA TO PING PONG BALL SIZE COVERED THE GROUND IN BON AQUA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 1726 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
980 WUUS54 KOHX 152027 SVROHX TNC043-081-085-152100- /O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0072.120315T2027Z-120315T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 327 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NORTHERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... EAST CENTRAL HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 323 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 LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BURNS... DICKSON... 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. && LAT...LON 3615 8732 3590 8721 3581 8763 3598 8771 TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 249DEG 18KT 3593 8756 $$ SHAMBURGER
1 follow-up statement
900 WWUS54 KOHX 152051 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 351 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012 TNC043-081-085-152100- /O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120315T2100Z/ DICKSON TN-HICKMAN TN-HUMPHREYS TN- 351 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL HUMPHREYS...NORTHEASTERN HICKMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN DICKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 347 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF BURNS...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF DICKSON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BURNS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE. && LAT...LON 3583 8754 3601 8763 3615 8732 3590 8721 TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 249DEG 18KT 3594 8728 $$ SHAMBURGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay, Macon, Trousdale | 55 min |
| Mar 15, 1:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland, White | 54 min |
| Mar 15, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam | 38 min |
| Mar 15, 12:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Williamson | 59 min |
| Mar 15, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 66 min |
| Mar 15, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 61 min |
| Mar 15, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Williamson | 55 min |
| Mar 15, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 2:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Williamson | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Maury, Williamson | 48 min |
| Mar 15, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale | 63 min |
| Mar 15, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 53 min |
| Mar 15, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Humphreys | 37 min |
| Mar 15, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson | 37 min |
| Mar 15, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Overton, Putnam | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 40 min |
| Mar 15, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 38 min |
| Mar 15, 5:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Williamson | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Davidson, Rutherford, Wilson | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Giles, Marshall, Rutherford | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 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.