Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2012, 6:03 PM CDT for Giles County, Lawrence County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2012, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2012, 6:38 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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.
894
WUUS54 KOHX 152303
SVROHX
TNC055-099-160000-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0083.120315T2303Z-120316T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
603 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GILES COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 601 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 MINOR
HILL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PULASKI...
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 3500 8724 3520 8733 3535 8691 3534 8690
3531 8691 3530 8686 3532 8685 3529 8683
3524 8682 3500 8683 3499 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 248DEG 15KT 3516 8718
$$
SHAMBURGER2 follow-up statements
352
WWUS54 KOHX 152326
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
626 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012
TNC099-152336-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120316T0000Z/
LAWRENCE TN-
626 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NASHVILLE.
LAT...LON 3500 8704 3529 8692 3530 8686 3532 8685
3529 8683 3524 8682 3500 8683 3499 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 248DEG 15KT 3520 8707
$$
TNC055-160000-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120316T0000Z/
GILES TN-
626 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GILES COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT...
AT 625 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
PULASKI...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELKTON AND ARDMORE.
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 3500 8704 3529 8692 3530 8686 3532 8685
3529 8683 3524 8682 3500 8683 3499 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 248DEG 15KT 3520 8707
$$
SHAMBURGER467
WWUS54 KOHX 152338
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
638 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012
TNC055-152348-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120316T0000Z/
GILES TN-
638 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GILES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NASHVILLE.
LAT...LON 3500 8704 3529 8692 3530 8686 3532 8685
3529 8683 3524 8682 3500 8683 3499 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 248DEG 15KT 3521 8701
$$
SHAMBURGERThe 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, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 33 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.