Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Nashville, TN

March 17, 20125 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2012, 2:22 PM CDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 38 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 17, 2012, 2:22 PM CDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2012, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 17, 2:25 PM CDTHAIL 0.8810 Ene Ashland City, TNREPORTED ON I-24 IN JOELTON

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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 2012-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 622 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 2012-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
622 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

099 
WUUS54 KOHX 171922
SVROHX
TNC021-037-147-165-189-172000-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0086.120317T1922Z-120317T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
222 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ROBERTSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WESTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHEASTERN CHEATHAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 221 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 RIDGETOP...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENBRIER...
  GOODLETTSVILLE...
  MILLERSVILLE...
  HENDERSONVILLE...
  WHITE HOUSE...
  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 3663 8662 3624 8631 3618 8686 3636 8698
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 241DEG 15KT 3633 8682

$$

SHAMBURGER
1 follow-up statement
773 
WWUS54 KOHX 171938
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
238 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012

TNC021-037-147-165-189-172000-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120317T2000Z/
ROBERTSON TN-SUMNER TN-WILSON TN-CHEATHAM TN-DAVIDSON TN-
238 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
DAVIDSON...NORTHEASTERN CHEATHAM...NORTHWESTERN WILSON...WESTERN
SUMNER AND SOUTHEASTERN ROBERTSON COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 235 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
GOODLETTSVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF NASHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MILLERSVILLE AROUND 245 PM CDT.
  HENDERSONVILLE AROUND 250 PM CDT.
  GREEN HILL AROUND 255 PM CDT.

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 3663 8662 3624 8631 3618 8686 3636 8698
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 248DEG 17KT 3633 8671

$$

SHAMBURGER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 1:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMaury67 min
Mar 17, 1:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham32 min
Mar 17, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWilliamson27 min
Mar 17, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Williamson38 min
Mar 17, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRutherford47 min
Mar 17, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson27 min
Mar 17, 3:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSumner, Trousdale41 min
Mar 17, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham56 min
Mar 17, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSumner25 min
Mar 17, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford37 min
Mar 17, 3:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXWilliamson113 min
Mar 17, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXPutnam34 min
Mar 17, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCoffee27 min
Mar 17, 6:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWilson22 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.