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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2013, 5:07 PM CDT for Marshall County, Maury County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 2013, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2013, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Williamson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 2024 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 23, 4:26 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 4:26 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 5:03 AM CDT, 12 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 503 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 2013 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-241015- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON- HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE- SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS- WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE- CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- GILES- 503 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 27
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 23, 3:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 23, 4:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
403 PM CDT FRI AUG 23 2013
TNZ005>010-023-025>032-064-232200-
CHEATHAM-CLAY-DAVIDSON-DE
KALB-DICKSON-HOUSTON-JACKSON-MACON-MONTGOMERY-PUTNAM-ROBERTSON-SMITH-
STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-WILSON-
403 PM CDT FRI AUG 23 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEATHAM...CLAY...DAVIDSON...DE
KALB...DICKSON...HOUSTON...JACKSON...MACON...MONTGOMERY...PUTNAM...
ROBERTSON...SMITH...STEWART...SUMNER...TROUSDALE AND WILSON
COUNTIES...
AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NEAR THE TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY
STATE LINE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
SOME OF THE STORMS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSE COULD BE
STRONG BETWEEN NOW AND 5 PM CDT...WITH SMALL HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40
MPH POSSIBLE. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE...TOO.
LAT...LON 3663 8576 3659 8565 3605 8568 3626 8782
3663 8792 3666 8635Special weather statement, Aug 23, 5:00 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
500 PM CDT FRI AUG 23 2013
TNZ066-232300-
CUMBERLAND-
500 PM CDT FRI AUG 23 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT CROSSVILLE
SOUTHWARD...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE LAKE TANSI AND CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN
STATE PARK.
HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3582 8478 3581 8481 3576 8491 3574 8503
3576 8504 3576 8519 3610 8518 3612 8485
3610 8483 3609 8480 3606 8478 3599 8471
3591 8467
BOYDSpecial weather statement, Aug 23, 5:04 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
504 PM CDT FRI AUG 23 2013
TNZ065-080-232245-
VAN BUREN-WHITE-
504 PM CDT FRI AUG 23 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VAN BUREN AND WHITE COUNTIES...
AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPARTA...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. LOOK FOR
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH THIS STORM.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE BAKERS CROSSROADS...SPARTA AND
DOYLE.
HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3574 8530 3576 8561 3576 8560 3577 8561
3605 8558 3604 8534 3603 8532
BOYDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Houston, Jackson, Macon, Montgomery and 6 more | 57 min |
| Aug 23, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 60 min |
| Aug 23, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | White | 41 min |
| Aug 23, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Rutherford | 54 min |
| Aug 23, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Van Buren | 48 min |
| Aug 23, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry | 40 min |
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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.