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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Nashville, TN

September 10, 2013Cheatham County, Davidson County, Robertson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 2013, 3:31 PM CDT for Cheatham County, Davidson County, Robertson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 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
Sep 10, 2013, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Robertson County, TN

The radar

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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 Sep 10, 2:46 PM CDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 2:46 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 10, 2:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
201 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 2013

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-111015-
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-
201 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. MAIN CONCERNS WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL
BE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO MINOR FLOODING AND PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING
STRIKES...AND GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

EVEN THOUGH ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF AND
ISOLATED, SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO CALL IN ANYTHING REACHING REPORTING
CRITERIA.

SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA...
TORNADO
FUNNEL CLOUD
FLOODING
HAIL >= 1/2 INCH
WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED)
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 10, 1:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
110 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 2013

TNZ058-093-094-101830-
LAWRENCE-LEWIS-WAYNE-
110 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAWRENCE...LEWIS AND WAYNE
COUNTIES...

AT 110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE LEWIS...LAWRENCE COUNTY LINE AND IN
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE HOHENWALD.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...
POTENTIALLY SOME SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3544 8779 3560 8749 3535 8721 3517 8752

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Special weather statement, Sep 10, 1:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
155 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 2013

TNZ005>008-022>028-056>062-075-093>095-110000-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-
MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-BEDFORD-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...
NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...
HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...
MURFREESBORO...SHELBYVILLE...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
155 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 2013

...SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE
ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG
AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH
STRONG THRESHOLDS...RESULTING IN BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HOURLY
RAINFALL RATES OF ONE...TO APPROACHING AROUND TWO INCHES AN
HOUR...WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. THIS COULD CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF TYPICAL LOW LYING PRONE AREAS ALONG WITH PONDING OF
WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. CAUTION IS ADVISED TRAVELING ACROSS AREA
ROADWAYS THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THIS PONDING OF WATER POTENTIAL.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. WITH THE ELEVATION OF THE
FREEZING LEVEL RATHER HIGH IN THE ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON...THE
POTENTIAL OF HAIL REACHING THE SURFACE IS RATHER LOW.

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Local storm report, Sep 10, 3:02 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 11:49 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart3 hr
Sep 10, 1:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLewis20 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.