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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 17, 2013, 7:38 PM CST for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 37 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
- Nov 17, 2013, 7:38 PM CST (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2013, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Overton County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Smith County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Nov 17, 6:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 629 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 439 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 474 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
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 Nov 17, 5:23 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 5:23 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 523 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013 .UPDATE...FOR AVIATION. && .AVIATION... 00Z TAFS...LINE OF TSRA WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS OVER 40KT AND BRIEF IFR WX TO CKV SHORTLY...AND THROUGH THE BNA AREA BEFORE 03Z. THE WEAKENING BAND OF TSRA WILL CROSS CSV 03Z-06Z. AFTER FROPA...WNW WINDS WILL BE GUSTY TO 25KT FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS...THEN SETTLE TO ABOUT 07KT UNDER SKC. MONDAY WILL BRING NW WINDS AROUND 10KT WITH FEW-SCT CU. 13 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 245 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013/ DISCUSSION... REGARDING THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RADAR TRENDS SHOW SUPER-CELLS WITH TORNADOES JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF OUR CWA...AND AS THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE THAT IS SPAWNING THE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER LIFTS FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE NORTHEAST...AN ELONGATED COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH OUR AREA TONIGHT. AS THIS FRONT PASSES THROUGH WE STILL HAVE THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER GIVEN THE LEVEL OF INSTABILITY AND SHEAR AHEAD OF IT...BUT THE OVERALL THREAT IS DECREASING AS ANY MID AND UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT PUSHES FARTHER AWAY FROM MIDDLE TENNESSEE. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO PERSIST AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SO THE WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH TONIGHT...EXPECT SEVERAL DAYS OF DRY CONDITIONS AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MID-WEST SLIDES EASTWARD...REACHING NEW ENGLAND BY WEDNESDAY. THE COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THIS FRONT IS NOT AS STRONG AS PREVIOUS EVENTS...SO MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S TO NEAR 60...AND LOWS IN THE 30S OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. BY THURSDAY AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE MIDWEST...AND EXTENDS BACK INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES. EXTENDED MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES MOST OF THIS ENERGY GETS CUT-OFF INTO AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGING EXTENDING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS WILL ALLOW A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO PUSH THROUGH THE EASTERN HALF OF THE U.S. NEXT WEEKEND. BEGINNING THURSDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY THERE WILL BE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS OFF AND ON AS WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TRACK ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. EXTENDED GUIDANCE INDICATES THIS NEXT BLAST OF COLD AIR WILL BE STRONGER WITH 850MB TEMPS NEAR -6C AS SHOWN BY THE GFS AND ECMWF. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR TNZ009>011-028>034- 062>066-075-077>080. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR TNZ005>008- 022>027-056>061-093>095. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 17, 3:52 PM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 352 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013 TNZ009>011-028>034-062>066-075-077>080-181115- MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON- FENTRESS-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD- COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN- 352 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE MID STATE LATER THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS...SUSTAINED GRADIENT WINDS OF 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THUS A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL TONIGHT. THIS EVENING...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS COULD DEVELOP ALONG THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...ALTHOUGH A TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT CAUSE DAMAGE...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE. TNZ005>008-022>027-056>061-093>095-181115- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS- DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY- MARSHALL-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES- 352 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE MID STATE LATER THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED GRADIENT WINDS OF 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. THUS A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ALONG THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. ANY STORM THAT FORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AS WELL AS AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WINDS...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT CAUSE DAMAGE...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN AL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 17, 5:39 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
539 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
TNZ005>007-022-023-180045-
BENTON-HOUSTON-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-STEWART-
539 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BENTON...HOUSTON...MONTGOMERY...
ROBERTSON AND STEWART COUNTIES...
AT 536 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLARKSVILLE TO 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF TENNESSEE RIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE HOUSTON COUNTY AIRPORT...INDIAN
MOUND...WOODLAWN...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...TENNESSEE RIDGE...CUMBERLAND
CITY...PALMYRA...ERIN...ADAMS...CUNNINGHAM AND CEDAR HILL.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3665 8678 3633 8745 3634 8751 3630 8752
3626 8758 3631 8811 3637 8809 3637 8801
3644 8807 3649 8806 3664 8779
ROSELocal storm report, Nov 17, 5:55 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 6:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Robertson | 44 min |
| Nov 17, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 40 min |
| Nov 17, 6:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 38 min |
| Nov 17, 6:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 40 min |
| Nov 17, 6:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 39 min |
| Nov 17, 6:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale | 24 min |
| Nov 17, 7:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Dickson, Humphreys | 41 min |
| Nov 17, 7:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay, Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 51 min |
| Nov 17, 7:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson, Hickman, Williamson | 61 min |
| Nov 17, 7:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Smith | 44 min |
| Nov 17, 7:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lewis, Wayne | 49 min |
| Nov 17, 8:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | DeKalb, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 58 min |
| Nov 17, 8:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam | 36 min |
| Nov 17, 8:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam | 52 min |
| Nov 17, 8:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam | 48 min |
| Nov 17, 9:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Coffee | 49 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.