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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Nashville, TN

November 17, 20135 counties in Tennessee

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 17, 4:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC4 hr
Nov 17, 6:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2013-11-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 629 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2013-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 439 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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 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

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Local storm report, Nov 17, 5:55 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 6:01 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHouston, Montgomery, Robertson44 min
Nov 17, 6:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner40 min
Nov 17, 6:07 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner38 min
Nov 17, 6:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBenton, Humphreys40 min
Nov 17, 6:36 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale39 min
Nov 17, 6:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale24 min
Nov 17, 7:04 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDickson, Humphreys41 min
Nov 17, 7:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXClay, Macon, Smith, Trousdale51 min
Nov 17, 7:29 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson, Hickman, Williamson61 min
Nov 17, 7:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXClay, Jackson, Smith44 min
Nov 17, 7:56 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLewis, Wayne49 min
Nov 17, 8:02 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDeKalb, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson58 min
Nov 17, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam36 min
Nov 17, 8:23 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam52 min
Nov 17, 8:27 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam48 min
Nov 17, 9:26 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCoffee49 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.