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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Nashville, TN

June 10, 20134 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2013, 3:29 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports 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: Jun 10, 2013, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Smith County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 10, 3:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Gainesboro, TN	TREES DOWN AND PHONE LINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS ROADWAYS.
Jun 10, 3:41 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Gainesboro, TN	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROADS...ALSO POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE AREA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 11 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 10, 1:56 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 77 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 439 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

329 
WUUS54 KOHX 102029
SVROHX
TNC027-087-141-159-102100-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0082.130610T2029Z-130610T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
329 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  CLAY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 324 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE SEVERE   
  STORMS EXTENDED FROM RED BOILING SPRINGS TO   GORDONSVILLE...AND 
  WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GAINESBORO...CELINA...BAXTER...GRANVILLE...MOSS AND WHITLEYVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS NEAR LEBANON IN WILSON COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MONDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3662 8541 3652 8543 3643 8549 3631 8549
      3604 8567 3608 8572 3607 8577 3613 8581
      3612 8585 3609 8587 3612 8590 3611 8596
      3609 8599 3610 8607 3619 8610 3642 8592
      3641 8583 3661 8580
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 281DEG 29KT 3656 8572 3615 8594

$$

SHAMBURGER

1 follow-up statement

416 
WWUS54 KOHX 102045
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
345 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

TNC027-159-102054-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-130610T2100Z/
SMITH TN-CLAY TN-
345 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLAY AND SMITH COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3650 8569 3648 8557 3640 8549 3630 8549
      3604 8567 3608 8572 3607 8577 3611 8580
      3621 8581 3621 8578 3624 8578 3625 8582
      3629 8584 3650 8582 3652 8577 3650 8572
      3651 8573 3652 8570
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 281DEG 29KT 3645 8561 3612 8578

$$

TNC087-141-102100-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-130610T2100Z/
PUTNAM TN-JACKSON TN-
345 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON AND
WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 341 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF GAINESBORO TO 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GORDONSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GAINESBORO...BAXTER...GRANVILLE AND WHITLEYVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3650 8569 3648 8557 3640 8549 3630 8549
      3604 8567 3608 8572 3607 8577 3611 8580
      3621 8581 3621 8578 3624 8578 3625 8582
      3629 8584 3650 8582 3652 8577 3650 8572
      3651 8573 3652 8570
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 281DEG 29KT 3645 8561 3612 8578

$$

SHAMBURGER

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 Jun 10, 3:14 PM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 3:14 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
314 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

DISCUSSION...
UPPER TROUGH MAKING ITS PRESENCE KNOWN HERE IN THE MID STATE THIS
AFTERNOON. RELATIVELY DRY/COOL AIR ALOFT AND MOIST LOWER LEVELS ARE
COMBINING WITH DESCENT HELICITY VALUES ACROSS WESTERN ZONES. THE
ENHANCED HELICITY VALUES WILL PROPAGATE EASTWARD ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE CWA THROUGH SUNSET. AS A RESULT...A TORNADO WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT THE FAR NORTHWESTERN 4 COUNTIES OF THE CWA.
RADAR IS CURRENTLY INDICATING SCATTERED ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM SUMNER COUNTY SW THROUGH WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
THE ACTIVITY IS MOVING EASTWARD WITH REDEVELOPMENT WESTWARD TOWARD
BENTON COUNTY.

OVERNIGHT...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL MOVE EASTWARD. TOR WATCH
WILL BE VALID UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. WILL INCLUDE 50-60 POPS FOR
MUCH OF THE AREA. WILL BE CLEARING COUNTIES LATER AS THREAT
DIMINISHES FROM THE WEST.

OTHERWISE...TROUGH AXIS WILL CONTINUE ITS EASTWARD MOVEMENT AND WILL
BE LOCATED ACROSS THE CAROLINAS BY SUNRISE. IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED ALONG WITH WARMER TEMPS AS MID LEVEL TEMPS RISE. PATTERN
WILL THEN CONTINUE TO EVOLVE INTO A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME NW FLOW
PATTERN. WARMING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THROUGH WED AFTERNOON WITH
HIGHS APPROACHING THE MID 90S.

IN THE EXT FCST...MCS ACTIVITY DOES BECOME APPARENT BY LATE IN THE
WEEK. TRAJECTORIES ARE A BIT UNCERTAIN BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR MCS
IMPACTS DO EXIST ON THURSDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY.

AS FOR THE EXT TEMPS...IMPRESSIVE W-E THERMAL RIDGING WILL BE IN
PLACE ON WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...RIDGING WILL BE BACKING OFF THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED AND THUS...TEMPS WILL MODERATE BACK
DOWN TO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S FOR HIGHS.

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE      66  91  72  95 /  50  05   0  10
CLARKSVILLE    63  91  70  94 /  50  05   0  10
CROSSVILLE     62  84  66  90 /  60  05   0  10
COLUMBIA       67  92  72  95 /  50  05   0  10
LAWRENCEBURG   68  91  71  94 /  40  05   0  10
WAVERLY        65  91  70  94 /  50  05   0  10

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 5:45 AM CDT, 9 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
545 AM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-111045-
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-
545 AM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY IN THE MID
STATE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED.

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

Local storm report, Jun 10, 3:10 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
310 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0242 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BRENTWOOD               36.00N  86.79W
06/10/2013                   WILLIAMSON         TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE BLOCKING ROADWAY ON SPLIT LOG ROAD AT SUNSET ROAD
            IN BRENTWOOD

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300474

11

Local storm report, Jun 10, 3:12 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
312 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0246 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ANTIOCH                 36.06N  86.67W
06/10/2013                   DAVIDSON           TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DOWNED TREES REPORTED IN ANTIOCH AROUND I-24 AND BLUE
            HOLE ROAD

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300475

11

Local storm report, Jun 10, 3:15 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
315 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0313 PM     HAIL             3 S NOLENSVILLE         35.90N  86.65W
06/10/2013  M1.00 INCH       WILLIAMSON         TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED SOUTH OF NOLENSVILLE

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300476

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:16 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
316 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

TNZ059>061-075-102100-
BEDFORD-MARSHALL-MAURY-WILLIAMSON-
316 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEDFORD...MARSHALL...MAURY AND
WILLIAMSON COUNTIES...

AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPRING HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE CHAPEL HILL...ROVER...UNIONVILLE
AND DEASON.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL HAS ALREADY FALLEN WITH THIS STORM...AND WINDS
AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3572 8693 3581 8686 3576 8668 3575 8670
      3572 8670 3569 8665 3570 8663 3569 8653
      3564 8646 3565 8642 3562 8641 3566 8634
      3565 8630 3555 8658

AL

Local storm report, Jun 10, 3:21 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
321 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0246 PM     HAIL             4 S GALLATIN            36.32N  86.45W
06/10/2013  M0.50 INCH       WILSON             TN   FACEBOOK

            MARBLE HAIL REPORTED AT BOXWELL RESERVATION SOUTH OF
            GALLATIN

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300477

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 3:29 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
329 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0251 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NW LEBANON            36.26N  86.39W
06/10/2013                   WILSON             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN IN THE COLES FERRY AREA IN WILSON COUNTY

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300478

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Macon, Sumner, Trousdale	38 min
Jun 9, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Benton, Houston	47 min
Jun 9, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston, Humphreys	39 min
Jun 9, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Montgomery	48 min
Jun 10, 1:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson, Macon, Rutherford, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	2 hr
Jun 10, 2:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon	38 min
Jun 10, 1:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Dickson	37 min
Jun 10, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson	27 min
Jun 10, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson	35 min
Jun 10, 1:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson	23 min
Jun 10, 1:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson	31 min
Jun 10, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	28 min
Jun 10, 2:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner	33 min
Jun 10, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Williamson	45 min
Jun 10, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	45 min
Jun 10, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Maury, Williamson	35 min
Jun 10, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	31 min
Jun 10, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon	48 min
Jun 10, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Williamson	28 min
Jun 10, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith, Trousdale, Wilson	39 min
Jun 10, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford	44 min
Jun 10, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford	48 min
Jun 10, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam, White	37 min
Jun 10, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Coffee, Warren	50 min
Jun 10, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford	49 min
Jun 10, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Grundy	41 min
Jun 10, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam, White	48 min
Jun 10, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Williamson	30 min
Jun 10, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	34 min
Jun 10, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Rutherford	41 min
Jun 10, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	50 min
Jun 10, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Rutherford	40 min
Jun 10, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	37 min
Jun 10, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence	43 min
Jun 10, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence	39 min
Jun 10, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.