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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Nashville, TN

July 27, 2014Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2014, 7:55 PM CDT for Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 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
Jul 27, 2014, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2014, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Robertson County, TN, Sumner County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 2014-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3837 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 2014-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3837 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
10.2

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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 Jul 27, 6:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 6:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
623 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014

.UPDATE...FOR 00Z AVIATION FORECASTS.

&&

.AVIATION...BELIEVE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE
PRONOUNCED IN THE CSV VICINITY BTWN 03Z AND 05Z, AS SFC COLD FRONT
PUSHES INTO THAT AREA. EXPECT MAINLY JUST ISOLATED STORMS FURTHER
WEST TOWARD BNA AND CKV.

OF COURSE, IF A TSTM MOVES ACROSS ANY OF THE AREA TERMINALS
TONIGHT YOU CAN EXPECT A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR, AND POSSIBLY IFR,
CONDITIONS. OTHERWISE, LOOK FOR VFR THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.

GUSTY WEST SFC WINDS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THIS EVENING, AHEAD OF
THE FRONT, DIMINISHING AND BECOMING NORTHWESTERLY OVERNIGHT.
HOWEVER, NORTHWEST SFC WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY ONCE AGAIN DURING
THE DAYLIGHT HOURS, WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NR 20 KTS.

&&

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

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 7:27 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
727 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-290030-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-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-
727 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 AM TONIGHT FOR ALL
OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. WHILE ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL BE
THREATENED...THE BEST CHANCE FOR THIS SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ON
THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.

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

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Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:58 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRobertson28 min
Jul 27, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRobertson21 min
Jul 27, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMacon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale31 min
Jul 27, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRobertson26 min
Jul 27, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale36 min
Jul 27, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson, Sumner34 min
Jul 27, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson23 min
Jul 27, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXClay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam43 min
Jul 27, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Putnam37 min
Jul 27, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson46 min
Jul 27, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys42 min
Jul 27, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress21 min
Jul 27, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Maury, Perry, Williamson47 min
Jul 27, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Warren, White, Wilson38 min
Jul 27, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland, Van Buren, White48 min
Jul 27, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Cumberland, Van Buren, Warren, White40 min
Jul 27, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren38 min
Jul 27, 11:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGrundy, Warren47 min
Jul 28, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy32 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.