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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Nashville, TN

June 5, 2014Giles County, Lawrence County, Marshall County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2014, 6:53 AM CDT for Giles County, Lawrence County, Marshall County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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 5, 2014, 6:53 AM CDT (11:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2014, 7:30 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Marshall County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:57 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 5, 7:10 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Pulaski, TN	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALL ACROSS GILES COUNTY

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 17 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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 1296 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

358 
WUUS54 KOHX 051153
SVROHX
TNC055-099-117-051230-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0051.140605T1153Z-140605T1230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
653 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GILES COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 650 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH. THE STORM WAS NEAR LAWRENCEBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PULASKI...GOODSPRING...MINOR HILL...FRANKEWING...PROSPECT...ELKTON
  AND ARDMORE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS 58 MPH OR STRONGER...OR
HAIL ONE INCH OR LARGER. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A
STURDY BUILDING NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3500 8728 3518 8746 3543 8714 3528 8672
      3525 8674 3526 8682 3500 8683 3499 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 1153Z 307DEG 34KT 3522 8716

$$

FORECASTER:07

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 5, 6:34 AM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 6:34 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
634 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

.UPDATE...FOR 12Z AVIATION FORECAST

&&

.AVIATION...
SURFACE FRONT DRAPED ACROSS SOUTHERN KENTUCKY EVIDENT IN MSAS
SURFACE DEWPOINT FIELD. FRONT SHOULD SAG SOUTH A LITTLE DURING THE
DAY BEFORE RETREATING TONIGHT. SHOWERS MOSTLY LIGHT CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP NORTH OF SURFACE FRONT BUT MAIN AREA OF CONVECTION REMAINS
OVER SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE WHERE HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO
FALL IN A RATHER NARROW CORRIDOR FROM HUMPHREYS COUNTY DOWN
THROUGH MARSHALL COUNTY. COMPLEX BEGINNING TO SHOW SOME SIGNS OF
PULLING OUT BUT LATEST IR LOOP STILL SHOWING COLDER TOPS WESTERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

LOOK FOR MVFR CONDITIONS THIS MORNING AT AVIATION TERMINALS DUE TO
FOG AND OR LOW CEILINGS. KEPT VICINITY SHOWERS IN FORECAST THROUGH
THE MORNING WITH VICINITY THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. COMPLEX
CURRENTLY OVER KANSAS WILL LIKELY MOVE THIS WAY AS WE GO THROUGH
THE DAY AND INTO WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH A
DAMAGING WIND THREAT TO SOUTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY 23Z.

&&

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

BOYD
01

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 5:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
506 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-061030-
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-
506 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR SOUTHWEST MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WAVERLY TO SHELBYVILLE.
THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...HOWEVER SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE ENOUGH RAINFALL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING
IN POOR DRAINAGE OR LOW LYING AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS. WHILE DIURNALLY DRIVEN THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES MAY DEVELOP UPSTREAM AND MOVE
INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO THE MID-STATE AREA WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED. 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
BOYD
01

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
346 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

TNZ056>058-050930-
HICKMAN-LEWIS-PERRY-
346 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HICKMAN...LEWIS AND PERRY
COUNTIES...

AT 343 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARSONS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE LOBELVILLE...PLEASANTVILLE...
KIMMINS AND HOHENWALD.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3576 8799 3583 8798 3585 8796 3584 8794
      3584 8792 3580 8785 3582 8784 3584 8780
      3567 8742 3545 8761 3573 8803

27

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
351 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

TNZ057-058-060-050930-
HICKMAN-LEWIS-MAURY-
351 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HICKMAN...LEWIS AND MAURY
COUNTIES...

AT 348 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CENTERVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE CENTERVILLE...WILLIAMSPORT...
HAMPSHIRE AND MOUNT PLEASANT.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3570 8756 3584 8741 3559 8693 3545 8715
      3544 8727

27

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
415 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

TNZ058-060-061-094-095-051000-
GILES-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MARSHALL-MAURY-
415 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GILES...LAWRENCE...LEWIS...
MARSHALL AND MAURY COUNTIES...

AT 411 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SUMMERTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PEOPLE IN AND AROUND SUMMERTOWN AND LYNNVILLE SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3545 8761 3562 8747 3563 8740 3541 8684
      3512 8712

07

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
502 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

TNZ058-060-094-095-051045-
GILES-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MAURY-
502 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GILES...LAWRENCE...LEWIS AND
MAURY COUNTIES...

AT 500 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SUMMERTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE SUMMERTOWN...HENRYVILLE...
ETHRIDGE...LAWRENCEBURG...GOODSPRING AND PULASKI.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3526 8758 3530 8758 3555 8738 3530 8690
      3499 8714

07

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
518 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

TNZ061-095-051045-
GILES-MARSHALL-
518 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GILES AND MARSHALL COUNTIES...

AT 515 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF PULASKI...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE CORNERSVILLE AND FRANKEWING.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3500 8714 3540 8683 3536 8659 3532 8661
      3531 8668 3525 8674 3526 8682 3499 8683

07

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:27 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
627 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

TNZ060-061-094-095-051230-
GILES-LAWRENCE-MARSHALL-MAURY-
627 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GILES...LAWRENCE...MARSHALL AND
MAURY COUNTIES...

AT 625 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR LAWRENCEBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE ETHRIDGE...LAWRENCEBURG...
GOODSPRING...PULASKI...FRANKEWING...ELKTON AND ARDMORE.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3499 8719 3500 8728 3527 8758 3533 8758
      3547 8725 3529 8670 3525 8674 3526 8682
      3500 8683 3499 8684

07

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay	30 min
Jun 4, 10:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	25 min
Jun 4, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery, Stewart	49 min
Jun 4, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon	28 min
Jun 4, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Smith, Trousdale	35 min
Jun 4, 11:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson, Montgomery	36 min
Jun 5, 12:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	42 min
Jun 5, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman	29 min
Jun 5, 12:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson	50 min
Jun 5, 1:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Maury, Williamson	42 min
Jun 5, 1:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Rutherford	33 min
Jun 5, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall	36 min
Jun 5, 2:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys	41 min
Jun 5, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	35 min
Jun 5, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	15 min
Jun 5, 3:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys	3 hr
Jun 5, 3:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Grundy	31 min
Jun 5, 3:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman	29 min
Jun 5, 3:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys	3 hr
Jun 5, 3:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Marshall	34 min
Jun 5, 3:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Perry	44 min
Jun 5, 3:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Maury	39 min
Jun 5, 4:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis	45 min
Jun 5, 4:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Perry	3 hr
Jun 5, 4:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury	50 min
Jun 5, 4:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman, Perry	3 hr
Jun 5, 5:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	43 min
Jun 5, 5:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	27 min
Jun 5, 5:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Dickson, Giles, Hickman, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lewis and 2 more	5 hr
Jun 5, 6:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	63 min
Jun 5, 8:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry	3 hr
Jun 5, 8:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Perry	35 hr
Jun 5, 8:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Perry, Wayne	3 hr
Jun 5, 8:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Williamson	48 min
Jun 5, 8:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis	42 min
Jun 5, 9:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	64 min
Jun 5, 10:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OHX	Dickson, Giles, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Lawrence and 6 more	30 hr
Jun 5, 11:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Giles, Hickman, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury and 2 more	8 hr
Jun 5, 1:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Perry, Wayne	5 hr
Jun 5, 2:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Perry, Wayne	59 min
Jun 5, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles	34 hr
Jun 5, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	68 min
Jun 5, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Humphreys	53 min
Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Hickman	3 hr
Jun 5, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles	33 min
Jun 5, 6:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman	18 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.