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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Nashville, TN

April 3, 2015Hickman County, Lewis County, Perry County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2015, 4:55 PM CDT for Hickman County, Lewis County, Perry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2015, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2015, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hickman County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Perry County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 3, 12:14 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 135 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 325 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

979 
WUUS54 KOHX 032155
SVROHX
TNC081-101-135-032245-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0013.150403T2155Z-150403T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
455 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  PERRY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 453 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF LINDEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LINDEN AROUND 500 PM CDT.
  CENTERVILLE AROUND 520 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LOBELVILLE...PLEASANTVILLE AND
KIMMINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3566 8802 3575 8802 3576 8799 3589 8734
      3567 8731 3560 8736 3556 8731 3555 8732
      3554 8731 3555 8800 3561 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 260DEG 56KT 3565 8790

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

BARNWELL

1 follow-up statement

129 
WWUS54 KOHX 032217
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
517 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

TNC135-032227-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150403T2245Z/
PERRY TN-
517 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF PERRY
COUNTY.

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PERRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3581 8771 3589 8734 3567 8731 3566 8733
      3564 8733 3560 8736 3556 8731 3554 8731
      3555 8765 3561 8766 3564 8770 3569 8772
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 260DEG 56KT 3564 8747

$$

TNC081-101-032245-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150403T2245Z/
HICKMAN TN-LEWIS TN-
517 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LEWIS
AND HICKMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 515 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST
OF HOHENWALD...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HICKMAN AND
NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3581 8771 3589 8734 3567 8731 3566 8733
      3564 8733 3560 8736 3556 8731 3554 8731
      3555 8765 3561 8766 3564 8770 3569 8772
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 260DEG 56KT 3564 8747

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

BARNWELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 3:47 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 32 more	18 hr
Apr 3, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	34 min
Apr 3, 3:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart	38 min
Apr 3, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson	33 min
Apr 3, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson	27 min
Apr 3, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson	23 min
Apr 3, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	34 min
Apr 3, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	30 min
Apr 3, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	43 min
Apr 3, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Rutherford, Williamson	51 min
Apr 3, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	47 min
Apr 3, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Smith, Wilson	31 min
Apr 3, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Maury	41 min
Apr 3, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Jackson, Overton, Smith	38 min
Apr 3, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Wilson	35 min
Apr 3, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Jackson, Putnam, Smith, White	47 min
Apr 3, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White	43 min
Apr 3, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland	26 min
Apr 3, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren	46 min
Apr 3, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cumberland, Fentress, White	49 min
Apr 3, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren	49 min
Apr 3, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Coffee, Giles, Grundy, Marshall	43 min
Apr 3, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, White	39 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.