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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Nashville, TN

July 8, 20166 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2016, 9:31 PM CDT for 6 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 29 min. 4 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: Jul 8, 2016, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 8, 9:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 E Chapel Hill, TN	TREE SNAPPED IN UNIONVILLE
Jul 8, 9:42 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nw Cornersville, TN	TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR I-65 AND COLEMAN ROAD
Jul 8, 9:42 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lewisburg, TN	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY
Jul 8, 9:58 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 Wsw Centertown, TN	TREE FELL ON A HOUSE AT 55 MCMAHAN ROAD CAUSING DAMAGE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 8, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 83 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: 2167 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

120 
WUUS54 KOHX 090231
SVROHX
TNC003-015-031-117-149-187-090300-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0166.160709T0231Z-160709T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
931 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHWESTERN CANNON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  BEDFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WESTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 931 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR MURFREESBORO TO NEAR PETERSBURG...MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MURFREESBORO...SHELBYVILLE...LEWISBURG...TULLAHOMA...CHAPEL HILL...
  CORNERSVILLE...WARTRACE...EAGLEVILLE...BELL BUCKLE...NORMANDY...
  CHRISTIANA...BELFAST...FARMINGTON...RAUS...UNIONVILLE...
  FOSTERVILLE...ROCKVALE...DEASON...BEECHGROVE AND ROVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3533 8646 3536 8649 3535 8653 3537 8659
      3533 8661 3537 8690 3584 8671 3570 8602
      3534 8620 3534 8626 3535 8624 3537 8628
      3538 8625 3539 8628 3541 8625 3541 8629
      3536 8633 3535 8641 3532 8642
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 274DEG 39KT 3582 8649 3537 8663 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

BARNWELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 7:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Montgomery, Stewart	3 hr
Jul 8, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Humphreys	44 min
Jul 8, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	50 min
Jul 8, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart	41 min
Jul 8, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Warren	46 min
Jul 8, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman	43 min
Jul 8, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wayne	50 min
Jul 8, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson	30 min
Jul 8, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Williamson	28 min
Jul 8, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson, Sumner, Williamson	35 min
Jul 8, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	49 min
Jul 8, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson	29 min
Jul 8, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Macon, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale and 2 more	40 min
Jul 8, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury	51 min
Jul 8, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Williamson	32 min
Jul 8, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson	37 min
Jul 8, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale	38 min
Jul 8, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Rutherford, Smith and 2 more	35 min
Jul 8, 9:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Grundy	39 min
Jul 8, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis	52 min
Jul 8, 9:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	33 min
Jul 8, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam	70 min
Jul 8, 9:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles, Marshall	3 hr
Jul 8, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Putnam and 2 more	67 min
Jul 8, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Grundy, Van Buren and 2 more	64 min
Jul 8, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Coffee, Grundy, Marshall, Rutherford	60 min
Jul 8, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Fentress	35 min
Jul 8, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Grundy, Van Buren, Warren	32 min
Jul 9, 7:27 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Montgomery, Robertson	4 hr
Jul 9, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Perry	46 min
Jul 9, 6:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Maury	118 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.