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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN

March 1, 2016Fentress County, Overton County, Pickett County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2016, 1:20 PM CST for Fentress County, Overton County, Pickett County, Tennessee. It was in force for 25 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
Mar 1, 2016, 1:20 PM CST (19:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2016, 1:45 PM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fentress County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 12:00Z on 2016-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

088 
WUUS54 KOHX 011920
SVROHX
TNC049-133-137-011945-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0002.160301T1920Z-160301T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
120 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN PICKETT COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN OVERTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WEST CENTRAL FENTRESS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 145 PM CST

* AT 119 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LIVINGSTON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LIVINGSTON AND BYRDSTOWN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3643 8498 3627 8532 3642 8543 3652 8531
      3652 8530 3653 8530 3653 8528 3654 8528
      3663 8519 3662 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 240DEG 48KT 3639 8529 

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

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1 follow-up statement
337 
WWUS54 KOHX 011927
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
127 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2016

TNC049-133-137-011945-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160301T1945Z/
PICKETT TN-OVERTON TN-FENTRESS TN-
127 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CST
FOR WESTERN PICKETT...NORTHEASTERN OVERTON AND WEST CENTRAL FENTRESS
COUNTIES...

AT 127 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF
BYRDSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BYRDSTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3635 8514 3650 8533 3652 8531 3652 8530
      3653 8530 3653 8528 3654 8528 3663 8519
      3662 8517 3643 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 240DEG 48KT 3645 8517 

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 1:13 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXOverton47 min
Mar 1, 1:34 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXPickett41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.