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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Nashville, TN

August 26, 20164 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2016, 5:40 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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
Aug 26, 2016, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hickman County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Maury County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 26, 5:42 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGMount Pleasant, TNONE TREE DOWN.
Aug 26, 5:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG14 W Columbia, TNONE TREE DOWN AT A RESIDENCE IN HAMPSHIRE

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

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2016-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1130 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 2016-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1128 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

551 
WUUS54 KOHX 262240
SVROHX
TNC081-099-101-119-262315-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0201.160826T2240Z-160826T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
540 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  EASTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHWESTERN MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 540 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT
  PLEASANT...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT
  20 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...
  HOHENWALD...MOUNT PLEASANT...SUMMERTOWN...
  HAMPSHIRE AND GORDONSBURG. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3577 8736 3552 8710 3543 8719 3543 8721
      3541 8721 3538 8724 3557 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 130DEG 19KT 3551 8724 

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

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1 follow-up statement
911 
WWUS54 KOHX 262256
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
556 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

TNC099-262306-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-160826T2315Z/
LAWRENCE TN-
556 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3577 8736 3561 8719 3549 8726 3546 8737
      3557 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 130DEG 19KT 3556 8732 

$$

TNC081-101-119-262315-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-160826T2315Z/
HICKMAN TN-LEWIS TN-MAURY TN-
556 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN HICKMAN...NORTHEASTERN LEWIS AND WEST CENTRAL MAURY
COUNTIES...

AT 556 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
MOUNT PLEASANT...OR 13 MILES EAST OF HOHENWALD...MOVING NORTHWEST AT
20 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...
HOHENWALD...MOUNT PLEASANT...HAMPSHIRE AND GORDONSBURG. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3577 8736 3561 8719 3549 8726 3546 8737
      3557 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 130DEG 19KT 3556 8732 

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

ROSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne13 min
Aug 26, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne34 min
Aug 26, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne32 min
Aug 26, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne37 min
Aug 26, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLewis, Maury40 min
Aug 26, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne27 min
Aug 26, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.