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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Nashville, TN

March 14, 20165 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2016, 12:14 PM CDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 31 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 14, 2016, 12:14 PM CDT (17:14 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2016, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties DeKalb County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Smith County, TN, White County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:18 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2016-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

898 
WUUS54 KOHX 141714
SVROHX
TNC041-087-141-159-185-141745-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0003.160314T1714Z-160314T1745Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1214 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHEASTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT

* AT 1214 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF BAXTER...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF SMITHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
  COOKEVILLE...ALGOOD...BAXTER...CENTER HILL LAKE...EDGAR EVANS STATE
  PARK...BURGESS FALLS STATE PARK AND HAMPTONS CROSSROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3628 8545 3628 8546 3626 8545 3626 8544
      3625 8544 3623 8540 3607 8534 3599 8584
      3616 8591 3630 8549 3630 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 252DEG 29KT 3610 8579 

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

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2 follow-up statements
369 
WWUS54 KOHX 141735
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1235 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2016

TNC041-159-185-141744-
/O.CAN.KOHX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160314T1745Z/
SMITH TN-DE KALB TN-WHITE TN-
1235 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SMITH...
NORTHEASTERN DE KALB AND NORTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3628 8546 3628 8547 3626 8545 3623 8540
      3608 8534 3607 8544 3608 8551 3607 8556
      3606 8558 3605 8558 3604 8565 3621 8572
      3630 8549 3630 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 252DEG 29KT 3615 8560 

$$

TNC087-141-141745-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160314T1745Z/
JACKSON TN-PUTNAM TN-
1235 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTIES...

AT 1234 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BAXTER...OR
NEAR COOKEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
COOKEVILLE...ALGOOD...BAXTER AND BURGESS FALLS STATE PARK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3628 8546 3628 8547 3626 8545 3623 8540
      3608 8534 3607 8544 3608 8551 3607 8556
      3606 8558 3605 8558 3604 8565 3621 8572
      3630 8549 3630 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 252DEG 29KT 3615 8560 

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

ROSE
649 
WWUS54 KOHX 141745
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1245 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2016

TNC087-141-141755-
/O.EXP.KOHX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160314T1745Z/
JACKSON TN-PUTNAM TN-
1245 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND
CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3628 8546 3628 8547 3626 8545 3623 8540
      3608 8534 3607 8544 3608 8551 3607 8556
      3606 8558 3605 8558 3604 8565 3621 8572
      3630 8549 3630 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 252DEG 29KT 3615 8560 

$$

ROSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 12:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXClay, DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, White41 min
Mar 14, 12:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXOverton, Putnam48 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.