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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Nashville, TN

May 4, 2016Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2016, 5:01 PM CDT for Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 min. 5 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: May 4, 2016, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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
May 4, 5:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 Sse Mount Juliet, TN	PICTURE OF A TREE DOWN AT A RESIDENCE OFF STEWARTS FERRY PIKE ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF GLADEVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
May 4, 5:07 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 50	3 W Lebanon, TN
May 4, 5:10 PM CDT	HAIL 0.7	7 Sse Mount Juliet, TN
May 4, 5:13 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Sw Lebanon, TN	10 INCH DIAMETER OLD AND WEAK TREE BLOWN DOWN ON OCCUPIED CAR
May 4, 5:13 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Sw Lebanon, TN	TREE OF UNKNOWN SIZE BLOWN DOWN ON OCCUPIED CAR

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 4 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 22 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

213 
WUUS54 KOHX 042201
SVROHX
TNC189-042230-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0036.160504T2201Z-160504T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
501 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 501 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BELINDA CITY...
  OR 8 MILES WEST OF LEBANON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...WATERTOWN...BELINDA CITY...RURAL HILL...CEDARS
  OF LEBANON STATE PARK...GLADEVILLE AND TUCKERS CROSSROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3618 8609 3616 8609 3597 8629 3598 8629
      3599 8631 3599 8633 3602 8638 3601 8638
      3604 8639 3603 8640 3609 8650 3612 8653
      3614 8653 3614 8654 3620 8658 3630 8648
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 304DEG 34KT 3618 8647 

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

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1 follow-up statement

083 
WWUS54 KOHX 042213
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
513 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016

TNC189-042230-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160504T2230Z/
WILSON TN-
513 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY...

AT 512 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF
RURAL HILL...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF LEBANON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FEW TREES SNAPPED
         FROM THIS STORM IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...WATERTOWN...BELINDA CITY...RURAL HILL...CEDARS OF
LEBANON STATE PARK AND GLADEVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3616 8655 3628 8640 3627 8638 3612 8613
      3597 8629 3598 8629 3599 8631 3599 8633
      3602 8638 3601 8638 3604 8639 3603 8640
      3609 8650 3612 8653 3614 8653 3614 8654
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 314DEG 36KT 3608 8637 

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 4, 2:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
223 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER TROUGH SHARPENING OVER THE MID WEST THIS AFTERNOON WITH
RATHER VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE WORKING DOWN BACKSIDE AND WILL MOVE
THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND DEVELOP A CLOSED
LOW ACROSS OUR AREA BY TONIGHT. AM SEEING SHOWER ACTIVITY
INCREASING IN COVERAGE AT 1 PM CDT IN A BAND ACROSS NORTHERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THIS ACTIVTIY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK SOUTHEASTWARD
AND EXPECT TO SEE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AS AFTERNOON SUN
HEATS UP LOWER TROPOSPHERE STEEPENING LAPSE RATES. COULD SEE A
SMALL HAILER OR TWO THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPS ALOFT ARE COLDER THAN
-20 CELSIUS AT 500 MBARS WITH MUCAPES AROUND 500 JOULES PER
KILOGRAM. SHOULD SEE SHOWER/TSTRMS END EARLY THIS EVENING WEST OF
PLATEAU BUT WILL KEEP A CHANCE GOING ALONG THE PLATEAU THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT AS COLD POOL WORKS ACROSS THAT AREA. CLOSED LOW
WILL MOVE EAST OF MID STATE ON THURSDAY BUT STILL COULD SEE
SCATTERED SHOWERS ON BACKSIDE OVER THE EAST HALF OF THE MID STATE
DURING THE DAY ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PLATEAU. KEPT A SMALL CHANCE
FOR SHOWERS IN THE UPPER CUMBERLAND FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THEN DRY
FOR ALL OF THE MID STATE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BUT SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN NORTHEAST MIDDLE TENNESSEE SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES DOWN FROM THE NORTH
BEFORE RETREATING AS A WARM FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN WARM SECTOR ON MONDAY. CENTRAL PLAINS
CYCLONE UNDERGOES CYCLOGENSIS DURING THE DAY MONDAY WHILE MOVING
THIS WAY SO EXPECT TO SEE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RAMP UP
MONDAY NIGHT OVER THE WEST AND ACROSS ALL OF THE MID STATE TUESDAY
INTO WEDNESDAY.

AS FOR TEMPS...LOWS TONIGHT DOWN IN THE LOW 40S IN THE UPPER
CUMBERLAND TO MIDDLE 40S ELSEWHERE. HIGHS ON THURSDAY MIDDLE 50S
ALONG THE PLATEAU TO MIDDLE 60S WEST OF THE PLATEAU. HIGHS THIS
WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK WILL BE IN THE LOWER 80S WITH UPPER 70S
ALONG THE PLATEAU. LOWS NEXT WEEK WILL BE IN THE LOWER 60S.

&&

.AVIATION...
12Z TAF DISCUSSION.

VFR WITH PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY. CHANCES FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST AND
FIRST IMPACT KCKV BY MID TO LATE MORNING...KBNA BY LATE MORNING
AND EARLY AFTERNOON...AND KCSV DURING THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND EXIT
THE REGION TOWARDS THE EAST EARLY IN THE EVENING. VFR CONDITIONS
SHOULD RETURN TO KCKV AND KBNA BY 00Z AND KCSV THIS EVENING. WINDS
WILL BE STRONG TODAY OUT OF THE WEST THIS MORNING FOLLOWED BY
NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 10 TO 15 KNOTS AND GUSTS TO AROUND
20 KNOTS. WINDS SHOULD CALM DOWN A BIT THIS EVENING BUT LOOK TO
REMAIN AROUND 5 TO 10 KNOTS OVERNIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE      46  63  47  73  53 /  20  10   0   0   0
CLARKSVILLE    44  62  46  71  53 /  10  10   0   0   0
CROSSVILLE     42  54  45  66  50 /  50  20  10   0   0
COLUMBIA       45  64  46  71  52 /  20   0   0   0   0
LAWRENCEBURG   44  63  46  72  51 /  20   0   0   0   0
WAVERLY        46  63  47  72  53 /  10   0   0   0   0

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM/AVIATION........HURLEY
LONG TERM..................01/BOYD

Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 5:00 AM CDT, 12 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
500 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2016

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-051000-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-HOUSTON-
HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-
JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-
MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-
COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
500 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 4, 4:14 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
414 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016

TNZ008>010-029>031-042200-
TROUSDALE TN-SUMNER TN-MACON TN-SMITH TN-JACKSON TN-CLAY TN-
414 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAY...NORTHWESTERN
SMITH...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...NORTHEASTERN SUMNER...MACON AND
CENTRAL TROUSDALE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 413 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
WESTMORELAND...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAFAYETTE...CELINA...HARTSVILLE...WESTMORELAND...RED BOILING SPRINGS...
DIXON SPRINGS...PLEASANT SHADE...BUGTUSSLE...BETHPAGE AND OAK GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3662 8574 3654 8549 3632 8604 3656 8647
      3665 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 305DEG 32KT 3659 8619

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Local storm report, May 4, 4:19 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
419 PM CDT WED MAY 04 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 PM     HAIL             SPRINGFIELD             36.50N  86.88W
05/04/2016  E0.70 INCH       ROBERTSON          TN   FACEBOOK

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1600421

JACKSON

Special weather statement, May 4, 4:20 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
420 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016

TNZ007-008-026-027-042145-
SUMNER TN-DAVIDSON TN-ROBERTSON TN-CHEATHAM TN-
420 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN ROBERTSON...CENTRAL
DAVIDSON...NORTHEASTERN CHEATHAM AND SOUTHWESTERN SUMNER COUNTIES
UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

AT 419 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GREENBRIER...OR NEAR SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PEA AND DIME SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA
ALREADY. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GALLATIN...SPRINGFIELD...NASHVILLE...MADISON...HENDERSONVILLE...
GOODLETTSVILLE...MILLERSVILLE...GREENBRIER...FOREST HILLS...COOPERTOWN...
BELLE MEADE...LAKEWOOD...RIDGETOP...JOELTON...OLD HICKORY...PLEASANT VIEW...
BERRY HILL...BEAMAN PARK AND WHITES CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3631 8649 3630 8651 3628 8652 3629 8654
      3632 8654 3632 8655 3631 8656 3628 8656
      3626 8657 3625 8659 3623 8659 3608 8683
      3644 8707 3653 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 315DEG 37KT 3640 8687

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Special weather statement, May 4, 4:49 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
449 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016

TNZ027-042215-
DAVIDSON TN-
449 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY
UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 448 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
NASHVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NASHVILLE...FOREST HILLS...OAK HILL...BELLE MEADE...ANTIOCH AND BERRY
HILL.

LAT...LON 3609 8655 3601 8671 3601 8673 3604 8679
      3617 8690 3626 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 313DEG 32KT 3619 8676

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Special weather statement, May 4, 4:52 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
452 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016

TNZ030>032-042215-
PUTNAM TN-SMITH TN-JACKSON TN-
452 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SMITH...JACKSON AND
NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 451 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR GAINESBORO TO NEAR CARTHAGE. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COOKEVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...ALGOOD...BAXTER...GRANVILLE AND
PLEASANT SHADE.

LAT...LON 3629 8547 3628 8547 3628 8546 3626 8545
      3626 8544 3625 8544 3623 8541 3612 8572
      3635 8606 3642 8587 3641 8583 3643 8582
      3646 8575
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 304DEG 37KT 3641 8572 3632 8600

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Local storm report, May 4, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
500 PM CDT WED MAY 04 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0459 PM     HAIL             5 SSE WESTMORELAND      36.50N  86.21W
05/04/2016  E1.00 INCH       MACON              TN   FACEBOOK

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1600422

JACKSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Montgomery, Robertson	42 min
May 4, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay, Macon, Trousdale	46 min
May 4, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson	25 min
May 4, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	24 min
May 4, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Overton	24 min
May 4, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson	26 min
May 4, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Jackson	23 min
May 4, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson	25 min
May 4, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	DeKalb, Smith	35 min
May 4, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Putnam	32 min
May 4, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cannon	34 min
May 4, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Putnam, Smith, White	34 min
May 4, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	DeKalb	27 min
May 4, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cannon, Warren	34 min
May 4, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	White	30 min
May 4, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Coffee	32 min
May 4, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Van Buren, Warren	31 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.