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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Nashville, TN

May 10, 2016Montgomery County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2016, 7:51 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Tennessee. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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 10, 2016, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Montgomery County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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
May 10, 8:15 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 Nnw Clarksville, TNGOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR THE KY-TN LINE

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1257 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 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
1257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

As transmitted.

794 
WUUS54 KOHX 110051
SVROHX
TNC125-110115-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0039.160511T0051Z-160511T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
751 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 750 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
  FORT CAMPBELL NORTH...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...
  CLARKSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3653 8718 3656 8760 3664 8764 3664 8718
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 273DEG 29KT 3665 8761 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
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
May 10, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXStewart43 min
May 10, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery29 min
May 10, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXStewart46 min
May 10, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery34 min
May 10, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart34 min
May 10, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson28 min
May 10, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart24 min
May 10, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Montgomery47 min
May 10, 9:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRobertson44 min
May 10, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner27 min
May 10, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner32 min
May 10, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Robertson24 min
May 10, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson25 min
May 10, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner33 min
May 10, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner46 min
May 10, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale40 min
May 10, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner39 min
May 10, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Sumner, Wilson34 min
May 10, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson30 min
May 10, 11:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson112 min
May 10, 11:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner3 hr
May 11, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson27 min
May 11, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson31 min
May 11, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Wilson35 min
May 11, 1:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSumner27 min
May 11, 1:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDeKalb51 min
May 11, 1:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson2 hr
May 11, 2:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXTrousdale28 min
May 11, 2:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXRobertson, Sumner115 min
May 11, 2:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMacon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale63 min
May 11, 3:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXJackson, Smith, Trousdale45 min
May 11, 4:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXSmith, Trousdale117 min
May 11, 4:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXSumner2 hr
May 11, 4:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXJackson, Smith40 min
May 11, 4:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson36 min
May 11, 5:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXMacon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale2 hr
May 11, 7:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSumner23 min
May 11, 7:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXJackson24 min
May 11, 7:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXJackson, Putnam58 min
May 11, 7:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXJackson, Macon, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale4 hr
May 11, 8:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSumner, Trousdale43 min
May 11, 8:41 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale4 hr
May 11, 8:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland32 min
May 11, 9:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam3 hr
May 11, 9:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXPutnam34 min
May 11, 11:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon, Robertson, Smith, Sumner and 2 more6 hr

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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.