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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Huntsville, AL

August 30, 2021Franklin County, Tennessee

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2021, 2:01 PM CDT for Franklin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 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
Aug 30, 2021, 2:01 PM CDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 2021, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Franklin County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2021-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 437 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 2021-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
437 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1082 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

383 
WUUS54 KHUN 301901
SVRHUN
TNC051-301930-
/O.NEW.KHUN.SV.W.0084.210830T1901Z-210830T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
201 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Huntsville Alabama has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Franklin County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 230 PM CDT.

* At 201 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cowan, or 9
  miles southeast of Winchester, moving north at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Winchester, Cowan, Sewanee, Belvidere and Sherwood. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3501 8589 3499 8601 3499 8611 3515 8620
      3521 8592
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 167DEG 10KT 3507 8602 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

McCoy
2 follow-up statements
847 
WWUS54 KHUN 301921
SVSHUN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
221 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021

TNC051-301930-
/O.CON.KHUN.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-210830T1930Z/
Franklin TN-
221 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...

At 221 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cowan, or near
Winchester, moving north at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Winchester, Cowan, Sewanee, Belvidere and Sherwood. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3504 8590 3502 8600 3501 8612 3515 8620
      3521 8592
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 167DEG 10KT 3512 8604 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

McCoy
957 
WWUS54 KHUN 301928
SVSHUN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
228 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021

TNC051-301938-
/O.EXP.KHUN.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-210830T1930Z/
Franklin TN-
228 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM CDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3504 8590 3502 8600 3501 8612 3515 8620
      3521 8592
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 167DEG 10KT 3512 8604 

$$

McCoy

The office that day

Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 1:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin43 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.