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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Nashville, TN

July 8, 2022Jackson County, Macon County, Smith County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2022, 2:22 PM CDT for Jackson County, Macon County, Smith County, Tennessee. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2022, 2:22 PM CDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2022, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Smith County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 70 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: 1572 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 8, 12:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 12:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 3:12 AM CDT, 11 hours 10 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Nashville TN
312 AM CDT Fri Jul 8 2022

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-091000-
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-
312 AM CDT Fri Jul 8 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Middle Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

A dangerous combination of heat and humidity will continue.
Excessive Heat Warnings or Heat Advisories are in place for
most of the area.

Generally scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected through
tonight. A few storms may be severe with damaging winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Generally scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected on
Saturday. A few storms may be severe with damaging winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information
about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all
local, state, and CDC guidelines.

JB Wright

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 9:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 10:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 12:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:28 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:56 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:11 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
211 PM CDT Fri Jul 8 2022

TNZ009-030-031-081945-
Jackson TN-Macon TN-Smith TN-
211 PM CDT Fri Jul 8 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Smith,
Jackson and southeastern Macon Counties through 245 PM CDT...

At 210 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles south of Red Boiling Springs, or near Willette, moving east at
15 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Gainesboro, Pleasant Shade and Whitleyville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3649 8566 3649 8564 3648 8560 3624 8561
      3631 8596 3648 8594
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 274DEG 14KT 3640 8587

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Shamburger

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 12:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	34 min
Jul 8, 1:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon	32 min
Jul 8, 1:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	34 min
Jul 8, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Jackson	34 min
Jul 8, 2:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Smith	48 min
Jul 8, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay, Overton	43 min
Jul 8, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Overton	48 min
Jul 8, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Fentress, Overton, Pickett	37 min
Jul 8, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Putnam, White	35 min
Jul 8, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Putnam, White	43 min
Jul 8, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Van Buren, White	40 min
Jul 8, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	47 min
Jul 8, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon	39 min
Jul 8, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Jackson, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson	46 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.