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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Nashville, TN

April 13, 20226 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2022, 6:13 PM CDT for 6 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 47 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: Apr 13, 2022, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Sumner County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 13, 5:01 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 42 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: 1286 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 313 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 Apr 13, 6:09 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 6:09 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 2:26 AM CDT, 15 hours 47 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Nashville TN
226 AM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022

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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-
226 AM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Middle Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Severe thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon through the
early morning hours on Thursday. Damaging wind gusts, tornadoes,
large hail and flash flooding are all possible. While all of Middle
TN will have these threats, the main area of concern will be along
and west of I-65.

In addition, even outside of thunderstorms, it will be windy today.
Sustained southerly winds of 15 to 25 mph are expected, with
occasional gusts to 50 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 8:32 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Montgomery, Robertson	15 hr
Apr 13, 2:25 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	OHX	Bedford, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Giles, Hickman and 18 more	19 hr
Apr 13, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston, Montgomery, Stewart	44 min
Apr 13, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson and 1 more	46 min
Apr 13, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	56 min
Apr 13, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys	34 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.