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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Nashville, TN

January 12, 2023Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 12, 2023, 5:21 AM CST for Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 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: Jan 12, 2023, 5:21 AM CST (11:21 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2023, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Stewart County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 202 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 Jan 12, 5:13 AM CST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 5:13 AM CST, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 1:59 AM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Nashville TN
159 AM CST Thu Jan 12 2023

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-130800-
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-
159 AM CST Thu Jan 12 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Middle Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

A few severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and hail may occur
across Middle Tennessee today. A brief tornado or two cannot be ruled
out. Gusty winds over 35mph are possible as the storms approach in
the morning, then again as a cold front passes late in the day.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Much colder air will move in with a good chance for snow showers on
Friday. Mainly light accumulations are expected along and near the
Cumberland Plateau. Accumulations are likely to reach 1 to 2 inches
for the highest elevations from Jamestown to Monterey.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed today.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 12, 5:10 AM CST, 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 5:10 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson	50 min
Jan 12, 5:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham	51 min
Jan 12, 7:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence	51 min
Jan 12, 8:40 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Marshall	50 min
Jan 12, 9:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Rutherford	34 min
Jan 12, 9:38 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Montgomery	22 min
Jan 12, 10:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman	41 min
Jan 12, 11:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson	31 min
Jan 12, 11:35 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon, Sumner	40 min
Jan 12, 11:52 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Williamson, Wilson	38 min
Jan 12, 12:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wilson	30 min
Jan 12, 12:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis	28 min
Jan 12, 12:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Trousdale	37 min
Jan 12, 12:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence	47 min
Jan 12, 12:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham	28 min
Jan 12, 12:36 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham, Hickman	39 min
Jan 12, 1:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	40 min
Jan 12, 1:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Williamson, Wilson	40 min
Jan 12, 1:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Marshall	50 min
Jan 12, 2:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cannon	53 min
Jan 12, 2:25 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OHX	Cumberland, Fentress, Grundy, Overton, Pickett, Putnam and 3 more	40 hr
Jan 12, 2:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Overton	23 min
Jan 12, 2:44 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	DeKalb, White	46 min
Jan 12, 2:52 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wayne	38 min
Jan 12, 3:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman	53 min
Jan 12, 3:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Grundy	49 min
Jan 12, 3:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis, Maury	46 min
Jan 12, 3:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	37 min
Jan 12, 4:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Marshall	43 min
Jan 12, 4:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Williamson	40 min
Jan 12, 4:08 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Marshall	52 min
Jan 12, 4:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	27 min
Jan 12, 4:59 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Coffee, Grundy	46 min
Jan 12, 5:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Van Buren	44 min
Jan 12, 5:35 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Grundy	40 min
Jan 12, 5:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Van Buren	33 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.