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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Nashville, TN

June 11, 20234 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2023, 6:42 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 33 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: Jun 11, 2023, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2023, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Perry County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 11, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 77 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 Jun 11, 6:24 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:24 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 4:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
409 PM CDT Sun Jun 11 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0358 PM     Hail             1 NW Lakewood           36.25N 86.65W
06/11/2023  E1.00 inch       Davidson           TN   Public

            Twitter photo of quarter sized hail at Old
            Hickory Country Club.

&&

JB

Local storm report, Jun 11, 4:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
435 PM CDT Sun Jun 11 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0417 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 ESE Lakewood          36.23N 86.61W
06/11/2023                   Davidson           TN   Broadcast Media

            Trees down completely blocking the road.

&&

APB

Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
508 PM CDT Sun Jun 11 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0443 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     6 E Allardt             36.38N 84.77W
06/11/2023                   Fentress           TN   Public

            Report of possible tornado and multiple
            trees down.

&&

APB

Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:44 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:12 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:16 PM CDT, 26 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
Jun 11, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	36 min
Jun 11, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	45 min
Jun 11, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon, Trousdale	43 min
Jun 11, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wilson	40 min
Jun 11, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Putnam, Smith, Wilson	37 min
Jun 11, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Macon	25 min
Jun 11, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	22 min
Jun 11, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson	46 min
Jun 11, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith	27 min
Jun 11, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Pickett	22 min
Jun 11, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson	31 min
Jun 11, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Jackson, Overton, Putnam	42 min
Jun 11, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Pickett	29 min
Jun 11, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Sumner	39 min
Jun 11, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress, Overton, Pickett	38 min
Jun 11, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	24 min
Jun 11, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress, Overton	47 min
Jun 11, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Jackson, Overton, Putnam	24 min
Jun 11, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Pickett	38 min
Jun 11, 4:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Fentress	29 min
Jun 11, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress, Pickett	46 min
Jun 11, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cumberland	27 min
Jun 11, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress	45 min
Jun 11, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Fentress	37 min
Jun 11, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson	32 min
Jun 11, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress	35 min
Jun 11, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Wilson	24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2023 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2023

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.