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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Nashville, TN

June 11, 2023Giles County, Lawrence County, Marshall County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2023, 7:55 PM CDT for Giles County, Lawrence County, Marshall County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 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, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2023, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Marshall County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 00:00Z on 2023-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 119 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2023-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 4:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 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, 3 hours 20 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, 2 hours 47 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, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne25 min
Jun 11, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence26 min
Jun 11, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee21 min
Jun 11, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2023Every 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.