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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Nashville, TN

March 14, 2024Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2024, 8:13 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Wayne County, 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: Mar 14, 2024, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 14, 2024, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lawrence County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 606 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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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 Mar 14, 5:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 5:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 14, 8:03 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
803 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

TNZ056-093-150130-
Wayne TN-Perry TN-
803 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN WAYNE AND SOUTHERN
PERRY COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM CDT...

At 803 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Olive Hill, or 11 miles east of Savannah, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Waynesboro, Linden, Clifton, Flatwoods, and Lutts.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3547 8802 3548 8799 3553 8798 3562 8804
      3563 8781 3550 8771 3548 8772 3548 8770
      3539 8763 3509 8796 3511 8799 3529 8798
      3530 8802 3535 8801 3537 8802 3539 8802
      3539 8799 3541 8797 3543 8803 3545 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 210DEG 49KT 3528 8804

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Special weather statement, Mar 14, 8:04 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
804 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

TNZ093-094-150130-
Lawrence TN-Wayne TN-
804 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND SOUTHERN
LAWRENCE COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM CDT...

At 804 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles north of Underwood-Petersville, or 13 miles north of Florence,
moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Lawrenceburg, Loretto, Collinwood, St. Joseph, Leoma, Westpoint, Iron
City, and Cypress Inn.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3501 8793 3538 8761 3514 8723 3500 8739
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 210DEG 49KT 3502 8765

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wayne	27 min
Mar 14, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence	26 min
Mar 14, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis, Maury	33 min
Mar 14, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis, Maury	29 min
Mar 14, 9:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Maury, Williamson	27 min
Mar 14, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Williamson	27 min
Mar 14, 9:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Stewart	33 min
Mar 14, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson	27 min
Mar 14, 9:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	33 min
Mar 14, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson	11 min
Mar 14, 10:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner	25 min
Mar 14, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman	29 min
Mar 14, 10:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	2 hr
Mar 14, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Giles, Marshall	26 min
Mar 14, 11:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	3 hr
Mar 15, 12:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury	26 min
Mar 15, 1:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman	26 min
Mar 15, 1:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Maury	34 min
Mar 15, 2:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Maury, Williamson	3 hr
Mar 15, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne	29 min
Mar 15, 2:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence	27 min
Mar 15, 3:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	23 min
Mar 15, 8:53 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Lawrence	17 hr
Mar 15, 9:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Wayne	4 hr
Mar 15, 10:22 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles	12 hr
Mar 15, 4:44 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Perry	4 hr

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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.