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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Nashville, TN

June 27, 2001Montgomery County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2001, 3:16 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2001, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2001, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 3:41 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 EWoodlawn, TN911 center reported a tree down in Woodlawn and also just north of Clarksville.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 430 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2001-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 272017
TORBNA

TNC125-272045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
316 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 315 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARKSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 15   
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
   6 MILES SOUTH OF OAKWOOD AND WOODLAWN BY 340 PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW!

$$
15
LAT...LON 3648 8766 3632 8748 3664 8724 3666 8763

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 12:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWhite119 min
Jun 27, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Putnam28 min
Jun 27, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson25 min
Jun 27, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys51 min
Jun 27, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart38 min
Jun 27, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson27 min
Jun 27, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson30 min
Jun 27, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson35 min
Jun 27, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson29 min
Jun 27, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham23 min
Jun 27, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson32 min
Jun 27, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXSmith27 min
Jun 27, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Putnam, Smith36 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.