Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2001, 10:09 AM CDT for Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 21 min. 4 reports 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
- Jul 5, 2001, 10:09 AM CDT (15:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2001, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilson County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Mt Juliet, TN | Multiple reports of downed trees and power lines by EMA. An electric pole was knocked down on Saundersville Rd. |
| Jul 5, 10:14 AM CDT | Funnel Cloud | Mt Juliet, TN | Trained spotter reported a funnel cloud on Lebanon Pike and Mt. Juliet Rd. |
| Jul 5, 10:17 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Mt Juliet, TN | Off duty NWS employee reported dime size hail just west of Mt. Juliet. |
| Jul 5, 10:19 AM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Mt Juliet, TN | Off duty NWS employee reported nickel size hail. |
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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 27 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOHX 051510 TORBNA TNC189-051530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1009 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WILSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEBANON * UNTIL 1030 AM CDT * AT 1009 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT JULIET...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... JUST WEST OF LEBANON AT 1030 AM CDT DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY....SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. $$ JBW LAT...LON 3641 8656 3621 8656 3595 8618 3611 8611
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 9:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 9:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 9:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 9:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 9:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 10:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 10:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 10:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 24 min |
| Jul 5, 11:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall | 27 min |
| Jul 5, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 20 min |
| Jul 5, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 16 min |
| Jul 5, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 15 min |
| Jul 5, 11:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 12:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 21 min |
| Jul 5, 12:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Pickett | 24 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.