Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2001, 12:01 AM CST for Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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
- Nov 27, 2001, 12:01 AM CST (06:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2001, 12:30 AM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stewart County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 12:05 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 65 E | Dover, TN | Sheriff's office reported a carport collapsed on a car. Also, a detached garage was moved off its foundation. Trees were blown down at Dover. |
| Nov 27, 12:15 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 61 E | Big Rock, TN | Highway department reported several trees were down. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOHX 270607 CCA TORBNA TNC161-270630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1201 AM CST TUE NOV 27 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STEWART COUNTY IN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1230 AM CST * AT 1157 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS DOVER. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED DAMAGE IN HENRY COUNTY. WEAK, SHORT LIVED TORNADOES MAY OCCUR ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. $$ 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 11:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Stewart | 45 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.