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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Nashville, TN

February 25, 2001Smith County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 25, 2001, 1:30 AM CST for Smith County, Tennessee. It was in force for 30 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
Feb 25, 2001, 1:30 AM CST (07:30 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2001, 2:00 AM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Smith County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 25, 1:40 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50 ERome, TNA large hackberry tree fell across Blevins Road, in Rome, blocking traffic. There were other reports of isolated trees or tree limbs down in Smith county. Some mailboxes were blown over at Flat Rock Road, and the top of a tree was on Hiwassee Road. These road

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 24, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 2001-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 355 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
355 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
498 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 250731
TORBNA
TNC159-250800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
130 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SMITH COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARTHAGE
  
* UNTIL 200 AM CST

* AT 127 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF CARTHAGE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF     
  LEBANON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
CARTHAGE AT 140 AM CST

IF YOU LIVE IN CARTHAGE SEEK SHHELTER NOW...IN A SECURE LOCATION.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL. 300 AM CST SUNDAY
MORNING FOR TENNESSEE.
$$

LAT...LON 3626 8631 3612 8617 3622 8582 3641 8600
JDG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 10:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart30 min
Feb 24, 10:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart30 min
Feb 24, 10:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys, Perry37 min
Feb 24, 11:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman33 min
Feb 24, 11:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham33 min
Feb 24, 11:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston33 min
Feb 24, 11:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry36 min
Feb 24, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson40 min
Feb 24, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Montgomery40 min
Feb 24, 11:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson42 min
Feb 25, 12:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson36 min
Feb 25, 12:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence40 min
Feb 25, 12:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson23 min
Feb 25, 12:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lewis, Maury32 min
Feb 25, 12:35 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMaury25 min
Feb 25, 12:53 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson27 min
Feb 25, 12:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Marshall47 min
Feb 25, 1:08 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXRutherford22 min
Feb 25, 1:15 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXWilson25 min
Feb 25, 1:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Lincoln, Moore41 min
Feb 25, 1:41 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon29 min
Feb 25, 2:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Franklin33 min
Feb 25, 2:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy, Warren38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.