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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2002, 3:34 PM CDT for Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 41 min. 3 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
- Apr 28, 2002, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2002, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Maury County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:38 PM CDT | Hail 3 | Columbia, TN | Spotter reported hail the size of a tea cup at the intersction of U.S. Highway 43 and U.S. Highway 412. |
| Apr 28, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Mt Pleasant, TN | A ham radio operator, who is also a trained spotter, saw a tornado drop down on 1st Ave. and U.S. Highway 43, and then lift back up. |
| Apr 28, 3:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Columbia, TN | News article account of strong thunderstorm winds that ripped vinyl siding from the eaves of an attic from a home located in the Wishire Subdivision. The strong winds smashed a childrens' swingset, and blew down a large tree in the front yard of this home. |
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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 998 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 851 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
437 WFUS54 KOHX 282034 TORBNA TNC119-282115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 333 PM CDT SUN APR 28 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MAURY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MOUNT PLEASANT...COLUMBIA * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 329 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT PLEASANT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... 3 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBIA AT 340 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO A BASEMENT...AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. $$ 21 LAT...LON 3579 8716 3552 8723 3547 8696 3571 8688
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Stewart | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 4:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 5:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 5:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 6:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 6:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Putnam | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 7:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 7:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Smith | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Warren | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Moore | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 20 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.