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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Nashville, TN

April 28, 2002Lawrence County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2002, 4:48 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Tennessee. It was in force for 27 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
Apr 28, 2002, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2002, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 28, 5:14 PM CDTHail 0.88Ethridge, TNNickel size hail reported.
Apr 28, 5:16 PM CDTHail 1.5Summertown, TN

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
Apr 28, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2002-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 998 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2002-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 260 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
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

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The text

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

280 
WFUS54 KOHX 282148
TORBNA
TNC099-282215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
447 PM CDT SUN APR 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCEBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 40 TO 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LEOMA AT 500 PM

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.
$$
JBW
LAT...LON 3516 8721 3531 8757 3516 8758 3502 8723

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 4:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Stewart40 min
Apr 28, 4:40 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery35 min
Apr 28, 4:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson24 min
Apr 28, 5:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson38 min
Apr 28, 5:28 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys32 min
Apr 28, 5:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner, Wilson37 min
Apr 28, 6:02 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Maury, Williamson43 min
Apr 28, 6:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith, Wilson27 min
Apr 28, 6:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Putnam36 min
Apr 28, 7:16 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXRutherford29 min
Apr 28, 7:41 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCannon, Rutherford34 min
Apr 28, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson49 min
Apr 28, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson38 min
Apr 28, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Smith47 min
Apr 28, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford43 min
Apr 28, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon51 min
Apr 28, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman39 min
Apr 28, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam47 min
Apr 28, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury43 min
Apr 28, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren40 min
Apr 28, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWarren30 min
Apr 28, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland48 min
Apr 28, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren44 min
Apr 28, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMaury41 min
Apr 28, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXVan Buren35 min
Apr 28, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne43 min
Apr 28, 3:51 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMarshall24 min
Apr 28, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Moore35 min
Apr 28, 4:16 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWayne29 min
Apr 28, 4:22 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLincoln23 min
Apr 28, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence46 min
Apr 28, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren39 min
Apr 28, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin45 min
Apr 28, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren31 min
Apr 28, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall31 min
Apr 28, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence27 min
Apr 28, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence40 min
Apr 28, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren39 min
Apr 28, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles28 min
Apr 28, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles20 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.