Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2002, 12:40 AM CDT for Bedford County, Marshall County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 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
- May 1, 2002, 12:40 AM CDT (05:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2002, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bedford County, TN, Marshall County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 1:07 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 E | Shelbyville, TN | Spotter estimated wind gusts to be 60-80 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOHX 010540 TORBNA TNC003-117-010615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1240 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHELBYVILLE MARSHALL COUNTY IN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 115 AM CDT * AT 1234 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 26 MILES WEST OF SHELBYVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... JUST WEST OF SHELBYVILLE AT 100 AM 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. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO, DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW $$ JLM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 11:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 22 min |
| Apr 30, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 11:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 47 min |
| May 1, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 26 min |
| May 1, 12:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury | 22 min |
| May 1, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Smith, Wilson | 58 min |
| May 1, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 33 min |
| May 1, 1:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Franklin, Moore | 28 min |
| May 1, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 35 min |
| May 1, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, Van Buren, White | 40 min |
| May 1, 1:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Franklin | 30 min |
| May 1, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 41 min |
| May 1, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 27 min |
| May 1, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 47 min |
| May 1, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Smith, Sumner, Wilson | 30 min |
| May 1, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren and 2 more | 39 min |
| May 1, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton | 36 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.