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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Nashville, TN

November 10, 2002Robertson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 1:41 AM CST for Robertson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 2002, 1:41 AM CST (07:41 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 2:15 AM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Robertson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:44 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 2002-11-10Temperature 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 2002-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 286 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1360 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
401 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.

254 
WFUS54 KOHX 100741
TORBNA
TNC147-100815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
140 AM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ROBERTSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 215 AM CST

* AT 134 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF CROSS PLAINS...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CROSS PLAINS AT 150 AM CST

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3656 8697 3643 8681 3668 8646 3684 8666

$$
BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 9, 11:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton36 min
Nov 9, 11:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys39 min
Nov 10, 12:12 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXHouston, Montgomery63 min
Nov 10, 12:47 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys, Perry58 min
Nov 10, 1:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson45 min
Nov 10, 1:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys45 min
Nov 10, 1:50 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXSumner40 min
Nov 10, 2:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson57 min
Nov 10, 2:49 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMaury, Williamson26 min
Nov 10, 3:11 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson59 min
Nov 10, 3:26 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWilson64 min
Nov 10, 3:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne60 min
Nov 10, 3:42 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale48 min
Nov 10, 3:56 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDeKalb, Smith64 min
Nov 10, 4:08 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXPutnam37 min
Nov 10, 4:10 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXLawrence50 min
Nov 10, 4:16 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury59 min
Nov 10, 4:20 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXOverton40 min
Nov 10, 4:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford41 min
Nov 10, 5:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress52 min
Nov 10, 5:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Coffee45 min
Nov 10, 5:25 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall35 min
Nov 10, 5:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart36 min
Nov 10, 5:39 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXGiles51 min
Nov 10, 5:47 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWarren43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.