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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Nashville, TN

November 10, 2002Sumner County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 1:50 AM CST for Sumner County, Tennessee. It was in force for 40 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, 1:50 AM CST (07:50 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 2:30 AM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sumner County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 12:35 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 50 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.

659 
WFUS54 KOHX 100750
TORBNA
TNC165-100830-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SUMNER COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PORTLAND AND MITCHELLVILLE

* UNTIL 230 AM CST

* AT 144 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A  TORNADO APPROACHING NORTHWEST SUMNER COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PORTLAND AT 205 AM
  MITCHELLVILLE AT 210 AM

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 3654 8662 3638 8656 3661 8623 3679 8635

$$
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, 1:41 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXRobertson34 min
Nov 10, 1:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys45 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.