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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 3:11 PM CST for Davidson County, Rutherford County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 59 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2002, 3:11 PM CST (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2002, 4:10 PM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Davidson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Williamson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 3:19 PM CST | Hail 1 | Smyrna, TN | Spotter reported quarter size hail at intersection of Interstate 24 and Almaville Road. |
| Nov 10, 3:26 PM CST | Hail 1.25 | Smyrna, TN | Spotter reported half dollar size hail in Smyrna. |
| Nov 10, 3:28 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Smyrna, TN | Spotter reported golf ball size hail in Smyrna. |
| Nov 10, 3:29 PM CST | Hail 0.88 | Smyrna, TN | Off duty NWS employee reported nickel size hail. |
| Nov 10, 3:31 PM CST | Hail 2 | Smyrna, TN | Spotter reported hen egg size hail at Wal Mart. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 25 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
- 1061 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 410 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
637 WFUS54 KOHX 102111 TORBNA TNC037-149-187-102215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 310 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKLIN * UNTIL 410 PM CST * AT 310 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO A BASEMENT...AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. && LAT...LON 3590 8692 3578 8680 3591 8641 3615 8661 $$ 31
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 11:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 36 min |
| Nov 9, 11:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 39 min |
| Nov 10, 12:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery | 63 min |
| Nov 10, 12:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys, Perry | 58 min |
| Nov 10, 1:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 45 min |
| Nov 10, 1:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 34 min |
| Nov 10, 1:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 45 min |
| Nov 10, 1:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 40 min |
| Nov 10, 2:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson | 57 min |
| Nov 10, 2:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 26 min |
| Nov 10, 3:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wilson | 64 min |
| Nov 10, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 60 min |
| Nov 10, 3:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Trousdale | 48 min |
| Nov 10, 3:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Smith | 64 min |
| Nov 10, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Putnam | 37 min |
| Nov 10, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 50 min |
| Nov 10, 4:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury | 59 min |
| Nov 10, 4:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Overton | 40 min |
| Nov 10, 4:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford | 41 min |
| Nov 10, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 52 min |
| Nov 10, 5:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 45 min |
| Nov 10, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 35 min |
| Nov 10, 5:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 36 min |
| Nov 10, 5:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 51 min |
| Nov 10, 5:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Warren | 43 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.