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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Nashville, TN

November 10, 2002Overton County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 4:20 PM CST for Overton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 40 min. 2 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, 4:20 PM CST (22:20 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 5:00 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Overton County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 10, 4:30 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50 ECountywide, TNLaw enforcement reported trees down on Dry Hollow Road, Upper Hilham Road. Power pole down on Highway 111.
Nov 10, 4:30 PM CSTHail 1.75Alpine, TNLaw enforcement reported golf ball size hail.

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
Nov 10, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2002-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1061 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 2002-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 408 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
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

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The text

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

268 
WFUS54 KOHX 102220
TORBNA
TNC133-102300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OVERTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIVINGSTON

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 418 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIVINGSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LIVINGSTON AT 435 PM 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 3632 8548 3621 8536 3630 8514 3649 8526

$$

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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, 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, 4:49 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

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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.