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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Nashville, TN

November 10, 2002Coffee County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 6:01 PM CST for Coffee County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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, 6:01 PM CST (00:01 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 6:30 PM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Coffee County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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, 6:01 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50 EManchester, TNEmergency management reported trees down.

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
Nov 10, 4:50 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 2002-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1368 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 00:00Z on 2002-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 490 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
1368 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
490 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
560 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
15.0

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The text

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

442 
WFUS54 KOHX 110001
TORBNA
TNC031-110030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 557 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MANCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
RURAL EASTERN COFFEE COUNTY AT 610 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 3561 8624 3544 8619 3551 8587 3562 8602

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 6:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery29 min
Nov 10, 6:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee27 min
Nov 10, 6:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson45 min
Nov 10, 6:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry30 min
Nov 10, 6:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner38 min
Nov 10, 7:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Warren43 min
Nov 10, 7:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis25 min
Nov 10, 7:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWarren30 min
Nov 10, 7:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Maury, Sumner, Williamson35 min
Nov 10, 7:29 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCoffee, Warren31 min
Nov 10, 7:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, White51 min
Nov 10, 8:02 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren28 min
Nov 10, 8:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Maury28 min
Nov 10, 8:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson48 min
Nov 10, 8:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee16 min
Nov 10, 8:32 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCumberland28 min
Nov 10, 8:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall36 min
Nov 10, 8:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford25 min
Nov 10, 9:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren22 min
Nov 10, 9:23 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCoffee, Cumberland, Van Buren, Warren, White3 hr
Nov 10, 9:32 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, White28 min
Nov 10, 9:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren28 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.