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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Nashville, TN

April 28, 2002Montgomery County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2002, 4:40 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2002, 4:40 AM CDT (09:40 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2002, 5:15 AM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Whole counties

County Montgomery County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 28, 5:00 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 55 E	Clarksville, TN	Law enforcement reported trees down on Dailey Road-Woodlawn and Dotsonville.

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
Apr 28, 2:00 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 372 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 488 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.

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 280940
TORBNA
TNC125-281015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
440 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 437 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 19
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR SHILOH AND MARION.

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.
$$
ROSE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 4:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston, Stewart	40 min
Apr 28, 4:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson	24 min
Apr 28, 5:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Robertson	38 min
Apr 28, 5:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys	32 min
Apr 28, 5:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Sumner, Wilson	37 min
Apr 28, 6:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Maury, Williamson	43 min
Apr 28, 6:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith, Wilson	27 min
Apr 28, 6:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Jackson, Putnam	36 min
Apr 28, 7:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Rutherford	29 min
Apr 28, 7:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cannon, Rutherford	34 min
Apr 28, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson	49 min
Apr 28, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Wilson	38 min
Apr 28, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Jackson, Smith	47 min
Apr 28, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford	43 min
Apr 28, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon	51 min
Apr 28, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman	39 min
Apr 28, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Putnam	47 min
Apr 28, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Maury	43 min
Apr 28, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Warren	40 min
Apr 28, 3:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Warren	30 min
Apr 28, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland	48 min
Apr 28, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Van Buren	44 min
Apr 28, 3:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Maury	41 min
Apr 28, 3:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Van Buren	35 min
Apr 28, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wayne	43 min
Apr 28, 3:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Marshall	24 min
Apr 28, 4:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Moore	35 min
Apr 28, 4:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Wayne	29 min
Apr 28, 4:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lincoln	23 min
Apr 28, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence	46 min
Apr 28, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Van Buren	39 min
Apr 28, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Franklin	45 min
Apr 28, 4:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lawrence	27 min
Apr 28, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Warren	31 min
Apr 28, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall	31 min
Apr 28, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	27 min
Apr 28, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	40 min
Apr 28, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Van Buren	39 min
Apr 28, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles	28 min
Apr 28, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles	20 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.