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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Nashville, TN

March 13, 2006Bedford County, Marshall County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2006, 4:12 PM CST for Bedford County, Marshall County, Tennessee. It was in force for 48 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: Mar 13, 2006, 4:12 PM CST (22:12 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2006, 5:00 PM CST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bedford County, TN, Marshall County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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
Mar 13, 4:20 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	12 S Lewisburg, TN	REPORT OF TREES DOWN
Mar 13, 4:30 PM CST	HAIL 1	10 Se Lewisburg, TN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 13, 1:48 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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: 29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 349 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 321 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 132212
TOROHX
TNC003-117-132300-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0004.060313T2212Z-060313T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
412 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 410 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
  CORNERSVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF PULASKI...MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY AT 430 PM CST
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY AT 430 PM CST
  RURAL SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY AT 440 PM CST

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. 

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3536 8691 3526 8682 3534 8645 3552 8661

$$
STEIGERWALDT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KOHX 132226
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
426 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

TNC003-117-132300-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060313T2300Z/
MARSHALL TN-BEDFORD TN-
426 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BEDFORD AND SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTIES...

AT 423 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF
CORNERSVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEWISBURG...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE IN...
  RURAL SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY AT 440 PM CST

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3536 8691 3526 8682 3534 8645 3552 8661

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KOHX 132231
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
431 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

TNC117-132241-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060313T2300Z/
MARSHALL TN-
431 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MARSHALL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3555 8663 3540 8658 3546 8629 3562 8634

$$

TNC003-132300-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060313T2300Z/
BEDFORD TN-
431 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
BEDFORD COUNTY...

AT 427 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHELBYVILLE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LEWISBURG...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BELL
BUCKLE AND WARTRACE.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3555 8663 3540 8658 3546 8629 3562 8634

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 1:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	33 min
Mar 13, 3:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Overton	29 min
Mar 13, 3:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence	22 min
Mar 13, 3:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles	38 min
Mar 13, 3:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress	14 min
Mar 13, 4:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles	13 min
Mar 13, 4:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Rutherford	22 min
Mar 13, 4:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cannon	21 min
Mar 13, 5:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Fentress	19 min
Mar 13, 5:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Coffee	29 min
Mar 13, 5:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Rutherford	37 min
Mar 13, 5:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb	31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.