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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2007, 9:12 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 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
- Apr 3, 2007, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2007, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cumberland County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:16 PM CDT | TORNADO | 13 Sw Crossville, TN | EF1 TORNADO FROM 7.4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LANTANA TO 3.7 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LANTANA FROM 0916-0920 PM CDT.PATH LENGTH OF 5.3 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. TWO BARNS WERE DEMOLISHED, ONE MOBILE HOME DESTROYED, ONE MOBILE HOME SHIFTED OFF ITS FOUNDATION |
| Apr 3, 9:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 10 Sw Crab Orchard, TN | SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. |
| Apr 3, 9:21 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Sw Crab Orchard, TN | SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A MOBILE HOME DESTROYED IN THE LAKE TANSI AREA AT 132 COWETA LANE BY A POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Apr 3, 9:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 S Crossville, TN | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN LANTANA AREA. |
| Apr 3, 9:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Sse Crossville, TN | COCORAHS OBSERVER REPORTS 1 INCH HAIL AT 0920 PM CDT 5 MILES SSE OF CROSSVILLE. HAIL DAMMAGED SHINGLES ON OBSERVERS HOUSE. REPORT RECEIVED 1748 04 APR 07. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 1678 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOHX 040213 TOROHX TNC035-040245- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0002.070404T0212Z-070404T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 912 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 907 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 21 MILES WEST OF CRAB ORCHARD...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTH OF CRAB ORCHARD BY 940 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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. LAT...LON 3594 8525 3576 8527 3569 8467 3592 8465 $$ JAO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Robertson | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, White | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson, Wilson | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 2:46 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | OHX | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:46 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | OHX | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more | 29 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.