Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 12:22 PM CST for Montgomery County, Tennessee. It was in force for 23 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
- Jan 10, 2008, 12:22 PM CST (18:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2008, 12:45 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Montgomery County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 12:36 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Clarksville, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOHX 101822 TOROHX TNC125-101845- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0001.080110T1822Z-080110T1845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1222 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE... * UNTIL 1245 PM CST * AT 1217 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CLARKSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 85 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3664 8750 3663 8714 3640 8743 3644 8759 TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 212DEG 76KT 3668 8728 $$ 04
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KOHX 101834 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1233 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008 TNC125-101845- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080110T1845Z/ MONTGOMERY TN- 1233 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CST FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY... AT 1229 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO SOUTH OF CLARKSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3664 8750 3663 8714 3640 8743 3644 8759 TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 246DEG 43KT 3650 8729 $$ 04
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 12:03 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 114 days |
| Jan 10, 1:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 35 min |
| Jan 10, 1:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 33 min |
| Jan 10, 1:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Wayne | 25 min |
| Jan 10, 1:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Maury | 33 min |
| Jan 10, 2:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 26 min |
| Jan 10, 2:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 28 min |
| Jan 10, 2:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Williamson | 32 min |
| Jan 10, 2:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 42 min |
| Jan 10, 2:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lewis | 24 min |
| Jan 10, 2:41 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall and 8 more | 181 days |
| Jan 10, 2:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Trousdale | 41 min |
| Jan 10, 2:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 24 min |
| Jan 10, 3:12 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Lewis, Macon, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Trousdale | 37 min |
| Jan 10, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 21 min |
| Jan 10, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson | 33 min |
| Jan 10, 4:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.