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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Nashville, TN

February 5, 2008Macon County, Sumner County, Trousdale County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2008, 10:06 PM CST for Macon County, Sumner County, Trousdale County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 min. 6 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: Feb 5, 2008, 10:06 PM CST (04:06 UTC)
Expired: Feb 5, 2008, 10:45 PM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Macon County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 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
Feb 5, 10:07 PM CST	TORNADO	Westmoreland, TN	DAMAGE DONE TO A NATURAL GAS PLANT, LARGE FIRE RESULTED.
Feb 5, 10:10 PM CST	TORNADO	5 W Hartsville, TN	2 FATALITIES AT A HOME TWO MILES NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 231 AND HIGHWAY 25.
Feb 5, 10:12 PM CST	TORNADO	5 Nw Hartsville, TN	NEAR HWY 141...TRAILERS DESTROYED AND HOMES DAMAGED.
Feb 5, 10:20 PM CST	HAIL 2	10 E Westmoreland, TN
Feb 5, 10:25 PM CST	TORNADO 3	5 Nnw Lafayette, TN	* 13 FATAL, 44 INJ * THE TORNADO THAT STRUCK SUMNER AND TROUSDALE COUNTIES MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST MACON COUNTY NEAR GREEN GROVE AROUND 1013 PM CST. IT RACED NORTHEAST ACROSS THE COUNTY AND WAS 5 NW OF LAFAYETTE AT 1024 PM. MANY OF THE FATALITIES OCCURRED JUS
Feb 5, 10:25 PM CST	TORNADO	5 Nnw Lafayette, TN	SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED AND TRALIERS BLOWN OVER. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS NW PORTIONS OF COUNTY.

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
Feb 5, 7:19 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 64 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: 706 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 300 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 3.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 060408
TOROHX
TNC111-165-169-060445-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0015.080206T0406Z-080206T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1006 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MACON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE...
  EASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  WESTERN TROUSDALE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HARTSVILLE...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CST

* AT 1002 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR            
  GALLATIN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WESTMORELAND BY 1015 PM CST...
  LAFAYETTE BY 1020 PM CST...

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

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 3664 8597 3663 8578 3658 8580 3633 8626
      3635 8629 3632 8630 3647 8646 3666 8619
      3666 8602 3665 8598
TIME...MOT...LOC 0406Z 238DEG 56KT 3644 8630

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KOHX 060423
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1023 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

TNC165-169-060433-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080206T0445Z/
TROUSDALE TN-SUMNER TN-
1023 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SUMNER AND WESTERN TROUSDALE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3664 8597 3663 8578 3658 8580 3643 8608
      3644 8615 3650 8621 3662 8621 3666 8617
      3666 8604
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 238DEG 56KT 3658 8602

$$

TNC111-060445-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080206T0445Z/
MACON TN-
1023 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR MACON
COUNTY...

AT 1021 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAFAYETTE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3664 8597 3663 8578 3658 8580 3643 8608
      3644 8615 3650 8621 3662 8621 3666 8617
      3666 8604
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 238DEG 56KT 3658 8602

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 5, 7:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton	30 min
Feb 5, 7:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	36 min
Feb 5, 7:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart	35 min
Feb 5, 8:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	35 min
Feb 5, 8:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart	31 min
Feb 5, 8:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson	25 min
Feb 5, 8:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton, Humphreys	33 min
Feb 5, 8:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson	33 min
Feb 5, 9:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson	28 min
Feb 5, 9:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	35 min
Feb 5, 10:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton	27 min
Feb 5, 11:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston, Humphreys	35 min
Feb 5, 11:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Humphreys, Perry	30 min
Feb 5, 11:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	37 min
Feb 5, 11:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys	35 min
Feb 5, 11:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	34 min
Feb 6, 12:02 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson	28 min
Feb 6, 12:06 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Montgomery	24 min
Feb 6, 12:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson	26 min
Feb 6, 12:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	28 min
Feb 6, 12:47 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson	21 min
Feb 6, 1:03 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis	27 min
Feb 6, 1:05 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner	25 min
Feb 6, 1:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Williamson	24 min
Feb 6, 1:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Maury, Williamson	33 min
Feb 6, 1:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner	13 min
Feb 6, 1:53 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Williamson	37 min
Feb 6, 1:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford	31 min
Feb 6, 2:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury	29 min
Feb 6, 2:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Wilson	28 min
Feb 6, 3:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam and 1 more	37 min
Feb 6, 4:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Overton, Putnam	25 min
Feb 6, 5:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Grundy	28 min
Feb 6, 11:59 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	OHX	Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more	6 hr

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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.