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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN

January 10, 2008Maury County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 2:17 PM CST for Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 10, 2008, 2:17 PM CST (20:17 UTC)
Expired
Jan 10, 2008, 2:45 PM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Maury County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 10, 11:33 AM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2008-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2008-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 102018
TOROHX
TNC119-102045-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0002.080110T2017Z-080110T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
217 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MAURY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBIA...

* UNTIL 245 PM CST

* AT 215 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MOUNT
  PLEASANT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COLUMBIA BY 225 PM CST...
  SPRING HILL BY 240 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 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3579 8702 3578 8695 3570 8680 3566 8681
      3549 8722 3563 8733 3565 8732 3582 8704
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 235DEG 43KT 3562 8718

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 10, 12:03 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXBenton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart114 days
Jan 10, 12:22 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery23 min
Jan 10, 1:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson35 min
Jan 10, 1:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson33 min
Jan 10, 1:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis, Wayne25 min
Jan 10, 1:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis, Maury33 min
Jan 10, 2:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson26 min
Jan 10, 2:28 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson32 min
Jan 10, 2:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne42 min
Jan 10, 2:36 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXLewis24 min
Jan 10, 2:41 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall and 8 more181 days
Jan 10, 2:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale41 min
Jan 10, 2:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson24 min
Jan 10, 3:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Lewis, Macon, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford and 5 more3 hr
Jan 10, 3:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale37 min
Jan 10, 3:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith, Wilson21 min
Jan 10, 3:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson33 min
Jan 10, 4:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Overton, Pickett40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.