Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 2:28 PM CST for Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 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, 2:28 PM CST (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2008, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Williamson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2:46 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Franklin, TN | TELEPHONE WIRES DOWN AT 431 FRANKLIN ROAD |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 102028
TOROHX
TNC187-102100-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0003.080110T2028Z-080110T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
228 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKLIN...
* UNTIL 300 PM CST
* AT 225 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FRANKLIN BY 240 PM CST...
BRENTWOOD BY 250 PM CST...
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 3590 8663 3575 8690 3579 8695 3578 8698
3581 8703 3581 8705 3585 8711 3605 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 225DEG 33KT 3585 8695
$$
041 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KOHX 102104
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
303 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
TNC187-102113-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080110T2100Z/
WILLIAMSON TN-
303 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 300 PM CST...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS LEFT EASTERN
WILLIAMSON COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM
CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3590 8663 3575 8690 3579 8695 3578 8698
3581 8703 3581 8705 3585 8711 3605 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 225DEG 33KT 3585 8695
$$
04The 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, 12:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 23 min |
| 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, 2:33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.