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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Nashville, TN

March 19, 20084 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2008, 2:15 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 30 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: Mar 19, 2008, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2008, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cannon County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Mar 19, 2:26 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 E Woodbury, TN	NEAR SHORT MTN. TREES BLOWN DOWN. OUT BUILDINGS COLLAPSED. SOME HOMES DAMAGED

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
Mar 19, 2:03 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 77 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 623 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 803 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 191915
TOROHX
TNC015-041-177-185-191945-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0032.080319T1915Z-080319T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
215 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CANNON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 212 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
  CENTERTOWN...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF WOODBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CENTERTOWN BY 225 PM CDT...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3600 8560 3582 8551 3581 8558 3576 8560
      3565 8598 3566 8599 3565 8606 3569 8617
      3575 8620 3578 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 247DEG 41KT 3572 8606

$$

JLM

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KOHX 191930
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
230 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008

TNC015-041-177-185-191945-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080319T1945Z/
WARREN TN-CANNON TN-WHITE TN-DEKALB TN-
230 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DEKALB...SOUTHWESTERN WHITE...SOUTHERN CANNON AND
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTIES...

AT 228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTERTOWN...OR 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF MCMINNVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY AT 230 PM CDT
  KELTONBURG IN SOUTHEAST DEKALB COUNTY AT 235 PM CDT
  RURAL WESTERN WHITE COUNTY AT 240 PM CDT

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3600 8560 3582 8551 3581 8558 3576 8560
      3565 8598 3566 8599 3565 8606 3569 8617
      3575 8620 3578 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 243DEG 46KT 3579 8583

$$

LAROSA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston, Stewart	48 min
Mar 19, 2:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston, Montgomery, Stewart	33 min
Mar 19, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Perry	24 hr
Mar 19, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Montgomery, Robertson	24 hr
Mar 19, 11:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson, Hickman, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale and 2 more	115 days
Mar 19, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam	38 min
Mar 19, 2:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb	29 min
Mar 19, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress, Overton, Putnam	26 min
Mar 19, 2:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham	13 hr
Mar 19, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Van Buren, White	26 min
Mar 19, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress, Pickett	23 min
Mar 19, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Grundy, Van Buren	33 min
Mar 19, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland	27 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.