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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2008, 10:57 AM CDT for Cheatham County, Dickson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 22 min. 2 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
- Apr 11, 2008, 10:57 AM CDT (15:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2008, 11:19 AM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cheatham County, TN, Dickson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 11:00 AM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Ne Dickson, TN | EF1 TORNADO HIT FROM 1100 TO 1103 AM CDT 4.2 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKSON TO 5.8 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKSON. THE TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH OF 1.6 MILES AND A PATH WIDTH OF 20 YARDS. THE TORNADO FLATTENED 2 BARNS, TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED, AND OUTBUILDING |
| Apr 11, 11:00 AM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Ne Dickson, TN | INTERSECTION OF JONES CREEK AND ROCK CHURCH...BUILDINGS DAMAGE AND TREES DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 10:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOHX 111557 TOROHX TNC021-043-111630- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0034.080411T1557Z-080411T1630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1057 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CHEATHAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHLAND CITY... EASTERN DICKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 1130 AM CDT * AT 1050 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF WHITE BLUFF...OR NEAR DICKSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 43 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ASHLAND CITY BY 1120 AM CDT... 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 400 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3637 8707 3613 8700 3605 8734 3617 8741 TIME...MOT...LOC 1557Z 244DEG 37KT 3612 8726 $$ 13
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KOHX 111619 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1118 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 TNC021-043-111628- /O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080411T1630Z/ DICKSON TN-CHEATHAM TN- 1118 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHEATHAM AND EASTERN DICKSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A TORNADO...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3637 8707 3613 8700 3605 8734 3617 8741 TIME...MOT...LOC 1618Z 244DEG 37KT 3621 8702 $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Stewart | 26 min |
| Apr 10, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 34 min |
| Apr 11, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson and 1 more | 24 min |
| Apr 11, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 35 min |
| Apr 11, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson, Sumner | 23 min |
| Apr 11, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 37 min |
| Apr 11, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Humphreys | 27 min |
| Apr 11, 10:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Humphreys | 24 min |
| Apr 11, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 11:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 28 min |
| Apr 11, 11:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 23 min |
| Apr 11, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Trousdale | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 30 min |
| Apr 11, 11:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 28 min |
| Apr 11, 12:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Macon | 19 min |
| Apr 11, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Maury | 34 min |
| Apr 11, 12:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 26 more | 109 days |
| Apr 11, 12:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Maury | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford | 24 min |
| Apr 11, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Warren | 51 min |
| Apr 11, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Van Buren, White | 46 min |
| Apr 11, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Van Buren, White | 36 min |
| Apr 11, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee | 24 min |
| Apr 11, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, White | 15 min |
| Apr 11, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 29 min |
| Apr 11, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Warren | 14 min |
| Apr 11, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 36 min |
| Apr 11, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 21 min |
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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.