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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Nashville, TN

April 11, 2008Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2008, 11:47 AM CDT for Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 28 min. 3 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, 11:47 AM CDT (16:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2008, 12:15 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lawrence County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:50 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
Apr 11, 12:00 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	7 W Lawrenceburg, TN
Apr 11, 12:05 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 N Lawrenceburg, TN	HOUSES DAMAGE/DESTROYED...TREES AND POWERS LINES DOWN...BUFFALO RD 2 MILES NORTH OF STATE RD 64.
Apr 11, 12:05 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Nw Lawrenceburg, TN	* 1 INJ * LOW END EF3 TORNADO STRUCK FROM 4.2 MILES NNW OF LAWRENCEBURG TO 7.8 MILES NE OF LAWRENCEBURG FROM 1205 PM TO 1215 PM CDT. MANY HOMES HAD ROOF DAMAGE, NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. A TVA ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION TOWER WAS BLOWN DOWN. T

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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 111646
TOROHX
TNC099-181-111715-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0035.080411T1647Z-080411T1715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1147 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG...
  SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT

* AT 1145 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  COLLINWOOD...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  47 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAWRENCEBURG BY 1215 PM 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 3542 8736 3522 8720 3500 8782 3517 8791
TIME...MOT...LOC 1647Z 245DEG 41KT 3513 8776

$$

13

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KOHX 111705
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1205 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

TNC181-111715-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080411T1715Z/
WAYNE TN-
1205 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3514 8760 3515 8758 3527 8758 3542 8736
      3522 8720 3510 8752 3511 8754 3508 8759
      3508 8760
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 245DEG 52KT 3529 8731

$$

TNC099-111715-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080411T1715Z/
LAWRENCE TN-
1205 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LAWRENCE COUNTY...

AT 1201 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAWRENCEBURG...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

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 3514 8760 3515 8758 3527 8758 3542 8736
      3522 8720 3510 8752 3511 8754 3508 8759
      3508 8760
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 245DEG 52KT 3529 8731

$$

04

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, 10:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson	22 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, 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

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.