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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Nashville, TN

April 11, 2008Marshall County, Maury County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2008, 12:28 PM CDT for Marshall County, Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 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, 12:28 PM CDT (17:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:28 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 11, 12:40 PM CDTTORNADO5 W Lewisburg, TNTORNADO ON GROUND REPORTED BY HELICOPTER CREW
Apr 11, 12:45 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 E Lewisburg, TNFUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 11, 10:15 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2008-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 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
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 111728
TOROHX
TNC117-119-111800-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0038.080411T1728Z-080411T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1228 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEWISBURG...
  SOUTHEASTERN MAURY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
  TRACKING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF LEWISBURG...OR 14 MILES NORTH
  OF PULASKI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 54 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LEWISBURG BY 1240 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 3569 8664 3543 8666 3534 8689 3537 8692
      3543 8693 3543 8697 3542 8698 3544 8705
      3548 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 240DEG 47KT 3542 8700

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart33 min
Apr 10, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Stewart26 min
Apr 10, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart34 min
Apr 11, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys31 min
Apr 11, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson and 1 more24 min
Apr 11, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry35 min
Apr 11, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson, Sumner23 min
Apr 11, 10:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys37 min
Apr 11, 10:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Humphreys27 min
Apr 11, 10:36 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Humphreys24 min
Apr 11, 10:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Perry32 min
Apr 11, 10:57 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson22 min
Apr 11, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Williamson31 min
Apr 11, 11:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner28 min
Apr 11, 11:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne23 min
Apr 11, 11:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale31 min
Apr 11, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne30 min
Apr 11, 11:47 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne28 min
Apr 11, 12:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXClay, Macon19 min
Apr 11, 12:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Maury34 min
Apr 11, 12:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXBedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 26 more109 days
Apr 11, 12:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Maury31 min
Apr 11, 12:51 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford24 min
Apr 11, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Coffee32 min
Apr 11, 1:28 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCannon32 min
Apr 11, 1:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWarren51 min
Apr 11, 1:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXVan Buren, White46 min
Apr 11, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXVan Buren, White36 min
Apr 11, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee24 min
Apr 11, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, White15 min
Apr 11, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGrundy29 min
Apr 11, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCoffee, Warren14 min
Apr 11, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland36 min
Apr 11, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland21 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.