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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2008, 12:51 PM CDT for Bedford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 24 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
- Apr 11, 2008, 12:51 PM CDT (17:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2008, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Bedford County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 1:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nne Shelbyville, TN | THE LOW END EF2 TORNADO STRUCK 4.1 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE TO 11.1 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE FROM 115 PM CDT TO 125 PM CDT. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 7.6 MILES WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 200 YARDS. THE TORNADO LEVELED 2 BARNS, TOOK PART OF A ROOF AND THE |
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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 111752
TOROHX
TNC003-111815-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0039.080411T1751Z-080411T1815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1251 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BEDFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHELBYVILLE...
* UNTIL 115 PM CDT
* AT 1248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 18 MILES WEST OF SHELBYVILLE...OR NEAR LEWISBURG...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL WESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY AT 110 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 3566 8649 3565 8642 3562 8639 3566 8637
3565 8636 3543 8637 3542 8664 3547 8666
3568 8663 3569 8650
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 249DEG 12KT 3546 8673
$$
041 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KOHX 111809
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
108 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008
TNC003-111815-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080411T1815Z/
BEDFORD TN-
108 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR BEDFORD
COUNTY...
AT 106 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
SHELBYVILLE..MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO LOOKS TO PASS
BETWEEN BELL BUCKLE AND WARTRACE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3566 8649 3565 8642 3562 8639 3566 8637
3565 8636 3543 8637 3542 8664 3547 8666
3568 8663 3569 8650
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 249DEG 12KT 3548 8667
$$
04The 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, 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, 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.