Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 40, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2008, 1:13 PM CDT for Bedford County, Coffee 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, 1:13 PM CDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2008, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bedford County, TN, Coffee County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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, 1:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 13 Nw Manchester, TN | AN EF0 WITH WINDS FROM 65-85 MPH STRUCK 13.2 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANCHESTER TO 13.2 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MANCHESTER FRM 130 PM CDT TO 131 PM CDT. THE TORNADO BLEW A TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK ON ITS SIDE WHILE HEADING WESTBOUND ON I-24 AT MILE MARKER 99. ALSO, A |
| Apr 11, 1:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | 10 Nw Manchester, TN | SEMI-TRUCK BLOWN OFF I-24 NEAR MILE-MARKER 99. SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN IN THE VICINITY. |
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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 111814
TOROHX
TNC003-031-111845-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0040.080411T1813Z-080411T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
113 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 145 PM CDT
* AT 111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A TORNADO NEAR WARTRACE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL NORTHERN COFFEE COUNTY AT 130 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 3565 8606 3566 8599 3561 8595 3558 8596
3550 8637 3565 8637 3567 8632 3565 8631
3565 8624 3568 8625 3570 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 250DEG 39KT 3557 8638
$$
041 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KOHX 111834
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
134 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008
TNC003-111844-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080411T1845Z/
BEDFORD TN-
134 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3565 8606 3566 8599 3561 8595 3558 8596
3552 8623 3561 8624 3564 8623 3568 8625
3570 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 250DEG 39KT 3565 8612
$$
TNC031-111845-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080411T1845Z/
COFFEE TN-
134 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
COFFEE COUNTY...
AT 131 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHERN
COFFEE COUNTY...EAST OF INTERSTATE 24 AND ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF
MANCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 45 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 3565 8606 3566 8599 3561 8595 3558 8596
3552 8623 3561 8624 3564 8623 3568 8625
3570 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 250DEG 39KT 3565 8612
$$
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, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford | 24 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.