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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Nashville, TN

April 11, 2008Coffee County, Warren County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2008, 2:35 PM CDT for Coffee County, Warren County, Tennessee. It was in force for 14 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2008, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2008, 2:49 PM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Coffee County, TN, Warren County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 111935
TOROHX
TNC031-177-112000-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0046.080411T1935Z-080411T2000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COFFEE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANCHESTER...
  SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCMINNVILLE...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 231 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  MANCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 46 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCMINNVILLE BY 300 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.

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

LAT...LON 3578 8562 3560 8554 3557 8555 3553 8566
      3554 8576 3551 8581 3553 8586 3551 8588
      3543 8589 3535 8606 3551 8616
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 243DEG 40KT 3548 8601

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KOHX 111949
SVSOHX

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

TNC031-177-111958-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-080411T2000Z/
WARREN TN-COFFEE TN-
248 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COFFEE AND SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA APPEAR TO BE WEAKENING AND 
DISORGANIZED. THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COFFEE AND WARREN COUNTIES IS 
CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3578 8562 3560 8554 3557 8555 3553 8566
      3554 8576 3551 8581 3553 8586 3551 8588
      3543 8589 3535 8606 3551 8616
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 243DEG 40KT 3554 8585

$$

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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, 12:28 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMarshall, Maury32 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, 2:39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.