Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 50, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 30 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
- May 2, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2008, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Benton County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOHX 022201 TOROHX TNC005-043-083-085-022230- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0050.080502T2200Z-080502T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 500 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE... SOUTHWESTERN DICKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE... CENTRAL HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAVERLY... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NEW JOHNSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WAVERLY BY 515 PM CDT... MCEWEN BY 525 PM CDT... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. 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 MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3625 8753 3604 8742 3587 8794 3604 8803 TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 246DEG 39KT 3597 8796 $$ JLM
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KOHX 022214 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 514 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 TNC005-043-083-085-022230- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-080502T2230Z/ DICKSON TN-HOUSTON TN-BENTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN- 514 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR HUMPHREYS...SOUTHEASTERN BENTON...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON AND SOUTHWESTERN DICKSON COUNTIES... AT 512 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF WAVERLY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MCEWEN BY 525 PM CDT... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3625 8753 3604 8742 3587 8794 3604 8803 TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 248DEG 50KT 3601 8775 $$ JLM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 33 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.