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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Nashville, TN

May 8, 2008Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2008, 12:29 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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
May 8, 2008, 12:29 PM CDT (17:29 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lawrence County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 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
May 8, 12:35 PM CDTTORNADO2 W Loretto, TNEF1 TORNADO STRUCK NEAR LORETTO. A LARGE TREE FELL ON A HOUSE AT 834 CLAX BRANCH RD. A NUMBER OF TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. A BARN ON CLAX BRANCH ROAD WAS DESTROYED. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 3 MILES AND THE PATH WIDTH WAS ABOUT 440 YARDS.
May 8, 12:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nw Loretto, TNSTRUCTURAL DAMAGE
May 8, 12:40 PM CDTTORNADO1 W Loretto, TNPOSSIBLE TOUCHDOWN CLAX BRANCH RD AREA, ONE HOUSE DESTROYED, NUMEROUS OTHERS DAMAGED, TREES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2008-05-08Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2008-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 081729
TOROHX
TNC099-181-081800-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0052.080508T1729Z-080508T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1229 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG...
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
  LORETTO...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LORETTO BY 1235 PM CDT...
  LAWRENCEBURG BY 1250 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. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 3513 8772 3539 8727 3506 8722 3499 8753
      3500 8755 3500 8762 3500 8763
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 240DEG 39KT 3510 8756

$$

07
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KOHX 081743
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1243 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008

TNC099-181-081800-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080508T1800Z/
WAYNE TN-LAWRENCE TN-
1243 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR LAWRENCE
AND SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...

AT 1240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LORETTO...OR 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCEBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAWRENCEBURG BY 1250 PM CDT...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ETHRIDGE BY 1255 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. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 3513 8772 3539 8727 3506 8722 3499 8753
      3500 8755 3500 8762 3500 8763
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 240DEG 39KT 3518 8740

$$

ROSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 12:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence31 min
May 8, 1:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles33 min
May 8, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Marshall, Maury34 min
May 8, 1:42 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles21 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.