Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 52, NWS Nashville, TN
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 12:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Loretto, TN | EF1 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 CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Loretto, TN | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE |
| May 8, 12:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 W Loretto, TN | POSSIBLE 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.
- 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
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
$$
071 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KOHX 081743
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1243 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008
TNC099-181-081800-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080508T1800Z/
WAYNE TN-LAWRENCE TN-
1243 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR LAWRENCE
AND SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...
AT 1240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LORETTO...OR 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCEBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LAWRENCEBURG BY 1250 PM CDT...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ETHRIDGE BY 1255 PM CDT...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
LAT...LON 3513 8772 3539 8727 3506 8722 3499 8753
3500 8755 3500 8762 3500 8763
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 240DEG 39KT 3518 8740
$$
ROSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 31 min |
| May 8, 1:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 33 min |
| May 8, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall, Maury | 34 min |
| May 8, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 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.