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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2008, 8:10 PM CST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 35 min. 8 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
- Feb 5, 2008, 8:10 PM CST (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2008, 8:45 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hickman County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Perry County, TN, Wayne County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 8:10 PM CST | TORNADO | 7 S Linden, TN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY |
| Feb 5, 8:20 PM CST | TORNADO | 6 Se Linden, TN | ONE HOME DAMAGED ALONG HURRICANE CREEK RD NEAR LEWIS COUNTY LINE |
| Feb 5, 8:27 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | 14 Sw Centerville, TN | |
| Feb 5, 8:30 PM CST | TORNADO | 6 Nw Hohenwald, TN | TRAILERS DESTROYED. ROOFS DAMAGED. BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS COMPLETELY FLATTENED ALONG MCCORD HOLLOW ROAD AND CANE CREEK ROAD IN EXTREME NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY. |
| Feb 5, 8:35 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Hohenwald, TN | HOUSE DAMAGE |
| Feb 5, 8:35 PM CST | TORNADO | 10 Sw Centerville, TN | TORNADO REPORTED BY PUBLIC NEAR HWY 100 |
| Feb 5, 8:35 PM CST | TORNADO | 5 N Hohenwald, TN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN, HOUSE DAMAGED, SOME MINOR INJURIES |
| Feb 5, 8:45 PM CST | TORNADO | 7 S Centerville, TN | EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE BRUSHY COMMUNITY, 3 MILES SOUTH OF INTERSECTION OF HWYS 48 AND 100 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 706 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOHX 060211 TOROHX TNC081-101-135-181-060245- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0008.080206T0210Z-080206T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 810 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE... LEWIS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOHENWALD... SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LINDEN... NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 845 PM CST * AT 807 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LINDEN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOHENWALD BY 825 PM CST... 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. 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 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3590 8757 3557 8732 3539 8779 3563 8794 TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 239DEG 42KT 3556 8780 $$ 31
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KOHX 060222 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 822 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 TNC081-101-135-181-060245- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080206T0245Z/ HICKMAN TN-PERRY TN-LEWIS TN-WAYNE TN- 822 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE...LEWIS...SOUTHEASTERN PERRY AND SOUTHWESTERN HICKMAN COUNTIES... AT 819 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR CLIFTON IN WAYNE COUNTY. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOHENWALD BY 830 PM CST... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3590 8757 3557 8732 3538 8779 3563 8794 TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 237DEG 47KT 3558 8772 $$ LAROSA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 7:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton | 30 min |
| Feb 5, 7:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 36 min |
| Feb 5, 7:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 35 min |
| Feb 5, 8:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 31 min |
| Feb 5, 8:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson | 25 min |
| Feb 5, 8:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 33 min |
| Feb 5, 8:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 33 min |
| Feb 5, 9:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson | 28 min |
| Feb 5, 9:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 35 min |
| Feb 5, 10:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 10:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton | 27 min |
| Feb 5, 11:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys | 35 min |
| Feb 5, 11:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Humphreys, Perry | 30 min |
| Feb 5, 11:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 37 min |
| Feb 5, 11:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys | 35 min |
| Feb 5, 11:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 34 min |
| Feb 6, 12:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 12:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 12:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 26 min |
| Feb 6, 12:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 12:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson | 21 min |
| Feb 6, 1:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 1:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 25 min |
| Feb 6, 1:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Williamson | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 1:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 33 min |
| Feb 6, 1:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 13 min |
| Feb 6, 1:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 37 min |
| Feb 6, 1:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford | 31 min |
| Feb 6, 2:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury | 29 min |
| Feb 6, 2:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 3:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam and 1 more | 37 min |
| Feb 6, 4:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Overton, Putnam | 25 min |
| Feb 6, 5:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 11:59 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | OHX | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more | 6 hr |
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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.