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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 18, 2009, 1:15 PM CST for Cumberland County, Putnam County, White County, Tennessee. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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 18, 2009, 1:15 PM CST (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2009, 1:45 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cumberland County, TN, Putnam County, TN, White County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 1:33 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | 2 N Crossville, TN | SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL AT INTERSECTION OF I-40 AND HIGHEAY 127. |
| Feb 18, 1:38 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Fairfield Glade, TN |
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 18, 11:09 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 599 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 631 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 181915 TOROHX TNC035-141-185-181945- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0004.090218T1915Z-090218T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 115 PM CST WED FEB 18 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CROSSVILLE... SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NORTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 145 PM CST * AT 114 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES WEST OF CROSSVILLE...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPARTA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CROSSVILLE BY 135 PM CST... FAIRFIELD GLADE BY 140 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 500 PM CST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3594 8473 3590 8541 3609 8542 3615 8489 TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 264DEG 46KT 3600 8535 $$ 13
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KOHX 181928 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 128 PM CST WED FEB 18 2009 TNC141-185-181938- /O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090218T1945Z/ WHITE TN-PUTNAM TN- 128 PM CST WED FEB 18 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM AND NORTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3594 8523 3609 8522 3615 8489 3594 8473 TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 267DEG 47KT 3601 8511 $$ TNC035-181945- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090218T1945Z/ CUMBERLAND TN- 128 PM CST WED FEB 18 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CST FOR NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY... AT 126 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PLEASANT HILL...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CROSSVILLE BY 135 PM CST... FAIRFIELD GLADE BY 140 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. LAT...LON 3594 8523 3609 8522 3615 8489 3594 8473 TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 267DEG 47KT 3601 8511 $$ STEIGERWALDT
000 WWUS54 KOHX 181939 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 139 PM CST WED FEB 18 2009 TNC035-181945- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090218T1945Z/ CUMBERLAND TN- 139 PM CST WED FEB 18 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY... AT 136 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CROSSVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT. LAT...LON 3611 8504 3613 8489 3594 8473 3594 8507 TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 268DEG 48KT 3599 8491 $$ STEIGERWALDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 12:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 30 min |
| Feb 18, 12:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, DeKalb, Putnam, White | 23 min |
| Feb 18, 1:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 34 min |
| Feb 18, 1:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Putnam | 33 min |
| Feb 18, 2:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.