Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 49, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 1:57 PM CDT for Bedford County, Coffee County, Grundy County, Tennessee. It was in force for 48 min. 4 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
- Apr 10, 2009, 1:57 PM CDT (18:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2009, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bedford County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Grundy County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Manchester, TN | PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 2 MILES EAST OF I-24. |
| Apr 10, 2:06 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Manchester, TN | PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 1203 E CARROLL ST IN MANCHESTER. |
| Apr 10, 2:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Manchester, TN | PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 1203 E CARROLL ST IN MANCHESTER. |
| Apr 10, 2:18 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Se Manchester, TN | TOUCHDOWN WITNESSED BY STORM CHASER AT EXIT 117 ON INTERSTATE 24. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 8:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 11:23 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 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 101857
TOROHX
TNC003-031-061-101945-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0049.090410T1857Z-090410T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
157 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANCHESTER...
WESTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 156 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TULLAHOMA...OR NEAR LYNCHBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TULLAHOMA BY 210 PM CDT...
9 MILES SOUTH OF MANCHESTER BY 230 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3529 8592 3535 8604 3536 8616 3534 8626
3536 8625 3538 8628 3539 8625 3541 8627
3535 8636 3535 8640 3549 8628 3555 8589
3551 8580 3553 8579 3525 8574 3524 8590
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 253DEG 29KT 3527 8634
$$
STEIGERWALDT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KOHX 101917
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
217 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
TNC003-031-061-101945-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-090410T1945Z/
COFFEE TN-BEDFORD TN-GRUNDY TN-
217 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
GRUNDY...SOUTHEASTERN BEDFORD AND SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTIES...
AT 216 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MANCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT AREAS IN EASTERN COFFEE COUNTY AT 220 PM CDT
AND WESTERN GRUNDY COUNTY BETWEEN 220 PM CDT AND 230 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3529 8592 3535 8604 3536 8616 3534 8626
3536 8625 3538 8628 3539 8625 3541 8627
3535 8636 3535 8640 3549 8628 3555 8589
3551 8580 3553 8579 3525 8574 3524 8590
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 255DEG 34KT 3541 8595
$$
LAROSAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 4:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 4:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 10:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Stewart | 55 min |
| Apr 10, 10:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 10:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Benton | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 11:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 11:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys, Perry | 24 min |
| Apr 10, 11:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 11:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Montgomery | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 11:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry | 24 min |
| Apr 10, 11:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Robertson | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 12:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 24 min |
| Apr 10, 12:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 12:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 31 min |
| Apr 10, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 12:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 26 min |
| Apr 10, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall, Maury | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 12:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 12:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 12:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall, Maury | 29 min |
| Apr 10, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford, Wilson | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury | 23 min |
| Apr 10, 12:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 29 min |
| Apr 10, 12:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Maury | 26 min |
| Apr 10, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson, Wilson | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner | 23 min |
| Apr 10, 12:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 12:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 12:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 1:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Macon | 23 min |
| Apr 10, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Rutherford | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 1:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Giles, Marshall, Maury | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, Smith, White | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Warren | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Putnam, White | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, DeKalb, Putnam, Van Buren, Warren, White | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Van Buren, Warren, White | 47 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.