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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2009, 4:55 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Tennessee. It was in force for 16 min. 5 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
- Mar 28, 2009, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2009, 5:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Montgomery County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 4:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Clarksville, TN | 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN CLARKSVILLE |
| Mar 28, 4:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 N Clarksville, TN | NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN CLARKSVILLE |
| Mar 28, 5:01 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 W Clarksville, TN | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF NEAR WOODLAWN, TN. |
| Mar 28, 5:01 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 W Clarksville, TN | NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR WOODLAWN, TN BY MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| Mar 28, 5:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Clarksville, TN | SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN CLARKSVILLE, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 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 282155 TOROHX TNC125-282230- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0005.090328T2155Z-090328T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 455 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 453 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6 MILES WEST OF CLARKSVILLE...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF FORT CAMPBELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. 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 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. && LAT...LON 3644 8743 3655 8761 3665 8753 3665 8723 TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 216DEG 38KT 3658 8745 $$ 13
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KOHX 282211 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 511 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 TNC125-282221- /O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090328T2230Z/ MONTGOMERY TN- 511 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3644 8743 3655 8761 3665 8753 3665 8723 TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 216DEG 38KT 3673 8732 $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Stewart | 10 min |
| Mar 28, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 32 min |
| Mar 28, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 32 min |
| Mar 28, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Montgomery | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 32 min |
| Mar 28, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Montgomery | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 26 min |
| Mar 28, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 23 min |
| Mar 28, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 23 min |
| Mar 28, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury, Williamson | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 24 min |
| Mar 28, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Rutherford, Williamson | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford, Wilson | 25 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.