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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2009, 3:11 PM CDT for Giles County, Marshall County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2009, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2009, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Giles County, TN, Marshall County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 470 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KOHX 012011
TOROHX
TNC055-117-012045-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0063.090501T2011Z-090501T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
311 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN GILES COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 309 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
LYNNVILLE...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF PULASKI...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES SOUTH OF CORNERSVILLE BY 330 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3525 8719 3531 8722 3543 8711 3533 8663
3532 8664 3532 8667 3529 8671 3527 8673
3527 8681 3526 8681 3515 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 288DEG 27KT 3532 8704
$$
131 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KOHX 012031
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
331 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009
TNC055-117-012045-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-090501T2045Z/
MARSHALL TN-GILES TN-
331 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
GILES AND SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTIES...
AT 331 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL GILES
COUNTY...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF PULASKI...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3525 8719 3529 8712 3534 8691 3533 8663
3532 8664 3532 8667 3529 8671 3527 8673
3527 8681 3526 8681 3515 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 288DEG 27KT 3527 8687
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Williamson | 36 min |
| May 1, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury | 27 min |
| May 1, 1:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Benton, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 3 hr |
| May 1, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 33 min |
| May 1, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry | 23 min |
| May 1, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne | 35 min |
| May 1, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne | 25 min |
| May 1, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 24 min |
| May 1, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury | 34 min |
| May 1, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 28 min |
| May 1, 3:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury | 3 hr |
| May 1, 3:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 1, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 25 min |
| May 1, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 33 min |
| May 1, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 31 min |
| May 1, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 36 min |
| May 1, 4:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 3 hr |
| May 1, 4:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 1, 4:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury | 3 hr |
| May 1, 4:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more | 8 hr |
| May 1, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys | 33 min |
| May 1, 5:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Houston and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 1, 5:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles, Hickman, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 1, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne | 31 min |
| May 1, 5:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford | 3 days |
| May 1, 6:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cannon, Davidson, DeKalb, Macon, Robertson, Rutherford and 5 more | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.