Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2009, 5:19 PM CDT for 6 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 26 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
- Mar 28, 2009, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2009, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Maury County, TN, Williamson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 5:27 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Fairview, TN | SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR HIGHWAY 100 NEAR FIARVIEW, TN. |
| Mar 28, 5:33 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Se Fairview, TN | AMATUER RADIO REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL NEAR FERNVALE SE OF FAIRVIEW, TN. |
| Mar 28, 5:34 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 6 Se Fairview, TN | 1.5 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN THE FERNVALE COMMUNITY SE OF FAIRVIEW, TN. |
| Mar 28, 5:42 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Wsw Belle Meade, TN | ONE INCH HAIL REPORTED AT I-40 AND HIGHWAY 70 NEAR BELLEVUE. |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 282219 TOROHX TNC021-037-043-081-119-187-282245- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0007.090328T2219Z-090328T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 519 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CHEATHAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SOUTHWESTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SOUTHEASTERN DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NORTHEASTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NORTH CENTRAL MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRVIEW...OR 15 MILES EAST OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FAIRVIEW BY 535 PM CDT... KINGSTON SPRINGS...WHITE BLUFF AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEGRAM BY 545 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 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. && LAT...LON 3621 8718 3610 8672 3575 8710 3578 8732 TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 189DEG 29KT 3585 8720 $$ 07
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KOHX 282228 RRA SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 528 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 TNC021-037-043-081-119-187-282245- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090328T2245Z/ MAURY TN-HICKMAN TN-WILLIAMSON TN-DICKSON TN-DAVIDSON TN-CHEATHAM TN- 528 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN CHEATHAM...SOUTHWESTERN DAVIDSON...SOUTHEASTERN DICKSON...WESTERN WILLIAMSON...NORTHEASTERN HICKMAN AND NORTH CENTRAL MAURY COUNTIES... AT 527 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRVIEW...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DICKSON...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FAIRVIEW BY 535 PM CDT... KINGSTON SPRINGS...WHITE BLUFF AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEGRAM BY 545 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. && LAT...LON 3621 8718 3610 8672 3575 8710 3578 8732 TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 189DEG 29KT 3593 8718 $$ 07
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, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 16 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, 5:22 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.