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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Nashville, TN

March 28, 2009Maury County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2009, 5:22 PM CDT for Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 23 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
Mar 28, 2009, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2009, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Maury County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 78 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 28, 2:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 66 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2009-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2009-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 282222
TOROHX
TNC119-282245-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0008.090328T2222Z-090328T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
522 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBIA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 521 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH
  OF COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COLUMBIA BY 540 PM CDT...
  9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRING HILL 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 3579 8704 3574 8685 3545 8700 3547 8718
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 201DEG 25KT 3550 8710

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KOHX 282242
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
542 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

TNC119-282252-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090328T2245Z/
MAURY TN-
542 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MAURY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM
CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING OUT OF THE ARA AND THE TORNADO 
THREAT HAS DIMINISHED FOR NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3579 8704 3574 8685 3545 8700 3547 8718
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 201DEG 25KT 3563 8704

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Stewart10 min
Mar 28, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart32 min
Mar 28, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart32 min
Mar 28, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson42 min
Mar 28, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Montgomery, Stewart25 min
Mar 28, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Montgomery, Robertson40 min
Mar 28, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart31 min
Mar 28, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Montgomery28 min
Mar 28, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery16 min
Mar 28, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson32 min
Mar 28, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Montgomery31 min
Mar 28, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson34 min
Mar 28, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson26 min
Mar 28, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson49 min
Mar 28, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury, Williamson23 min
Mar 28, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury, Williamson35 min
Mar 28, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Williamson35 min
Mar 28, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson24 min
Mar 28, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Giles, Marshall31 min
Mar 28, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Rutherford, Williamson36 min
Mar 28, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Sumner47 min
Mar 28, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall34 min
Mar 28, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Rutherford, Wilson25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.