Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Nashville, TN
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.
| 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, 10.4 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.
- 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 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 $$ 13
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KOHX 282242 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 542 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 TNC119-282252- /O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090328T2245Z/ MAURY TN- 542 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MAURY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING OUT OF THE ARA AND THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED FOR NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3579 8704 3574 8685 3545 8700 3547 8718 TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 201DEG 25KT 3563 8704 $$ 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, 4:55 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, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 26 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 |
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.