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Tornado Warning 82, NWS Nashville, TN

June 15, 2009Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2009, 5:22 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 23 min. 2 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: Jun 15, 2009, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2009, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lawrence County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 140 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
Jun 15, 5:37 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Waynesboro, TN	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 5 MILES WEST OF THE CLIFTON TURNPIKE.
Jun 15, 5:37 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Waynesboro, TN	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 5 MILES WEST OF CLIFTON TURNPIKE.

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
Jun 15, 10:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 15, 2:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 152222
TOROHX
TNC099-181-152245-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0082.090615T2222Z-090615T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
522 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  EAST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES EAST 
  OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. AMATEUR RADIO REPORTS OF A 
  ROTATING WALL CLOUD HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH THIS STORM.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 540 PM CDT
  RURAL EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY AT 540 PM CDT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO 
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE 
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. IF IN 
MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3536 8748 3517 8755 3526 8780 3542 8773
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 291DEG 14KT 3532 8765

$$

LAROSA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Wilson	35 min
Jun 15, 4:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	43 min
Jun 15, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Wayne	33 min
Jun 15, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Wayne	34 min
Jun 15, 5:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	114 min
Jun 15, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	35 min
Jun 15, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Wayne	30 min
Jun 15, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lawrence	34 min
Jun 15, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wayne	17 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.