Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2009, 5:41 PM CDT for Cheatham County, Davidson County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2009, 6:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Williamson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 24 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 282241
TOROHX
TNC021-037-187-282330-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0009.090328T2241Z-090328T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
541 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHEATHAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHLAND CITY...
DAVIDSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NASHVILLE...
NORTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PEGRAM...OR
13 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELLE MEADE BY 550 PM CDT...
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASHLAND CITY AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
NASHVILLE BY 600 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 3629 8665 3627 8664 3590 8699 3596 8719
3632 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 203DEG 38KT 3605 8702
$$
071 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KOHX 282316
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
616 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
TNC021-037-187-282326-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090328T2330Z/
WILLIAMSON TN-DAVIDSON TN-CHEATHAM TN-
616 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEATHAM...DAVIDSON AND
NORTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA...BUT THE TORNADO THREAT HAS
ENDED FOR NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3629 8665 3627 8664 3590 8699 3596 8719
3632 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 203DEG 38KT 3639 8684
$$
13The 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, 5:22 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, 5:51 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.