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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Nashville, TN

April 24, 20105 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2010, 4:54 PM CDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 36 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: Apr 24, 2010, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2010, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Benton County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Perry County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 24, 5:00 PM CDT	TORNADO	10 Wnw Lobelville, TN	AN EF-1 TORNADO...WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 100 MPH...ENTERED PERRY COUNTY NEAR SIMMS ROAD ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER. DAMAGE CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST...FOR A LENGTH OF 13.8 MILES AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 300 YARDS. HUNDREDS OF SOFT AND HARD TRE

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
Apr 24, 1:17 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1184 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

527 
WFUS54 KOHX 242154
TOROHX
TNC005-043-081-085-135-242230-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0013.100424T2154Z-100424T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
454 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHWESTERN DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 439 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 19
  MILES WEST OF LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. RADAR CONTINUED
  TO INDICATE THE TORNADO POTENTIAL WITH THIS STORM.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LOBELVILLE BY 500 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 3576 8800 3581 8798 3582 8800 3581 8801
      3582 8803 3585 8802 3610 8736 3584 8733
      3559 8799 3566 8803 3569 8802 3570 8803
      3573 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 242DEG 42KT 3572 8793

$$

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1 follow-up statement

688 
WWUS54 KOHX 242215
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
515 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

TNC005-135-242225-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100424T2230Z/
PERRY TN-BENTON TN-
515 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BENTON AND NORTHERN PERRY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3572 8765 3593 8778 3610 8736 3584 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 242DEG 42KT 3588 8761

$$

TNC043-081-085-242230-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100424T2230Z/
HICKMAN TN-DICKSON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
515 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS...SOUTHWESTERN DICKSON AND NORTHERN HICKMAN
COUNTIES...

AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DICKSON...OR 13 MILES WEST OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES SOUTH OF DICKSON BY 530 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3572 8765 3593 8778 3610 8736 3584 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 242DEG 42KT 3588 8761

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 9:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury	49 min
Apr 24, 10:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Humphreys, Perry	60 min
Apr 24, 12:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson, Maury, Williamson	3 hr
Apr 24, 1:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson	25 min
Apr 24, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart	60 min
Apr 24, 4:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery	38 min
Apr 24, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart	50 min
Apr 24, 4:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry	32 min
Apr 24, 4:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Montgomery, Robertson	34 min
Apr 24, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery	27 min
Apr 24, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 1 more	35 min
Apr 24, 5:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Maury, Perry	27 min
Apr 24, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Williamson	23 min
Apr 24, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Williamson	26 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.