Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2010, 1:19 PM CDT for Bedford County, Rutherford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 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
- May 15, 2010, 1:19 PM CDT (18:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2010, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bedford County, TN, Rutherford County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 543 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
079
WFUS54 KOHX 151819
TOROHX
TNC003-149-151845-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0039.100515T1819Z-100515T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
119 PM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 145 PM CDT
* AT 117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
BELL BUCKLE...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE...
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELL BUCKLE BY 145 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3570 8664 3581 8629 3565 8623 3559 8623
3553 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 254DEG 12KT 3564 8650
$$
JLM1 follow-up statement
058
WWUS54 KOHX 151828
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
128 PM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010
TNC003-149-151845-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-100515T1845Z/
RUTHERFORD TN-BEDFORD TN-
128 PM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
BEDFORD AND SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES...
AT 126 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BELL BUCKLE...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3570 8664 3581 8629 3565 8623 3559 8623
3553 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 249DEG 14KT 3565 8646
$$
JLMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Van Buren, White | 32 min |
| May 15, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford | 23 min |
| May 15, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Williamson | 35 min |
| May 15, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, White | 30 min |
| May 15, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys | 27 min |
| May 15, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 23 min |
| May 15, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Humphreys | 24 min |
| May 15, 2:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Clay, Davidson, Dickson, Fentress and 22 more | 28 hr |
| May 15, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 23 min |
| May 15, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren, Warren, White | 24 min |
| May 15, 3:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Warren | 2 hr |
| May 15, 3:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 2 hr |
| May 15, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White | 29 min |
| May 15, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, Smith | 12 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.