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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Nashville, TN

May 15, 2010Bedford County, Rutherford County, Tennessee

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2010-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 543 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2010-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

JLM
1 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

$$

JLM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Van Buren, White32 min
May 15, 12:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Rutherford23 min
May 15, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Williamson35 min
May 15, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Putnam, White30 min
May 15, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys27 min
May 15, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson23 min
May 15, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Houston, Humphreys24 min
May 15, 2:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchOHXBenton, Cheatham, Clay, Davidson, Dickson, Fentress and 22 more28 hr
May 15, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Montgomery, Stewart23 min
May 15, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren, White24 min
May 15, 3:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWarren2 hr
May 15, 3:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXFentress, Overton, Pickett2 hr
May 15, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White29 min
May 15, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Putnam, Smith12 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.