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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Nashville, TN

October 24, 2010Bedford County, Coffee County, Rutherford County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2010, 9:21 PM CDT for Bedford County, Coffee County, Rutherford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 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
Oct 24, 2010, 9:21 PM CDT (02:21 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2010, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bedford County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Rutherford County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 24, 9:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG12 Nw Shelbyville, TNTHREE BARNS EXPERIENCED PARTIAL ROOF LOSS AND AN OUTBUILDING ALONG UNIONVILLE-DEASON ROAD LOST ITS ENTIRE ROOF. A COUPLE DOZEN TREES WERE SNAPPED AND MANY MORE LOST LARGE LIMBS ALONG AN APPROXIMATE 5 MILE LONG AND NEARLY HALF MILE WIDE PATH. MAXIMUM WINDS SPEE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 00:00Z on 2010-10-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 00:00Z on 2010-10-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

243 
WFUS54 KOHX 250221
TOROHX
TNC003-031-149-250300-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0049.101025T0221Z-101025T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
921 PM CDT SUN OCT 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 918 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF
  BELL BUCKLE...OR 10 MILES WEST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BELL BUCKLE BY 945 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE REPORT FUNNEL CLOUDS...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL OR FLOODING
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3
3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

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 3550 8665 3558 8665 3558 8663 3559 8664
      3562 8664 3586 8619 3575 8619 3575 8620
      3571 8621 3571 8619 3559 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 242DEG 27KT 3555 8659

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Maury37 min
Oct 24, 7:32 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyOHXMaury28 min
Oct 24, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne33 min
Oct 24, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMaury, Williamson17 min
Oct 24, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson33 min
Oct 24, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence32 min
Oct 24, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson56 min
Oct 24, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury21 min
Oct 24, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Rutherford36 min
Oct 24, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne23 min
Oct 24, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Overton, Putnam51 min
Oct 24, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Wayne29 min
Oct 25, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee32 min
Oct 25, 4:02 PM CDTWind AdvisoryOHXBedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more24 hr

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.