Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2011, 10:48 PM CDT for Davidson County, Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee. It was in force for 27 min. 5 reports 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
- May 25, 2011, 10:48 PM CDT (03:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Davidson County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Sumner County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:51 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 13 Nw Gallatin, TN | TREES DOWN HWY 25 AND 71W. |
| May 25, 11:12 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Portland, TN | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED IN PORTLAND BY EMS PERSONNEL. |
| May 25, 11:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | W Hendersonville, TN | 60 MPH WIND GUST. |
| May 25, 11:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Portland, TN | TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES IN PORTLAND. |
| May 25, 11:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Portland, TN | TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES IN PORTLAND. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 1870 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 14.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
239
WUUS54 KOHX 260348
SVROHX
TNC037-147-165-260415-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0211.110526T0348Z-110526T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1048 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
EASTERN ROBERTSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SUMNER COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 1042 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS EXTENDED FROM ADAIRVILLE
TO ASHLAND CITY...AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITE HOUSE...
GALLATIN...
PORTLAND...
WESTMORELAND...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ALREADY PRODUCED WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE. TAKE SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING...AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM THURSDAY MORNING FOR
CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 8622 3641 8627 3631 8653 3632 8654
3630 8656 3615 8694 3631 8692 3634 8690
3638 8692 3666 8689 3666 8659 3665 8657
3666 8654 3666 8642
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 237DEG 62KT 3670 8680 3639 8685
$$
FORECASTER: ROSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 28 min |
| May 25, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 37 min |
| May 25, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 25 min |
| May 25, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 42 min |
| May 25, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 35 min |
| May 25, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry | 33 min |
| May 25, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry | 29 min |
| May 25, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Montgomery, Robertson and 1 more | 33 min |
| May 25, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Williamson | 30 min |
| May 25, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 46 min |
| May 25, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Sumner and 2 more | 45 min |
| May 25, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry | 25 min |
| May 25, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 34 min |
| May 25, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne | 31 min |
| May 25, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 24 min |
| May 25, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 22 min |
| May 25, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and 1 more | 37 min |
| May 25, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Maury, Williamson, Wilson | 47 min |
| May 25, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury | 29 min |
| May 25, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 25 min |
| May 25, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 30 min |
| May 26, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Marshall, Rutherford | 36 min |
| May 26, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Davidson, Jackson, Macon, Rutherford, Smith and 4 more | 34 min |
| May 26, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford | 26 min |
| May 26, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson | 33 min |
| May 26, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Warren, White | 32 min |
| May 26, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 28 min |
| May 26, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam | 38 min |
| May 26, 8:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 27 min |
| May 26, 8:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee | 24 min |
| May 26, 9:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Warren | 27 min |
| May 26, 9:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Warren | 34 min |
| May 26, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Macon, Trousdale | 36 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.