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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Nashville, TN

February 24, 20116 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2011, 10:08 PM CST for 6 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 37 min. 3 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
Feb 24, 2011, 10:08 PM CST (04:08 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2011, 10:45 PM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Davidson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:10 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
Feb 24, 10:14 PM CSTTORNADO 2Lebanon, TN*** 2 INJ *** AN EF2 TORNADO OCCURRED IN LEBANON WITH A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED OF 120 MPH...WITH A MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 150 YARDS...AND A MAXIMUM PATH LENGTH OF 8 MILES. DAMAGE STARTED JUST SOUTH OF CENTRAL PIKE ALONG GLADIEVILLE ROAD AND CONTINUED NORT
Feb 24, 10:14 PM CSTTORNADOLebanon, TN*** 2 INJ *** AN EF2 TORNADO OCCURRED IN LEBANON WITH A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED OF 120 MPH...WITH A MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 150 YARDS...AND A MAXIMUM PATH LENGTH OF 8 MILES. DAMAGE STARTED JUST SOUTH OF CENTRAL PIKE ALONG GLADIEVILLE ROAD AND CONTINUED NORT
Feb 24, 10:31 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGLakewood, TNTREES DAMAGED, DUMPSTERS KNOCKED OVER.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 24, 7:41 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 2011-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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 2011-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 538 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
538 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
629 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

800 
WFUS54 KOHX 250408
TOROHX
TNC037-111-159-165-169-189-250445-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0010.110225T0408Z-110225T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1008 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHWESTERN MACON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WEST CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  TROUSDALE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CST

* AT 1006 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREEN HILL...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LP
  FIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GALLATIN...LEBANON...HARTSVILLE...MOUNT JULIET AND BELINDA CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3655 8612 3619 8594 3616 8661 3629 8666
TIME...MOT...LOC 0408Z 249DEG 53KT 3624 8656

$$
BOYD
1 follow-up statement
504 
WWUS54 KOHX 250422
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1022 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011

TNC037-250432-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110225T0445Z/
DAVIDSON TN-
1022 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3621 8635 3639 8642 3655 8612 3619 8594
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 249DEG 53KT 3631 8632

$$

TNC111-159-165-169-189-250445-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110225T0445Z/
SMITH TN-TROUSDALE TN-MACON TN-SUMNER TN-WILSON TN-
1022 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WILSON...
SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER...SOUTHWESTERN MACON...TROUSDALE AND WEST CENTRAL
SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CST...

AT 1020 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF LEBANON...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARTSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3621 8635 3639 8642 3655 8612 3619 8594
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 249DEG 53KT 3631 8632

$$

LAROSA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 7:22 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXStewart24 min
Feb 24, 8:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart36 min
Feb 24, 8:30 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXPerry30 min
Feb 24, 8:30 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart30 min
Feb 24, 8:54 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHickman36 min
Feb 24, 8:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 2 more63 min
Feb 24, 9:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis, Wayne45 min
Feb 24, 9:00 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery30 min
Feb 24, 9:12 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Humphreys33 min
Feb 24, 9:20 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson, Sumner25 min
Feb 24, 9:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury, Williamson34 min
Feb 24, 9:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Macon, Montgomery, Robertson and 3 more60 min
Feb 24, 9:34 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Williamson26 min
Feb 24, 9:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson59 min
Feb 24, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne62 min
Feb 24, 10:02 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Wilson28 min
Feb 24, 10:17 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale43 min
Feb 24, 10:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett and 5 more79 min
Feb 24, 10:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXStewart3 hr
Feb 24, 10:36 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon24 min
Feb 24, 10:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford23 min
Feb 24, 10:39 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXClay, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett and 2 more36 min
Feb 24, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb30 min
Feb 24, 11:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Marshall, Rutherford, Warren42 min
Feb 24, 11:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, White31 min
Feb 24, 11:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren44 min
Feb 24, 11:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland41 min
Feb 24, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWhite35 min
Feb 24, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam50 min
Feb 25, 12:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland23 min
Feb 25, 1:25 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningOHXBedford6 days

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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.