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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Nashville, TN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 10:14 PM CST | TORNADO 2 | Lebanon, 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 CST | TORNADO | Lebanon, 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 CST | TSTM WND DMG | Lakewood, TN | TREES 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:41 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 8:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 8:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 8:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 2 more | 63 min |
| Feb 24, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Wayne | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 9:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 9:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Humphreys | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 9:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 9:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Macon, Montgomery, Robertson and 3 more | 60 min |
| Feb 24, 9:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 9:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 59 min |
| Feb 24, 9:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 10:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Wilson | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 10:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett and 5 more | 79 min |
| Feb 24, 10:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Stewart | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 10:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford | 23 min |
| Feb 24, 10:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett and 2 more | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 11:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Marshall, Rutherford, Warren | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, White | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 11:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren | 44 min |
| Feb 24, 11:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | White | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam | 50 min |
| Feb 25, 12:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 23 min |
| Feb 25, 1:25 AM CST | River Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford | 6 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.