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Tornado Warning 101, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2011, 9:15 PM CDT for Van Buren County, Tennessee. It was in force for 15 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
- Jun 19, 2011, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Van Buren County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 3898 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.2
- Supercell composite
- 14.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
895
WFUS54 KOHX 200215
TOROHX
TNC175-200230-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0101.110620T0215Z-110620T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
915 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 910 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPENCER...AND MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY.
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 3574 8526 3572 8526 3561 8539 3563 8546
3580 8539 3577 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 289DEG 26KT 3569 8532
$$
JLM1 follow-up statement
554
WWUS54 KOHX 200221
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
921 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011
TNC175-200231-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110620T0230Z/
VAN BUREN TN-
921 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
930 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3574 8526 3572 8526 3561 8539 3563 8546
3580 8539 3577 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 289DEG 26KT 3568 8527
$$
JLMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Overton, Putnam, White | 26 min |
| Jun 19, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, White | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Van Buren, Warren, White | 40 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.