Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 2011, 4:30 PM CST for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 45 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
- Feb 27, 2011, 4:30 PM CST (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2011, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cheatham County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Montgomery County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
661
WFUS54 KOHX 272230
TOROHX
TNC021-043-083-085-125-272315-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0014.110227T2230Z-110227T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
430 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CHEATHAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 515 PM CST
* AT 427 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF MCEWEN...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ERIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASHLAND CITY...VANLEER...SLAYDEN AND CHARLOTTE.
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 3646 8712 3643 8707 3620 8698 3611 8761
3628 8769 3654 8712
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 249DEG 44KT 3623 8754
$$
LAROSA1 follow-up statement
622
WWUS54 KOHX 272246
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
446 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
TNC083-085-272256-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110227T2315Z/
HOUSTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
446 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS AND SOUTHEASTERN
HOUSTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3654 8712 3646 8712 3642 8707 3620 8698
3613 8746 3633 8752 3634 8752 3635 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 251DEG 52KT 3629 8737
$$
TNC021-043-125-272315-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110227T2315Z/
DICKSON TN-CHEATHAM TN-MONTGOMERY TN-
446 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...
NORTHERN CHEATHAM AND NORTHERN DICKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CST...
AT 445 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTH OF DICKSON...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASHLAND 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 3654 8712 3646 8712 3642 8707 3620 8698
3613 8746 3633 8752 3634 8752 3635 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 251DEG 52KT 3629 8737
$$
LAROSAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 4:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.