Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 9:30 AM CST for Bedford County, Coffee 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
- Feb 28, 2011, 9:30 AM CST (15:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bedford County, TN, Coffee County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 5:59 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 948 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 404 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
628
WFUS54 KOHX 281530
TOROHX
TNC003-031-281615-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0016.110228T1530Z-110228T1615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
930 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1015 AM CST
* AT 927 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF TULLAHOMA...OR 10 MILES WEST OF
MANCHESTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANCHESTER.
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 3552 8631 3566 8608 3565 8607 3565 8604
3547 8594 3543 8627
TIME...MOT...LOC 1529Z 249DEG 41KT 3550 8623
$$
BOYD2 follow-up statements
718
WWUS54 KOHX 281542
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
942 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011
TNC003-281550-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110228T1615Z/
BEDFORD TN-
942 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3547 8613 3556 8618 3566 8608 3565 8607
3565 8604 3547 8594
TIME...MOT...LOC 1540Z 249DEG 41KT 3556 8605
$$
TNC031-281615-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110228T1615Z/
COFFEE TN-
942 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN COFFEE COUNTY
UNTIL 1015 AM CST...
AT 935 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF MANCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUMMITVILLE AND RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN COFFEE 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 3547 8613 3556 8618 3566 8608 3565 8607
3565 8604 3547 8594
TIME...MOT...LOC 1540Z 249DEG 41KT 3556 8605
$$
BOYD543
WWUS54 KOHX 281545
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
945 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011
TNC031-281556-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110228T1615Z/
COFFEE TN-
945 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3547 8613 3556 8618 3566 8608 3565 8607
3565 8604 3547 8594
TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 249DEG 41KT 3558 8597
$$
BOYDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 5:16 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson and 21 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 6:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery | 25 min |
| Feb 28, 6:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 7:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 7:33 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 7:57 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Sumner, Williamson | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:12 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:12 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury | 55 min |
| Feb 28, 8:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:43 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:01 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren | 25 min |
| Feb 28, 10:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Van Buren, White | 26 min |
| Feb 28, 11:12 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Grundy and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 44 min |
| Feb 28, 11:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 11:50 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 34 min |
| Feb 28, 12:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 12:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy | 14 min |
| Feb 28, 1:58 PM CST | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 59 min |
| Feb 28, 2:08 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 10 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:08 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 10 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:08 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 117 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.