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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2011, 6:11 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Smith County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 min. 4 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
- Mar 23, 2011, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties DeKalb County, TN, Smith County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 6:19 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 E Watertown, TN | HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED ALONG A NEARLY CONTINUOUS 6 MILE PATH. SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE...AND A COUPLE BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. THE TORNADO CLIPPED THE FAR SOUTHWESTERN TIP OF SMITH COUNTY AS IT MOVED INTO |
| Mar 23, 6:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Watertown, TN | BARN BLOWN DOWN ON OLD ALEXANRIA ROAD. EMA EN ROUTE TO SURVEY DAMAGE. |
| Mar 23, 6:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Watertown, TN | ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOME ON HALEY ROAD. |
| Mar 23, 6:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 N Alexandria, TN | TRAINED SPOTTER RPT QUARTER SIZED HAIL. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
722
WFUS54 KOHX 232311
TOROHX
TNC041-159-189-232345-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0019.110323T2311Z-110323T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
611 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DEKALB COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WATERTOWN...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LEBANON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SMITHVILLE AROUND 640 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE
ALEXANDRIA...LIBERTY AND DOWELLTOWN.
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 3611 8578 3610 8577 3608 8577 3607 8576
3609 8573 3608 8570 3604 8566 3586 8575
3606 8627 3622 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 292DEG 31KT 3610 8611
$$
ROSE1 follow-up statement
964
WWUS54 KOHX 232322
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
622 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
TNC041-159-189-232345-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110323T2345Z/
DEKALB TN-SMITH TN-WILSON TN-
622 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILSON...
SOUTHWESTERN SMITH AND DEKALB COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF WATERTOWN...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CARTHAGE...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SMITHVILLE AROUND 645 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE LIBERTY AND
DOWELLTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3612 8579 3610 8577 3607 8576 3609 8573
3608 8571 3604 8566 3589 8574 3605 8618
3620 8610
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 292DEG 31KT 3610 8603
$$
ROSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 15 min |
| Mar 23, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, DeKalb, Putnam, White | 26 min |
| Mar 23, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 22 min |
| Mar 23, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 13 min |
| Mar 23, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Overton | 60 min |
| Mar 23, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Trousdale, Wilson | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Smith, Wilson | 27 min |
| Mar 23, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Wilson | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury, Rutherford | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 16 min |
| Mar 23, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 24 min |
| Mar 23, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, White | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.