Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2011, 7:03 PM CDT for Bedford County, Marshall County, Tennessee. It was in force for 27 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
- Mar 23, 2011, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bedford County, TN, Marshall County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
767
WFUS54 KOHX 240003
TOROHX
TNC003-117-240030-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0023.110324T0003Z-110324T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
703 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEWISBURG...AND MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHELBYVILLE...WARTRACE AND NORMANDY.
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 3542 8679 3560 8676 3557 8623 3555 8624
3553 8624 3552 8623 3551 8624 3546 8623
3544 8625 3542 8625 3536 8636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 276DEG 37KT 3550 8665
$$
042 follow-up statements
543
WWUS54 KOHX 240011
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
711 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
TNC117-240021-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110324T0030Z/
MARSHALL TN-
711 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DEPARTED WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3541 8663 3558 8661 3557 8623 3555 8624
3552 8623 3551 8624 3546 8623 3544 8625
3542 8625 3541 8627 3536 8636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 276DEG 37KT 3549 8656
$$
TNC003-240030-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110324T0030Z/
BEDFORD TN-
711 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 709 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHELBYVILLE...WARTRACE AND NORMANDY.
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 3541 8663 3558 8661 3557 8623 3555 8624
3552 8623 3551 8624 3546 8623 3544 8625
3542 8625 3541 8627 3536 8636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 276DEG 37KT 3549 8656
$$
04334
WWUS54 KOHX 240022
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
722 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
TNC003-240030-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110324T0030Z/
BEDFORD TN-
722 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN BEDFORD
COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WARTRACE AND NORMANDY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3539 8652 3540 8653 3557 8651 3557 8623
3555 8624 3552 8623 3551 8624 3546 8623
3544 8625 3542 8625 3536 8636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 276DEG 37KT 3548 8641
$$
04The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, White | 36 min |
| Mar 23, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 26 min |
| Mar 23, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 31 min |
| Mar 23, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 22 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.