Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2011, 7:09 PM CDT for Cumberland County, White County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cumberland County, TN, White County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 7:15 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 E Sparta, TN | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD 5M E OF SPARTA. |
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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.
572
WFUS54 KOHX 240009
TOROHX
TNC035-185-240045-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0024.110324T0009Z-110324T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
709 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
EASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR SPARTA. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROSSVILLE...PLEASANT HILL AND CRAB ORCHARD.
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 3578 8486 3575 8502 3577 8504 3577 8513
3580 8527 3583 8527 3581 8531 3587 8554
3604 8549 3601 8531 3599 8527 3600 8525
3592 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 284DEG 43KT 3593 8540
$$
ROSE2 follow-up statements
626
WWUS54 KOHX 240017
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
717 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
TNC035-185-240045-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110324T0045Z/
WHITE TN-CUMBERLAND TN-
717 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND AND
EASTERN WHITE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 713 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
SPARTA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROSSVILLE...PLEASANT HILL AND CRAB ORCHARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3581 8485 3580 8485 3577 8489 3575 8502
3577 8504 3576 8509 3580 8527 3583 8527
3581 8531 3584 8543 3602 8538 3599 8527
3600 8525 3592 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 282DEG 43KT 3591 8529
$$
ROSE548
WWUS54 KOHX 240027
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
727 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
TNC035-185-240045-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110324T0045Z/
WHITE TN-CUMBERLAND TN-
727 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND AND
SOUTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF
SPARTA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND SEVERAL
INJURIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED NEAR SPARTA AS A RESULT OF THIS
STORM.
THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN WHITE AND
SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES NEAR PLEASANT HILL AND SOUTH OF
CROSSVILLE. LAKE TANSI VILLAGE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.
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 3582 8485 3580 8485 3577 8489 3575 8502
3577 8504 3577 8516 3578 8516 3580 8526
3583 8527 3581 8532 3582 8537 3583 8538
3600 8531 3589 8482
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 288DEG 40KT 3588 8523
$$
ROSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.