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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2011, 7:38 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Tennessee. It was in force for 22 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, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cumberland County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.
745
WFUS54 KOHX 240038
TOROHX
TNC035-240100-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0027.110324T0038Z-110324T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
738 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CONFIRMED TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR
SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND
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 3582 8476 3583 8480 3577 8489 3575 8499
3575 8502 3577 8504 3577 8518 3578 8521
3595 8513 3584 8474
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 290DEG 39KT 3583 8507
$$
ROSE1 follow-up statement
037
WWUS54 KOHX 240054
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
754 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
TNC035-240104-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110324T0100Z/
CUMBERLAND TN-
754 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
800 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3582 8476 3583 8480 3577 8489 3575 8499
3575 8502 3577 8504 3577 8518 3578 8521
3595 8513 3584 8474
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 290DEG 39KT 3577 8487
$$
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, 7:09 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 |
Nearby
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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.