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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Nashville, TN

February 24, 20114 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2011, 8:30 PM CST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 30 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 24, 2011, 8:30 PM CST (02:30 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2011, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Benton County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Stewart County, TN

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 24, 2:34 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Feb 24, 7:41 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 538 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 629 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

430 
WFUS54 KOHX 250230 RRA
TOROHX
TNC005-083-085-161-250300-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0003.110225T0230Z-110225T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
830 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTH CENTRAL STEWART COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 900 PM CST

* AT 827 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED
  TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF VALE...OR 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CAMDEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ERIN...TENNESSEE RIDGE AND BIG SANDY.

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 3616 8816 3618 8816 3621 8814 3624 8810
      3628 8809 3649 8778 3617 8758 3604 8817
      3613 8821
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 244DEG 52KT 3615 8812

$$

BOYD

1 follow-up statement

484 
WWUS54 KOHX 250238
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
838 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011

TNC005-083-085-161-250300-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110225T0300Z/
HOUSTON TN-STEWART TN-BENTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
838 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN HUMPHREYS...
NORTHERN BENTON...SOUTH CENTRAL STEWART AND WESTERN HOUSTON COUNTIES
UNTIL 900 PM CST...

AT 832 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORTHERN BEDFORD FOREST...NEW JOHNSONVILLE...ERIN AND TENNESSEE 
RIDGE.

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 3605 8814 3613 8821 3616 8816 3618 8816
      3621 8814 3624 8810 3628 8809 3649 8778
      3617 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 244DEG 52KT 3618 8802

$$

BOYD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 7:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Stewart	24 min
Feb 24, 8:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart	36 min
Feb 24, 8:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry	30 min
Feb 24, 8:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman	36 min
Feb 24, 8:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 2 more	63 min
Feb 24, 9:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lewis, Wayne	45 min
Feb 24, 9:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery	30 min
Feb 24, 9:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson, Humphreys	33 min
Feb 24, 9:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner	25 min
Feb 24, 9:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Maury, Williamson	34 min
Feb 24, 9:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Macon, Montgomery, Robertson and 3 more	60 min
Feb 24, 9:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson	26 min
Feb 24, 9:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson	59 min
Feb 24, 9:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne	62 min
Feb 24, 10:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Wilson	28 min
Feb 24, 10:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	37 min
Feb 24, 10:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Macon, Sumner, Trousdale	43 min
Feb 24, 10:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett and 5 more	79 min
Feb 24, 10:27 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Stewart	3 hr
Feb 24, 10:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon	24 min
Feb 24, 10:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford	23 min
Feb 24, 10:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett and 2 more	36 min
Feb 24, 10:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb	30 min
Feb 24, 11:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Marshall, Rutherford, Warren	42 min
Feb 24, 11:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, White	31 min
Feb 24, 11:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren	44 min
Feb 24, 11:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland	41 min
Feb 24, 11:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	White	35 min
Feb 24, 11:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam	50 min
Feb 25, 12:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland	23 min
Feb 25, 1:25 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OHX	Bedford	6 days

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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.