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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2011, 1:47 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 28 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
- Apr 4, 2011, 1:47 PM CDT (18:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2011, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Robertson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1:47 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw White Bluff, TN | SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE...DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED...AND A COUPLE OUTBUILDINGS WERE TOPPLED. MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 90 MPH. DAMAGE EXTENDED FROM NEAR MONTGOMERY BELL PARK TO WHITE BLUFF. |
| Apr 4, 1:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Ashland City, TN | A BARN WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED A COUPLE HOMES AND BUSINESSES SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE...AND A COUPLE DOZEN TREES WERE SNAPPED. DAMAGE WAS WIDESPREAD SOUTH AND WEST OF ASHLAND CITY. MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 80 TO 90 MPH. |
| Apr 4, 1:52 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Ssw Ashland City, TN | EF-0 TORNADO WITH TOP WINDS NEAR 85 MPH CONFIRMED SOUTHWEST OF ASHLAND CITY IN CHEATHAM COUNTY. DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED BEGINNING AT THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND CONTINUING ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND RIVER. AREAS FURTHER WE |
| Apr 4, 1:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Nw Nashville, TN | WIDESPREAD LARGE DIAMETER TREES DOWNED THROUGH THE JOELTON AREA WITH SEVERAL HOMES RECEIVING DAMAGE. LARGE DIAMTER TREE TOTALLY BLOCKING RIDGEWOOD ROAD IN JOELTON WITH POWER LINES AFFECTED. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES IN JOELTON. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 11:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -640 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 507 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
087
WFUS54 KOHX 041847
TOROHX
TNC021-037-043-147-041915-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0032.110404T1847Z-110404T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
147 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CHEATHAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTH CENTRAL ROBERTSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT
* AT 143 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DICKSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASHLAND CITY...WHITE BLUFF...KINGSTON SPRINGS...PEGRAM AND
CHARLOTTE.
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 3626 8668 3605 8713 3605 8718 3603 8718
3597 8730 3598 8732 3598 8736 3610 8747
3649 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 233DEG 59KT 3608 8730
$$
BOYDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 9:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 11:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 2 more | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 12:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 34 min |
| Apr 4, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Williamson | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry and 1 more | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson | 62 min |
| Apr 4, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Humphreys, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Rutherford, Sumner and 2 more | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Macon, Robertson, Smith and 2 more | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 34 min |
| Apr 4, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Davidson, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Sumner and 2 more | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Davidson, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett and 4 more | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 2:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson | 34 min |
| Apr 4, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett and 4 more | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam, Smith | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 2:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford | 21 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 67 min |
| Apr 4, 2:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Putnam, Rutherford and 4 more | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 57 min |
| Apr 4, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam, Van Buren, Warren and 1 more | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 6:25 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Hickman | 36 hr |
| Apr 4, 6:25 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Perry | 36 hr |
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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.