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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2011, 1:56 PM CDT for 6 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 34 min. 21 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, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2011, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Ne Franklin, TN | FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED AT A MAPCO GAS STATION JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 31/FRANKLIN ROAD AND STATE ROUTE 397/MACK C HATCHER MEMORIAL PARKWAY...NORTH OF THE CITY OF FRANKLIN. |
| Apr 4, 2:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 12 Sw Nashville, TN | TREES DOWN IN BELLVIEW |
| Apr 4, 2:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Belle Meade, TN | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AROUND THE BELLE MEADE AREA |
| Apr 4, 2:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 N Nolensville, TN | AN EF1 TORNADO OCCURRED IN EXTREME SOUTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY...WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEED OF 104 MPH...WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 100 YARDS AND A PATH LENGTH OF 4.19 MILES. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED...NUMEROUS HOMES |
| Apr 4, 2:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 W Smyrna, TN | AN EF1 TORNADO OCCURRED IN EXTREME SOUTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY...WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEED OF 104 MPH...WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 100 YARDS AND A PATH LENGTH OF 4.19 MILES. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED...NUMEROUS HOMES |
| Apr 4, 2:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Nashville, TN | TREES DOWN AT CENTENNIAL PARK |
| Apr 4, 2:08 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 Se Nashville, TN | FUNNEL NEAR PERCY PRIEST LAKE. |
| Apr 4, 2:09 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Ne Franklin, TN | A MILE WEST OF COOL SPRINGS MALL TORNADO WAS REPORTED |
| Apr 4, 2:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Franklin, TN | 30 INCH DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED IN HALF BY WIND. |
| Apr 4, 2:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Nashville, TN | LARGE TREE DOWNED ONTO THE SIDE OF A NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AT CORNER OF JACKSON STREET AND 17TH AVENUE NORTH NEAR FISK UNIVERSITY. ALSO A LARGE TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY CAMPUS ON KENSINGTON PLACE NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH 25TH AVENUE SO |
| Apr 4, 2:14 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Nashville, TN | TREES DOWN AT BLUE FIELD RD AND DONNELSON PIKE. |
| Apr 4, 2:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Nashville, TN | TREES DOWN AT THE 100 OAKS MALL AREA |
| Apr 4, 2:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 2 S Nashville, TN | HAIL REPORTED AT LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY |
| Apr 4, 2:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | La Vergne, TN | POSSIBLE TORNADO IN LA VERGNE. DAMAGE INCLUDED STRUCTURE DAMAGE IN THE BLAIR ROAD AREA. |
| Apr 4, 2:16 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Ene Nashville, TN | NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OLD HICKORY BLVD AND TUPIP GROVE ROAD TWO METAL HIGH VOLTAGE POWER POLES BENT OVER. SOME TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. |
| Apr 4, 2:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Mount Juliet, TN | NUMEROUS SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES INCLUDING SOME ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES IN THE MORELAND FARMS COMMUNITY OFF OF OLD LEBANON DIRT ROAD. |
| Apr 4, 2:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Nashville, TN | HIGH TENSION POWER LINES DOWN 3 MILES WEST OF THE NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
| Apr 4, 2:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 W Smyrna, TN | AN EF1 TORNADO OCCURRED IN EXTREME SOUTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY...WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEED OF 104 MPH...WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 100 YARDS AND A PATH LENGTH OF 4.19 MILES. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED...NUMEROUS HOMES |
| Apr 4, 2:22 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Mount Juliet, TN | NUMEROUS TREES UPROOT AND SNAPPED. SOME MOBILE HOMES WITH ROOF DAMAGE. |
| Apr 4, 2:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Franklin, TN | BUILDING ROOF DAMAGED BY WINDS |
| Apr 4, 2:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Smyrna, TN | TRACTOR TRAILOR ON ITS SIDE ON I-24 AT SAM RIDLEY PKWY AND 2 TRAILORS FLIPPED ON SIDES AT THE PETER BUILT PARKING LOT |
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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 15 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.
148
WFUS54 KOHX 041856
TOROHX
TNC021-037-043-149-187-189-041930-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0034.110404T1856Z-110404T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
156 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CHEATHAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
DAVIDSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
WEST CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
* AT 152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRVIEW...OR 12 MILES EAST OF DICKSON...AND
MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKLIN...DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE...LP FIELD...PEGRAM...BELLE MEADE...
FOREST HILLS...BRENTWOOD...OAK HILL...NOLENSVILLE...LAKEWOOD...LA
VERGNE...GREEN HILL...SMYRNA...MOUNT JULIET...RURAL HILL...BELINDA
CITY AND BERRY HILL.
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 3587 8643 3580 8689 3593 8720 3614 8725
3625 8662 3624 8658 3627 8648
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 266DEG 58KT 3602 8710
$$
BOYD2 follow-up statements
729
WWUS54 KOHX 041906
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
206 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
TNC021-043-041916-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110404T1930Z/
DICKSON TN-CHEATHAM TN-
206 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHEATHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN
DICKSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3587 8643 3580 8689 3596 8707 3605 8708
3605 8704 3609 8704 3612 8702 3625 8662
3624 8658 3627 8648
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 266DEG 58KT 3602 8690
$$
TNC037-149-187-189-041930-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110404T1930Z/
WILLIAMSON TN-RUTHERFORD TN-DAVIDSON TN-WILSON TN-
206 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL WILSON...
SOUTHERN DAVIDSON...NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES
UNTIL 230 PM CDT...
AT 200 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF PEGRAM...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FRANKLIN...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKLIN...DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE...LP FIELD...BELLE MEADE...FOREST
HILLS...BRENTWOOD...OAK HILL...NOLENSVILLE...LAKEWOOD...LA
VERGNE...GREEN HILL...SMYRNA...MOUNT JULIET...RURAL HILL...BELINDA
CITY AND BERRY HILL.
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 3587 8643 3580 8689 3596 8707 3605 8708
3605 8704 3609 8704 3612 8702 3625 8662
3624 8658 3627 8648
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 266DEG 58KT 3602 8690
$$
BOYD474 WWUS54 KOHX 041913 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 213 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 TNC037-149-187-189-041930- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110404T1930Z/ WILLIAMSON TN-RUTHERFORD TN-DAVIDSON TN-WILSON TN- 213 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL WILSON... SOUTHERN DAVIDSON...NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD AND NORTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT... AT 209 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRENTWOOD...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF FRANKLIN... MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT COOL SPRINGS IN NORTHERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NOLENSVILLE...LA VERGNE...SMYRNA...MOUNT JULIET AND RURAL HILL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3623 8649 3587 8643 3591 8691 3610 8690 TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 266DEG 58KT 3602 8678 $$ BOYD
The 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, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson | 28 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, 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.