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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 6:00 AM CDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 30 min. 5 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 27, 2011, 6:00 AM CDT (11:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cannon County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 6:10 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Watertown, TN | HIGHWAY 267 ROOFS DAMAGED, TREES DOWN,AND A BARN DESTROYED. |
| Apr 27, 6:16 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Watertown, TN | TREES DOWN ON MIDDLETON AND BLUEBIRD ROADS. |
| Apr 27, 6:18 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Watertown, TN | HEAVY DAMAGE TO POWER POLES AND LINES. |
| Apr 27, 6:18 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Alexandria, TN | BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND WATERTOWN NUMEROUS TREES DOWN, SEVERAL STREETS BLOCKED INCLUDING HWY 53 AND ST. ROUTE 26. ALSO SEVERAL POWER POLES DOWN. |
| Apr 27, 6:20 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Alexandria, TN | TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. A SPOTTER MEASURED AN 82 MPH GUST BEFORE HIS HOME WIND EQUIPMENT WAS DESTROYED. |
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 27, 5:07 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 1852 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
792 WFUS54 KOHX 271100 TOROHX TNC015-041-149-159-189-271130- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0060.110427T1100Z-110427T1130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 600 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CANNON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NORTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... EAST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SOUTH CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 630 AM CDT * AT 600 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MURFREESBORO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WATERTOWN...AUBURNTOWN...ALEXANDRIA...LIBERTY AND DOWELLTOWN. 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 3620 8598 3597 8581 3582 8629 3599 8642 TIME...MOT...LOC 1100Z 243DEG 49KT 3591 8634 $$ 31
3 follow-up statements
809 WWUS54 KOHX 271111 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 611 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 TNC015-041-149-159-189-271130- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110427T1130Z/ CANNON TN-DEKALB TN-RUTHERFORD TN-SMITH TN-WILSON TN- 611 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILSON... SOUTH CENTRAL SMITH...EAST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD...NORTHWESTERN DEKALB AND NORTHWESTERN CANNON COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM CDT... AT 611 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF WALTERHILL...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WATERTOWN...AUBURNTOWN...ALEXANDRIA...LIBERTY AND DOWELLTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3604 8628 3620 8598 3597 8581 3586 8617 TIME...MOT...LOC 1111Z 243DEG 49KT 3598 8617 $$ 31
360 WWUS54 KOHX 271124 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 624 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 TNC015-149-189-271134- /O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110427T1130Z/ CANNON TN-RUTHERFORD TN-WILSON TN- 624 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILSON...EAST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD AND NORTHWESTERN CANNON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3615 8608 3620 8598 3597 8581 3593 8594 TIME...MOT...LOC 1124Z 248DEG 113KT 3609 8585 $$ TNC041-159-271130- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110427T1130Z/ DEKALB TN-SMITH TN- 624 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SMITH AND NORTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM CDT... AT 624 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF GORDONSVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SMITHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 130 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3615 8608 3620 8598 3597 8581 3593 8594 TIME...MOT...LOC 1124Z 248DEG 113KT 3609 8585 $$ 31
791 WWUS54 KOHX 271129 AAA SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 629 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 TNC015-149-189-271134- /O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110427T1130Z/ CANNON TN-RUTHERFORD TN-WILSON TN- 629 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILSON...EAST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD AND NORTHWESTERN CANNON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3615 8608 3620 8598 3597 8581 3593 8594 TIME...MOT...LOC 1124Z 248DEG 113KT 3609 8585 $$ TNC041-159-271130- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110427T1130Z/ DEKALB TN-SMITH TN- 629 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SMITH AND NORTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM CDT... AT 624 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF GORDONSVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SMITHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3615 8608 3620 8598 3597 8581 3593 8594 TIME...MOT...LOC 1124Z 248DEG 113KT 3609 8585 $$ 31
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys, Perry | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 9:47 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Lawrence | 9 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Perry and 1 more | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 11:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Perry | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 11:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Montgomery | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 11:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Montgomery | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 16 min |
| Apr 27, 12:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 4 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 1:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 15 min |
| Apr 27, 2:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 57 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 4:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Maury and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne | 16 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall, Maury | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 5:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 5:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 5:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 12 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 5:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford, Williamson | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 5:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 27 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 15 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Williamson | 15 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Grundy | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 6:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Jackson, Smith, Wilson | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 6:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon | 18 min |
| Apr 27, 6:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 6:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Smith | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 6:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 6:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 6:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren, White | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 6:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 7:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam, White | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 7:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Van Buren, White | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 9:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford | 30 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 11:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 11:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Giles, Marshall, Rutherford | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 11:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Hickman | 4 days |
| Apr 27, 11:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Perry | 65 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 25 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 34 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Maury | 68 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Humphreys | 5 days |
| Apr 27, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Giles | 56 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Giles | 3 days |
| Apr 27, 11:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 11:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 12:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 50 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:06 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 43 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 24 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Grundy, Van Buren and 2 more | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 12:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Stewart | 24 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy | 8 min |
| Apr 27, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Marshall, Rutherford | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Warren, White | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Overton, Putnam, White | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, White | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 35 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.