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Tornado Warning 89, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2011, 4:42 PM CDT for Lewis County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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
- May 2, 2011, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2011, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lewis County, TN, Wayne County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 4:56 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Ne Waynesboro, TN | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR WAYNESBORO FIRE DEPARTMENT. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH. |
| May 2, 5:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waynesboro, TN | TREES WERE REPORTED DOWNED ON HURRICANE CREEK ROAD AND PINE RIDGE ROAD. |
| May 2, 5:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waynesboro, TN | TREES WERE REPORTED DOWNED ON OLD HIGHWAY 64 BY THE WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 508 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
746
WFUS54 KOHX 022142
TOROHX
TNC101-181-022215-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0089.110502T2142Z-110502T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
442 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
WAYNE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 442 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLLINWOOD...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO.
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 3520 8799 3525 8800 3551 8776 3550 8771
3551 8771 3552 8768 3545 8753 3512 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 215DEG 26KT 3525 8787
$$
311 follow-up statement
468 WWUS54 KOHX 022206 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 506 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2011 TNC101-181-022215- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-110502T2215Z/ LEWIS TN-WAYNE TN- 506 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND SOUTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 506 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAYNESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN WAYNE AND SOUTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3520 8778 3535 8781 3548 8765 3545 8753 TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 257DEG 34KT 3532 8765 $$ 31
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 9:01 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Hickman | 7 hr |
| May 2, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 36 min |
| May 2, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 23 min |
| May 2, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 26 min |
| May 2, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry | 32 min |
| May 2, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 28 min |
| May 2, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Maury | 30 min |
| May 2, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 27 min |
| May 2, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 9 min |
| May 2, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 34 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.