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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2011, 10:02 PM CST for Davidson County, Rutherford County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 28 min. 7 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
- Feb 24, 2011, 10:02 PM CST (04:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2011, 10:30 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
Counties Davidson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 10:02 PM CST | TORNADO 2 | 10 Se Nashville, TN | AN EF2 TORNADO OCCURRED IN ANTIOCH WITH A MAXIMUM EXTIMATED WIND SPEED OF 120 MPH WITH A MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 100 YARDS AND A TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF 7.5 MILES. DAMAGE BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BUTLER AND SMITH SPRINGS ROAD AND ENDED NEAR THE INTERSECTION O |
| Feb 24, 10:02 PM CST | TORNADO | 10 Se Nashville, TN | AN EF2 TORNADO OCCURRED IN ANTIOCH WITH A MAXIMUM EXTIMATED WIND SPEED OF 120 MPH WITH A MAXIMUM PATH LENGTH OF 7.5 MILES AND A TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF 7.5 MILES. DAMAGE BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BUTLER AND SMITH SPRINGS ROAD AND ENDED NEAR THE INTERSECTION |
| Feb 24, 10:06 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | La Vergne, TN | TREES DOWN ACROSS JFK DRIVE |
| Feb 24, 10:14 PM CST | TORNADO 2 | Lebanon, TN | *** 2 INJ *** AN EF2 TORNADO OCCURRED IN LEBANON WITH A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED OF 120 MPH...WITH A MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 150 YARDS...AND A MAXIMUM PATH LENGTH OF 8 MILES. DAMAGE STARTED JUST SOUTH OF CENTRAL PIKE ALONG GLADIEVILLE ROAD AND CONTINUED NORT |
| Feb 24, 10:14 PM CST | TORNADO | Lebanon, TN | *** 2 INJ *** AN EF2 TORNADO OCCURRED IN LEBANON WITH A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED OF 120 MPH...WITH A MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 150 YARDS...AND A MAXIMUM PATH LENGTH OF 8 MILES. DAMAGE STARTED JUST SOUTH OF CENTRAL PIKE ALONG GLADIEVILLE ROAD AND CONTINUED NORT |
| Feb 24, 10:25 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Lebanon, TN | AT BRIDGESTONE WAREHOUSE GUARD SHACK BLOWN OVER WITH MAN INSIDE, SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. |
| Feb 24, 10:25 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 Ssw Lebanon, TN | WILSON COUNTY EMA REPORTS NUMEROUS INJURIES POSSIBLE AT BRIDGESTONE WAREHOUSE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:41 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
232
WFUS54 KOHX 250402
TOROHX
TNC037-149-189-250430-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0009.110225T0402Z-110225T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1002 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CST
* AT 956 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANTIOCH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEBANON...RURAL HILL...MOUNT JULIET...BELINDA CITY AND WATERTOWN.
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 3631 8615 3603 8604 3597 8661 3602 8674
3610 8678 3634 8626 3630 8626 3630 8625
3634 8623 3635 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 245DEG 64KT 3608 8660
$$
BOYD2 follow-up statements
659
WWUS54 KOHX 250416
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1016 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
TNC037-250426-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110225T0430Z/
DAVIDSON TN-
1016 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3635 8620 3631 8615 3603 8604 3600 8643
3612 8652 3614 8652 3614 8654 3617 8656
3619 8656 3632 8631 3631 8630 3634 8627
3630 8625 3634 8623
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 245DEG 64KT 3618 8632
$$
TNC149-189-250430-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110225T0430Z/
RUTHERFORD TN-WILSON TN-
1016 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WILSON AND NORTH CENTRAL
RUTHERFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CST...
AT 1010 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELINDA CITY...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LEBANON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT JULIET...LEBANON.
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 3635 8620 3631 8615 3603 8604 3600 8643
3612 8652 3614 8652 3614 8654 3617 8656
3619 8656 3632 8631 3631 8630 3634 8627
3630 8625 3634 8623
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 245DEG 64KT 3618 8632
$$
LAROSA514
WWUS54 KOHX 250418
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1018 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
TNC149-189-250430-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110225T0430Z/
RUTHERFORD TN-WILSON TN-
1018 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WILSON AND NORTH CENTRAL
RUTHERFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CST...
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR MOUNT JULIET AND LEBANON...
AT 1015 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR LEBANON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH. THIS STORM
HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT JULIET AND LEBANON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3635 8620 3631 8615 3603 8604 3600 8643
3612 8652 3614 8652 3614 8654 3617 8656
3619 8656 3632 8631 3631 8630 3634 8627
3630 8625 3634 8623
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 245DEG 64KT 3619 8628
$$
LAROSAThe 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, 8:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 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, 10:08 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.