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Tornado Warning 95, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2011, 6:50 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 25 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 23, 2011, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Montgomery County, TN, Stewart County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 6:56 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Ne Dover, TN | *** 2 INJ *** A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED IN THE BIG ROCK AREA IN NORTHEAST STEWART COUNTY YESTERDAY EVENING WAS CAUSED BY A TORNADO. WITH MAX WINDS OF 120 MPH THIS CLASSIFIES AS AN EF2 TORNADO AND TRAVELE |
| May 23, 7:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ne Dover, TN | SHERIFFS RELAYS PUBLIC REPORT OF POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE IN THE TOWN OF BIG ROCK ON CHERRY HOLLOW RD. ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE...TRAILER LIFTED OFF GROUND. |
| May 23, 7:08 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ne Dover, TN | SHERIFFS OFFICE RPTS TREE DOWN ON HOUSE ON EARL COPPAGE ROAD IN THE TOWN OF BIG ROCK. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -255 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
212 WFUS54 KOHX 232350 TOROHX TNC125-161-240015- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0095.110523T2350Z-110524T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 650 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NORTHEASTERN STEWART COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DOVER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN STEWART AND NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3644 8785 3660 8794 3665 8781 3665 8723 TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 245DEG 55KT 3655 8780 $$ ROSE
2 follow-up statements
857 WWUS54 KOHX 240009 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 709 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 TNC161-240017- /O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110524T0015Z/ STEWART TN- 709 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STEWART COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED NORTHEAST AND OUT OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3665 8723 3653 8762 3663 8764 3665 8764 TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 245DEG 55KT 3665 8756 $$ TNC125-240015- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110524T0015Z/ MONTGOMERY TN- 709 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF FORT CAMPBELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. THE STEWART COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED AT 7 PM THAT IN BIG ROCK...A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A HOUSE AND A TRAILER WAS LIFTED OFF THE GROUND. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 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 3665 8723 3653 8762 3663 8764 3665 8764 TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 245DEG 55KT 3665 8756 $$ STEIGERWALDT
105 WWUS54 KOHX 240009 RRA SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 709 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 TNC125-161-240019- /O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110524T0015Z/ MONTGOMERY TN-STEWART TN- 709 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STEWART AND NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3644 8785 3660 8794 3665 8781 3665 8723 TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 245DEG 55KT 3667 8747 $$ ROSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 23 min |
Nearby
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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.