Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 96, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 1:07 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2011, 1:07 PM CDT (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Smith County, TN, Trousdale County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 24, 6:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 24, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 739 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
543
WFUS54 KOHX 241807
TOROHX
TNC087-111-159-169-241830-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0096.110524T1807Z-110524T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
107 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
EASTERN TROUSDALE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT
* AT 105 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARTSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GAINESBORO.
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 3650 8569 3649 8564 3631 8563 3634 8614
3642 8613 3651 8575 3650 8572 3651 8573
3652 8571
TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 261DEG 24KT 3638 8609
$$
041 follow-up statement
877
WWUS54 KOHX 241825
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
125 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
TNC169-241835-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0096.000000T0000Z-110524T1830Z/
TROUSDALE TN-
125 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN TROUSDALE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3650 8569 3635 8573 3635 8600 3639 8600
3639 8597 3643 8599 3651 8575 3650 8572
3651 8572 3652 8571
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 261DEG 24KT 3640 8594
$$
TNC087-111-159-241830-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0096.000000T0000Z-110524T1830Z/
SMITH TN-JACKSON TN-MACON TN-
125 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MACON...
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM
CDT...
AT 123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF CARTHAGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHERN SMITH...EXTREME SOUTHERN
MACON AND NORTHWESTERN JACKSON 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 3650 8569 3635 8573 3635 8600 3639 8600
3639 8597 3643 8599 3651 8575 3650 8572
3651 8572 3652 8571
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 261DEG 24KT 3640 8594
$$
04The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 31 min |
| May 23, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry, Wayne | 25 min |
| May 23, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 33 min |
| May 24, 3:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 26 min |
| May 24, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 36 min |
| May 24, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 31 min |
| May 24, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 31 min |
| May 24, 5:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 26 min |
| May 24, 5:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale | 36 min |
| May 24, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale | 35 min |
| May 24, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 30 min |
| May 24, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner | 26 min |
| May 24, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith | 29 min |
| May 24, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton | 30 min |
| May 24, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Overton, Pickett | 28 min |
| May 24, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 34 min |
| May 24, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.