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Tornado Warning 98, NWS Nashville, TN

May 26, 2011Coffee County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2011, 8:51 AM CDT for Coffee County, Tennessee. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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 26, 2011, 8:51 AM CDT (13:51 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2011, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Coffee County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:51 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 8:58 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Manchester, TNMULTIPLE TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED ON HWY 53 NORTH OF MANCHESTER

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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 377 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 298 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
377 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
298 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
357 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
7.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

325 
WFUS54 KOHX 261351
TOROHX
TNC031-261415-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0098.110526T1351Z-110526T1415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
851 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COFFEE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 915 AM CDT

* AT 847 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TULLAHOMA...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  MANCHESTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MANCHESTER.

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 3560 8598 3544 8590 3538 8618 3543 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 1351Z 227DEG 41KT 3545 8616

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart28 min
May 25, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton37 min
May 25, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXStewart25 min
May 25, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart42 min
May 25, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart35 min
May 25, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry33 min
May 25, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry29 min
May 25, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Montgomery, Robertson and 1 more33 min
May 25, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Williamson30 min
May 25, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis, Perry, Wayne46 min
May 25, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Sumner27 min
May 25, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Sumner and 2 more45 min
May 25, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry25 min
May 25, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale34 min
May 25, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne31 min
May 25, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence24 min
May 25, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson22 min
May 25, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and 1 more37 min
May 25, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Maury, Williamson, Wilson47 min
May 25, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury29 min
May 25, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Marshall25 min
May 25, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson30 min
May 26, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Marshall, Rutherford36 min
May 26, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Davidson, Jackson, Macon, Rutherford, Smith and 4 more34 min
May 26, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford26 min
May 26, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson33 min
May 26, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Warren, White32 min
May 26, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Overton, Putnam28 min
May 26, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam38 min
May 26, 8:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee27 min
May 26, 9:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Warren27 min
May 26, 9:11 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCoffee, Warren34 min
May 26, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Macon, Trousdale36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.