Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 17, 2012, 12:33 PM CST for Hickman County, Maury County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 12 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
- Jan 17, 2012, 12:33 PM CST (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2012, 12:45 PM CST
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hickman County, TN, Maury County, TN, Williamson County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 587 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 687 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
601 WFUS54 KOHX 171833 TOROHX TNC081-119-187-171900- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0001.120117T1833Z-120117T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1233 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NORTHWESTERN MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 100 PM CST * AT 1230 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTERVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HICKMAN... NORTHWESTERN MAURY AND WESTERN WILLIAMSON 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 3598 8704 3568 8697 3565 8756 3583 8760 TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 260DEG 56KT 3576 8745 $$ ROSE
1 follow-up statement
067 WWUS54 KOHX 171845 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1245 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012 TNC081-119-187-171855- /O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120117T1900Z/ WILLIAMSON TN-HICKMAN TN-MAURY TN- 1245 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MAURY...HICKMAN AND WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3598 8704 3568 8697 3565 8756 3583 8760 TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 260DEG 56KT 3579 8722 $$ 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 10:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Benton, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 57 min |
| Jan 17, 11:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart | 59 min |
| Jan 17, 11:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys | 42 min |
| Jan 17, 11:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Maury, Williamson | 51 min |
| Jan 17, 12:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Macon, Perry and 3 more | 53 min |
| Jan 17, 12:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 34 min |
| Jan 17, 12:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay, Davidson, DeKalb, Jackson, Lewis, Macon and 8 more | 61 min |
| Jan 17, 1:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 20 min |
| Jan 17, 1:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, Van Buren, Warren | 61 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.