Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 22, 2012, 5:47 PM CST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 58 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
- Feb 22, 2012, 5:47 PM CST (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2012, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cumberland County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 6:24 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | 12 Ssw Crossville, TN |
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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 2212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 91 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
800
WFUS54 KOHX 222347
TOROHX
TNC035-175-177-185-230045-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0011.120222T2347Z-120223T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
547 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 645 PM CST
* AT 541 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCMINNVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPENCER...CROSSVILLE AND CRAB ORCHARD.
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 3584 8477 3577 8491 3576 8523 3575 8526
3571 8575 3579 8577 3603 8475 3591 8470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 257DEG 46KT 3576 8564
$$
192 follow-up statements
680
WWUS54 KOHX 222359
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
559 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012
TNC177-230007-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120223T0045Z/
WARREN TN-
559 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF WARREN COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3584 8477 3577 8491 3576 8523 3575 8526
3574 8554 3579 8555 3603 8475 3591 8470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 257DEG 46KT 3578 8548
$$
TNC035-175-185-230045-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120223T0045Z/
VAN BUREN TN-WHITE TN-CUMBERLAND TN-
559 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND...
SOUTHEASTERN WHITE AND NORTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM
CST...
AT 554 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPENCER...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN VAN
BUREN...SOUTHEASTERN WHITE AND SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS CRAB ORCHARD.
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 3584 8477 3577 8491 3576 8523 3575 8526
3574 8554 3579 8555 3603 8475 3591 8470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 257DEG 46KT 3578 8548
$$
19966
WWUS54 KOHX 230022
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
622 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012
TNC175-185-230031-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120223T0045Z/
VAN BUREN TN-WHITE TN-
622 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHITE AND NORTHERN VAN BUREN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3584 8477 3577 8491 3576 8523 3577 8524
3584 8523 3603 8475 3591 8470
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 257DEG 46KT 3584 8511
$$
TNC035-230045-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120223T0045Z/
CUMBERLAND TN-
622 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM CST...
AT 616 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
55 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS CRAB ORCHARD.
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 3584 8477 3577 8491 3576 8523 3577 8524
3584 8523 3603 8475 3591 8470
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 257DEG 46KT 3584 8511
$$
19The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 6:36 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 24 min |
| Feb 22, 7:14 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, DeKalb, Jackson and 12 more | 61 min |
| Feb 22, 5:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Warren | 48 min |
| Feb 22, 5:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Van Buren, Warren, White | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.