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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 11:26 AM CST for Houston County, Montgomery County, Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 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
- Feb 29, 2012, 11:26 AM CST (17:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Houston County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Stewart County, TN
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 4:39 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 580 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 485 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
832
WFUS54 KOHX 291726
TOROHX
TNC083-125-161-291800-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0012.120229T1726Z-120229T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1126 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN STEWART COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL NOON CST
* AT 1123 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TENNESSEE RIDGE...OR NEAR ERIN...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CLARKSVILLE AROUND 1150 AM CST.
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 3660 8712 3656 8714 3652 8711 3646 8712
3644 8715 3642 8715 3643 8718 3641 8718
3633 8741 3634 8751 3629 8752 3623 8771
3625 8779 3637 8786 3665 8729 3665 8715
TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 245DEG 52KT 3633 8770
$$
SHAMBURGER1 follow-up statement
977
WWUS54 KOHX 291745
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1145 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
TNC083-161-291754-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/
STEWART TN-HOUSTON TN-
1145 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN HOUSTON AND SOUTHEASTERN STEWART
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3665 8715 3660 8712 3656 8714 3652 8711
3646 8712 3644 8715 3642 8715 3643 8718
3641 8718 3633 8741 3634 8759 3649 8761
3665 8729
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 247DEG 46KT 3641 8746
$$
TNC125-291800-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/
MONTGOMERY TN-
1145 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY UNTIL
NOON CST...
AT 1142 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF ERIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARKSVILLE.
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 8715 3660 8712 3656 8714 3652 8711
3646 8712 3644 8715 3642 8715 3643 8718
3641 8718 3633 8741 3634 8759 3649 8761
3665 8729
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 247DEG 46KT 3641 8746
$$
SHAMBURGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 10:35 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Stewart | 55 min |
| Feb 29, 2:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Pickett | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 3:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam, Smith | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam | 45 min |
| Feb 29, 3:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Putnam, Smith, White, Wilson | 27 min |
| Feb 29, 3:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Putnam, Rutherford, Smith, White and 1 more | 37 min |
| Feb 29, 3:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, White | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 4:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam, White | 36 min |
| Feb 29, 5:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy | 16 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.