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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Nashville, TN

March 2, 20124 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 9:27 AM CST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 33 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: Mar 2, 2012, 9:27 AM CST (15:27 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties DeKalb County, TN, Overton County, TN, Putnam County, TN, White County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 2, 9:45 AM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 Ese Cookeville, TN	PUTNAM COUNTY EMA RELAYED VIDEO OF FUNNEL CLOUD ON EAST SIDE OF COOKEVILLE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 2, 9:25 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 113 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.1

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The text

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

357 
WFUS54 KOHX 021527
TOROHX
TNC041-133-141-185-021600-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0017.120302T1527Z-120302T1600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
927 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHERN OVERTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1000 AM CST

* AT 924 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAXTER...OR 9 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF SMITHVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BAXTER AROUND 935 AM CST.
  COOKEVILLE AROUND 940 AM CST.
  ALGOOD AROUND 945 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 3639 8523 3616 8510 3615 8512 3614 8510
      3613 8513 3610 8515 3611 8523 3608 8525
      3596 8576 3612 8585 3623 8558 3622 8557
      3625 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 245DEG 45KT 3608 8570

$$

SHAMBURGER

1 follow-up statement

358 
WWUS54 KOHX 021545
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
945 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

TNC041-185-021555-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120302T1600Z/
WHITE TN-DE KALB TN-
945 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DE KALB AND NORTHWESTERN
WHITE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3616 8510 3615 8512 3614 8511 3613 8513
      3610 8515 3611 8523 3608 8525 3609 8558
      3622 8557 3625 8553 3639 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 1545Z 255DEG 37KT 3614 8546

$$

TNC133-141-021600-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120302T1600Z/
OVERTON TN-PUTNAM TN-
945 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PUTNAM AND
SOUTHERN OVERTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CST...

AT 942 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COOKEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALGOOD AROUND 950 AM CST.
  MONTEREY AROUND 1000 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 3616 8510 3615 8512 3614 8511 3613 8513
      3610 8515 3611 8523 3608 8525 3609 8558
      3622 8557 3625 8553 3639 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 1545Z 255DEG 37KT 3614 8546

$$

SHAMBURGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 4:00 AM CST	Wind Advisory	OHX	Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more	17 hr
Mar 2, 5:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Humphreys	25 min
Mar 2, 5:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Robertson	18 min
Mar 2, 6:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson	15 min
Mar 2, 6:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Trousdale	12 min
Mar 2, 6:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Macon, Trousdale	23 min
Mar 2, 6:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay, Macon	16 min
Mar 2, 8:25 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Rutherford	20 min
Mar 2, 9:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	30 min
Mar 2, 9:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Smith, Wilson	10 min
Mar 2, 9:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy, Warren	24 min
Mar 2, 9:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Fentress, Overton, Putnam	32 min
Mar 2, 10:12 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren	33 min
Mar 2, 11:12 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	OHX	Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more	10 hr
Mar 2, 1:36 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb and 12 more	54 min
Mar 2, 1:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles	24 min
Mar 2, 2:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles	27 min
Mar 2, 2:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Grundy	33 min
Mar 2, 2:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles	20 min
Mar 2, 2:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Coffee	26 min
Mar 2, 2:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Dickson, Humphreys	44 min
Mar 2, 2:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren	38 min
Mar 2, 3:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys	44 min
Mar 2, 3:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Grundy	23 min
Mar 2, 3:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson	42 min
Mar 2, 3:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Grundy	39 min
Mar 2, 3:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry	37 min
Mar 2, 3:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy	32 min
Mar 2, 3:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Williamson	28 min
Mar 2, 3:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Wayne	32 min
Mar 2, 4:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson	50 min
Mar 2, 4:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	27 min
Mar 2, 4:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale and 1 more	51 min
Mar 2, 4:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Wayne	35 min
Mar 2, 4:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Robertson, Williamson	32 min
Mar 2, 4:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson	32 min
Mar 2, 4:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Maury	33 min
Mar 2, 5:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury	28 min
Mar 2, 5:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam and 1 more	47 min
Mar 2, 5:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury, Williamson	21 min
Mar 2, 5:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	34 min
Mar 2, 5:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Maury	23 min
Mar 2, 5:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett	50 min
Mar 2, 5:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford	34 min
Mar 2, 5:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury	46 min
Mar 2, 5:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Rutherford	28 min
Mar 2, 5:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	OHX	Fentress, Overton, Pickett	36 min
Mar 2, 5:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury	31 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.