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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Nashville, TN

January 17, 2012Rutherford County, Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 17, 2012, 1:29 PM CST for Rutherford County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 20 min. 3 reports 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: Jan 17, 2012, 1:29 PM CST (19:29 UTC)
Expired: Jan 17, 2012, 1:49 PM CST
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Rutherford County, TN, Wilson County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 17, 1:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	10 Ne Murfreesboro, TN	EMERGENCY MGR REPORTED POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE AT N36.02 AND W86.28 NEAR CEDARS OF LEBANON STATE PARK. DAMAGE LENGTH OF 3/4 MILE. SOME ROOF DAMAGE AND MOBILE HOME DAMAGE. TREES SNAPPED. ONE RV BLOWN OVER.
Jan 17, 1:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ne Smyrna, TN	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE ON LAMAR ROAD BETWEEN THE 3700 AND 3800 BLOCK. MULTIPLE ROOFS DAMAGED AND MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED. ONE RV WAS FLIPPED. TREES SNAPPED.
Jan 17, 1:36 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	6 Ne Smyrna, TN	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED WALL CLOUD NEAR NASHVILLE SUPER SPEEDWAY.

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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 17 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: 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

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The text

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

799 
WFUS54 KOHX 171929
TOROHX
TNC149-189-172000-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0003.120117T1929Z-120117T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
129 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHERN WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 200 PM CST

* AT 128 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SMYRNA...OR 13 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LEBANON...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WALTERHILL AROUND 135 PM CST.
  WATERTOWN AROUND 155 PM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

LAT...LON 3618 8615 3597 8606 3594 8654 3606 8656
      3607 8655 3608 8654 3608 8653 3610 8651
      3611 8653 3613 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 261DEG 34KT 3605 8644

$$

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1 follow-up statement

411 
WWUS54 KOHX 171949
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
149 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

TNC149-189-171959-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120117T2000Z/
RUTHERFORD TN-WILSON TN-
149 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WILSON AND NORTHERN RUTHERFORD
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3618 8615 3597 8606 3594 8654 3606 8656
      3607 8655 3608 8654 3608 8653 3610 8651
      3611 8653 3613 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 261DEG 34KT 3608 8621

$$

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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, 12:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Maury, Williamson	12 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, 1:59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.