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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Nashville, TN

March 2, 20127 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 5:13 PM CST for 7 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min. 11 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: Mar 2, 2012, 5:13 PM CST (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Smith County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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, 5:25 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	8 Ese Gainesboro, TN	* 3 INJ * EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND 3 INJURIES IN DODSONS BRANCH. REPORTED BY 911 CENTER. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Mar 2, 5:25 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	8 Ese Gainesboro, TN	POSSIBLE TORNADO IN THE DODSONS BRANCH COMMUNITY.....27 HOUSES WITH MAJOR DAMAGE PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 38 HOUSES WITH MINOR TO MAJOR DAMAGE. DAMAGE AREA IS 1 MILE DEEP BY 3/4 MILES WIDE. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES REPORTED.
Mar 2, 5:26 PM CST	TORNADO 2	9 Nnw Cookeville, TN	* 3 INJ * EF2 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF ABOUT 125 MPH TOUCHED DOWN IN THE DODSON BRANCH COMMUNITY OF SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY. THE TORNADO SPANNED ACROSS NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY AND INTO RURAL SOUTHWESTERN OVERTON COUNTY. PATH LENGTH
Mar 2, 5:26 PM CST	TORNADO	9 Nnw Cookeville, TN	EF2 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF ABOUT 125 MPH TOUCHED DOWN IN THE DOBSON BRANCH COMMUNITY OF SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY. THE TORNADO SPANNED ACROSS NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY AND INTO RURAL SOUTHWESTERN OVERTON COUNTY. PATH LENGTH OF 11.3 MILES.
Mar 2, 5:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	7 N Cookeville, TN	PUTNAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE...TWO HOUSES DESTROYED IN NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY NEAR THE JACKSON COUNTY LINE. POSSIBLE TORNADO AT ZION ROAD AND BABREY ROAD.
Mar 2, 5:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	7 Nw Cookeville, TN	HOUSE AND BARN DESTROYED AT 135 CUMMINS MILLS ROAD IN PUTNAM COUNTY. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Mar 2, 5:32 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	6 N Cookeville, TN	OVER 100 TREES DOWN AND PEOPLE TRAPPED NEAR EAST WHITE HALL ROAD 6 M N OF COOKEVILLE.
Mar 2, 5:32 PM CST	TORNADO	7 Se Gainesboro, TN	TORNADO REPORTED NEAR HWY 136 NEAR THE PUTNAM COUNTY-OVERTON COUNTY LINE.
Mar 2, 5:52 PM CST	TORNADO	8 Ssw Livingston, TN	SPOTTER REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN RICKMAN ,TN.
Mar 2, 6:00 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	6 Sw Livingston, TN	BARN DESTROYED. NEIGHBORS HOUSE ROOF RIPPED OFF. NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HARDYS CHAPEL ROAD AND CRAWFORDS CHAPEL ROAD.
Mar 2, 6:00 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	8 Sw Livingston, TN	COOP OBSERVER REPORTS HOUSE DESTROYED NEAR HARDYS CHAPEL ROAD NEAR THE PUTNAM AND OVERTON COUNTY LINE. PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOUSE.

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, 1:20 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.

155 
WFUS54 KOHX 022313
TOROHX
TNC027-049-087-133-137-141-159-030000-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0036.120302T2313Z-120303T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WESTERN FENTRESS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  OVERTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  PICKETT COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  EASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 510 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL
  CLOUD NEAR CARTHAGE. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. DOPPLER
  RADAR SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL TO HEN EGG SIZE AND WINDS TO 
70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

AT 455 PM CST...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CARTHAGE WITH 
THIS STORM.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GAINESBORO AROUND 520 PM CST.
  LIVINGSTON AROUND 540 PM 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 3662 8501 3615 8492 3615 8496 3616 8497
      3615 8500 3617 8503 3613 8508 3614 8591
      3632 8595 3663 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 253DEG 45KT 3627 8576

$$

SHAMBURGER

3 follow-up statements

469 
WWUS54 KOHX 022325
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
525 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

TNC159-022335-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/
SMITH TN-
525 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SMITH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
IN NASHVILLE.

LAT...LON 3617 8493 3618 8571 3638 8577 3663 8516
      3662 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 259DEG 43KT 3627 8556

$$

TNC027-049-087-133-137-141-030000-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/
OVERTON TN-PICKETT TN-PUTNAM TN-CLAY TN-FENTRESS TN-JACKSON TN-
525 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON...WESTERN
FENTRESS...SOUTHEASTERN CLAY...NORTHERN PUTNAM...PICKETT AND OVERTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CST...

AT 521 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF GAINESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALGOOD AROUND 530 PM CST.
  LIVINGSTON AROUND 545 PM CST.

N ADDITION TO A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND WINDS TO 
70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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 3617 8493 3618 8571 3638 8577 3663 8516
      3662 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 259DEG 43KT 3627 8556

$$

SHAMBURGER

594 
WWUS54 KOHX 022333
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
533 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

TNC027-049-087-133-137-141-030000-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/
OVERTON TN-PICKETT TN-PUTNAM TN-CLAY TN-FENTRESS TN-JACKSON TN-
533 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN JACKSON...WESTERN
FENTRESS...SOUTHEASTERN CLAY...NORTH CENTRAL PUTNAM...PICKETT AND
OVERTON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CST...

AT 530 PM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF ALGOOD...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GAINESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL TO PING PONG BALL SIZE AND 
WINDS TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LIVINGSTON AROUND 545 PM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3617 8493 3618 8557 3642 8564 3663 8516
      3662 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 255DEG 43KT 3631 8545

$$

SHAMBURGER

495 
WWUS54 KOHX 022345
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
545 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

TNC027-087-141-022354-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/
PUTNAM TN-CLAY TN-JACKSON TN-
545 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN CLAY AND
NORTH CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
IN NASHVILLE.

LAT...LON 3625 8495 3622 8533 3624 8544 3626 8543
      3626 8544 3630 8546 3630 8549 3638 8550
      3649 8540 3662 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 255DEG 43KT 3634 8529

$$

TNC049-133-137-030000-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/
OVERTON TN-PICKETT TN-FENTRESS TN-
545 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN FENTRESS...WESTERN
PICKETT AND OVERTON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CST...

AT 539 PM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LIVINGSTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

AT 532 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO 
HAVE DAMAGED HOMES IN SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY.

THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT LIVINGSTON...AND RURAL AREAS OF 
OVERTON...WESTERN FENTRESS AND WESTERN PICKETT COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3625 8495 3622 8533 3624 8544 3626 8543
      3626 8544 3630 8546 3630 8549 3638 8550
      3649 8540 3662 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 255DEG 43KT 3634 8529

$$

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, 9:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Overton, Putnam, White	33 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, 5:23 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.