Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 38, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 5:28 PM CST for Bedford County, Marshall County, Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 23 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, 5:28 PM CST (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 5:51 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bedford County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 5:28 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 W Lewisburg, TN | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT MM29 ON I65 SOUTH MARSHALL COUNTY. |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
203
WFUS54 KOHX 022328
TOROHX
TNC003-117-119-030000-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0038.120302T2328Z-120303T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
528 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 600 PM CST
* AT 527 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEWISBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHELBYVILLE.
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 3536 8686 3552 8695 3568 8652 3568 8651
3550 8642
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 247DEG 47KT 3548 8680
$$
041 follow-up statement
533
WWUS54 KOHX 022351
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
551 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
TNC003-117-119-030001-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/
BEDFORD TN-MARSHALL TN-MAURY TN-
551 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MAURY...CENTRAL MARSHALL AND
NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3536 8686 3552 8695 3568 8652 3568 8651
3550 8642
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 247DEG 47KT 3560 8646
$$
04The 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, 5:13 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, 5:40 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 | 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.