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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 6:36 PM CST for Bedford County, Marshall County, Tennessee. It was in force for 24 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, 6:36 PM CST (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bedford County, TN, Marshall County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6:45 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | 8 Sw Shelbyville, TN | GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF PLEASANT GROVE AND RICHMOND, 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHELBYVILLE. |
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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
706
WFUS54 KOHX 030036
TOROHX
TNC003-117-030100-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0044.120303T0036Z-120303T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
636 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BEDFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 700 PM CST
* AT 635 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF LEWISBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHELBYVILLE...WARTRACE...BELL BUCKLE AND NORMANDY.
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 3533 8676 3556 8679 3565 8642 3563 8642
3562 8640 3565 8637 3566 8633 3544 8625
3541 8626 3541 8628 3539 8630 3536 8656
3537 8659 3535 8660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 254DEG 44KT 3545 8667
$$
131 follow-up statement
412
WWUS54 KOHX 030051
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
651 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
TNC117-030102-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120303T0100Z/
MARSHALL TN-
651 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OFTHE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3537 8659 3538 8661 3555 8660 3564 8633
3544 8625 3541 8626 3541 8628 3539 8630
3536 8656
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 254DEG 44KT 3550 8645
$$
TNC003-030100-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120303T0100Z/
BEDFORD TN-
651 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BEDFORD COUNTY UNTIL 700
PM CST...
AT 649 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WARTRACE...BELL BUCKLE AND NORMANDY.
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 3537 8659 3538 8661 3555 8660 3564 8633
3544 8625 3541 8626 3541 8628 3539 8630
3536 8656
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 254DEG 44KT 3550 8645
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 6:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 6:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Warren | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 6:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 6:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 18 min |
| Mar 2, 6:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Rutherford, Warren | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 6:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Van Buren, Warren | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 6:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren, White | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 6:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 7:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 21 min |
| Mar 2, 7:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 7:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 38 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.