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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 7:09 PM CST for Van Buren County, Tennessee. It was in force for 21 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2012, 7:09 PM CST (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Van Buren County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.
304
WFUS54 KOHX 030109
TOROHX
TNC175-030130-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0046.120303T0109Z-120303T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
709 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 730 PM CST
* AT 708 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF SPENCER...AND MOVING EAST AT 85
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY.
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 3575 8526 3572 8526 3565 8533 3564 8535
3562 8549 3574 8548 3578 8526 3576 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 275DEG 75KT 3560 8547
$$
042 follow-up statements
529
WWUS54 KOHX 030118
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
718 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
TNC175-030130-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120303T0130Z/
VAN BUREN TN-
718 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CST...
AT 713 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPENCER...MOVING EAST AT 55
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3575 8526 3572 8526 3565 8533 3564 8535
3562 8549 3574 8548 3578 8526 3576 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 275DEG 75KT 3558 8529
$$
04034
WWUS54 KOHX 030127
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
727 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
TNC175-030137-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120303T0130Z/
VAN BUREN TN-
727 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
730 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3575 8526 3572 8526 3565 8533 3564 8535
3562 8549 3574 8548 3578 8526 3576 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 275DEG 75KT 3556 8503
$$
04The 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, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 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, 7:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 7:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 38 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.