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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 7:22 PM CST for Cumberland County, Tennessee. It was in force for 38 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, 7:22 PM CST (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cumberland County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.
645
WFUS54 KOHX 030122
TOROHX
TNC035-030200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0047.120303T0122Z-120303T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
722 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 800 PM CST
* AT 717 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF PIKEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRAB ORCHARD.
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 3584 8474 3577 8488 3574 8504 3576 8504
3576 8525 3580 8526 3585 8523 3595 8469
3591 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 250DEG 43KT 3577 8517
$$
042 follow-up statements
175
WWUS54 KOHX 030142
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
742 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
TNC035-030200-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120303T0200Z/
CUMBERLAND TN-
742 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
UNTIL 800 PM CST...
AT 740 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROSSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRAB ORCHARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3584 8474 3577 8488 3574 8504 3576 8504
3576 8525 3580 8526 3585 8523 3595 8469
3591 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 250DEG 43KT 3584 8492
$$
04942
WWUS54 KOHX 030155
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
755 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
TNC035-030203-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120303T0200Z/
CUMBERLAND TN-
755 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
800 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WILL DEPART THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3584 8474 3577 8488 3574 8504 3576 8504
3576 8525 3580 8526 3585 8523 3595 8469
3591 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 250DEG 43KT 3589 8475
$$
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, 7:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 21 min |
| Mar 2, 7:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 30 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.