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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2012, 7:01 PM CDT for Rutherford County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 min. 4 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
- Apr 26, 2012, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Rutherford County, TN, Williamson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:06 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wsw Franklin, TN | *** 6 INJ *** TWO VEHICLES OVERTURNED AND FOUR OTHERS DAMAGED AT JIM WARREN PARK. SCORBOARD BLOWN ONTO CARS. 2 INJURIES IN AN OVERTURNED VEHICLE WITH 4 OTHER MINOR INJURIES. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Apr 26, 7:06 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Franklin, TN | VEHICLES OVERTURNED WITH INJURIES AT JIM WARREN PARK. |
| Apr 26, 7:11 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Franklin, TN | |
| Apr 26, 7:11 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Franklin, TN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 1239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1121 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
935
WFUS54 KOHX 270001
TOROHX
TNC149-187-270030-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0050.120427T0001Z-120427T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
701 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
EASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 701 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKLIN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKLIN AND EAGLEVILLE.
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 3579 8653 3569 8666 3571 8669 3570 8674
3592 8694 3601 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 318DEG 21KT 3593 8687
$$
312 follow-up statements
680
WWUS54 KOHX 270015
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
715 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012
TNC149-187-270030-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-120427T0030Z/
RUTHERFORD TN-WILLIAMSON TN-
715 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON
AND WEST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
WILLIAMSON AND WEST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3571 8669 3570 8674 3571 8675 3586 8689
3596 8676 3579 8653 3569 8666
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 320DEG 17KT 3588 8682
$$
31054
WWUS54 KOHX 270022
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
722 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012
TNC149-187-270030-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-120427T0030Z/
RUTHERFORD TN-WILLIAMSON TN-
722 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON
AND WEST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
WILLIAMSON AND WEST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTIES.
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 3571 8669 3586 8686 3593 8676 3579 8653
3569 8666
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 320DEG 17KT 3585 8679
$$
31The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 13 min |
| Apr 26, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry | 19 min |
| Apr 26, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Rutherford | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 32 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.