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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2012, 4:39 AM CDT for Clay County, Overton County, Pickett County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 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
- May 5, 2012, 4:39 AM CDT (09:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2012, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1078 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
624
WFUS54 KOHX 050939
TOROHX
TNC027-133-137-051015-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0051.120505T0939Z-120505T1015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
439 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN OVERTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
WESTERN PICKETT COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 515 AM CDT
* AT 437 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST IN
NASHVILLE WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
CELINA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CELINA AROUND 445 AM CDT.
LIVINGSTON AROUND 510 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3654 8507 3628 8537 3662 8565 3662 8564
3662 8549 3663 8541 3663 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0938Z 318DEG 32KT 3664 8551
$$
BOYD2 follow-up statements
525
WWUS54 KOHX 050944
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
444 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
TNC027-133-137-051015-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-120505T1015Z/
OVERTON TN-PICKETT TN-CLAY TN-
444 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CLAY...WESTERN
PICKETT AND NORTHERN OVERTON COUNTIES UNTIL 515 AM CDT...
AT 442 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CELINA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS DALE HOLLOW LAKE DURING THE NEXT 15 TO
30 MINUTES. BOATERS SHOULD HEAD QUICKLY FOR SHORE AND SEEK COVER
FROM THIS STORM.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LIVINGSTON AROUND 510 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 3654 8507 3628 8537 3662 8565 3662 8564
3662 8549 3663 8541 3663 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0943Z 318DEG 32KT 3661 8547
$$
BOYD041 WWUS54 KOHX 050959 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 459 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012 TNC027-133-137-051015- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-120505T1015Z/ OVERTON TN-PICKETT TN-CLAY TN- 459 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL CLAY... SOUTHWESTERN PICKETT AND NORTHERN OVERTON COUNTIES UNTIL 515 AM CDT... AT 455 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF LIVINGSTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS MOVED TO THE SOUTH OF DALE HOLLOW LAKE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LIVINGSTON AROUND 505 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3647 8545 3659 8529 3648 8514 3634 8530 TIME...MOT...LOC 0958Z 316DEG 32KT 3649 8533 $$ BOYD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 4:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Clay, Fentress, Houston, Jackson, Macon and 7 more | 53 min |
| May 5, 5:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 33 min |
| May 5, 5:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Cumberland, Davidson and 21 more | 62 min |
| May 5, 7:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.