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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Nashville, TN

June 3, 2012Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2012, 7:38 PM CDT for Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 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: Jun 3, 2012, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 149 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
Jun 3, 8:17 PM CDT	HAIL 1	4 E Waynesboro, TN	HAIL REPORTED ON US HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN WAYNESBORO AND THE GILES COUNTY LINE.

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
Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

108 
WFUS54 KOHX 040038
TOROHX
TNC181-040115-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0053.120604T0038Z-120604T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
738 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF OLIVE HILL...OR 13 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAYNESBORO.

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 3540 8798 3543 8801 3546 8798 3546 8792
      3548 8787 3547 8786 3548 8782 3548 8770
      3547 8765 3544 8764 3524 8768 3537 8803
      3539 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 283DEG 15KT 3540 8793

$$

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1 follow-up statement

835 
WWUS54 KOHX 040059
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
759 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

TNC181-040115-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120604T0115Z/
WAYNE TN-
759 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY
UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH. ADDITIONALLY...A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED APPROACHING NORTHWEST WAYNE 
COUNTY. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA NEED TO CONTINUE TO SEEK 
SHELTER AS THIS DANGEROUS STORM APPROACHES.

LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PING PONG BALLS IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH 
THIS STORM. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAYNESBORO.

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 3540 8798 3543 8801 3546 8798 3546 8792
      3548 8787 3547 8786 3548 8782 3548 8770
      3547 8765 3544 8764 3524 8768 3537 8803
      3539 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 283DEG 15KT 3538 8784

$$

TB12

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	35 min
Jun 3, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry	49 min
Jun 3, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry	38 min
Jun 3, 8:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Wayne	33 min
Jun 3, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	38 min
Jun 3, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lewis, Perry	50 min
Jun 3, 8:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	3 hr
Jun 3, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Maury	50 min
Jun 3, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	12 min
Jun 3, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence	24 min
Jun 3, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	31 min
Jun 3, 10:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	32 min
Jun 3, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wayne	33 min
Jun 3, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis, Maury, Perry	37 min
Jun 3, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	32 min
Jun 3, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wayne	41 min
Jun 3, 11:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence	62 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.