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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Nashville, TN

June 3, 2012Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2012, 8:12 PM CDT for Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 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, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 8:17 PM CDTHAIL 14 E Waynesboro, TNHAIL 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2012-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2012-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

781 
WFUS54 KOHX 040112
TOROHX
TNC181-040145-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0054.120604T0112Z-120604T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
812 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 845 PM CDT

* AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DECATURVILLE...OR 15 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LINDEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 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 3547 8765
      3544 8765 3544 8762 3540 8758 3518 8758
      3534 8802 3535 8801 3537 8803 3539 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 291DEG 20KT 3543 8798

$$

TB12
1 follow-up statement
359 
WWUS54 KOHX 040128
SVSOHX

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

TNC181-040145-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-120604T0145Z/
WAYNE TN-
828 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY
UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 822 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

AT 8:19 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 
ASSOCIATED 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 3547 8765
      3544 8765 3544 8762 3540 8758 3518 8758
      3534 8802 3535 8801 3537 8803 3539 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 291DEG 20KT 3540 8788

$$

TB12

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPerry, Wayne35 min
Jun 3, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWayne37 min
Jun 3, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry49 min
Jun 3, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry38 min
Jun 3, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne38 min
Jun 3, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis, Perry50 min
Jun 3, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXPerry, Wayne3 hr
Jun 3, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMaury50 min
Jun 3, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne12 min
Jun 3, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence24 min
Jun 3, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence31 min
Jun 3, 10:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGiles32 min
Jun 3, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWayne33 min
Jun 3, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLewis, Maury, Perry37 min
Jun 3, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLawrence, Wayne32 min
Jun 3, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne41 min
Jun 3, 11:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLawrence62 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.