Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 23, 2012, 12:25 AM CST for 6 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 20 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
- Jan 23, 2012, 12:25 AM CST (06:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2012, 12:45 AM CST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hickman County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Maury County, TN, Perry County, TN, Wayne County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 10:59 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
395 WFUS54 KOHX 230625 TOROHX TNC081-099-101-119-135-181-230700- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0006.120123T0625Z-120123T0700Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1225 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SOUTHWESTERN MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 100 AM CST * AT 1221 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAYNESBORO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... HOHENWALD AROUND 1240 AM CST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3585 8735 3549 8707 3524 8772 3546 8787 TIME...MOT...LOC 0625Z 233DEG 55KT 3540 8772 $$ ROSE
1 follow-up statement
736 WWUS54 KOHX 230645 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1245 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012 TNC081-099-101-119-135-181-230655- /O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120123T0700Z/ PERRY TN-WAYNE TN-HICKMAN TN-LAWRENCE TN-LEWIS TN-MAURY TN- 1245 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MAURY...LEWIS...NORTHERN LAWRENCE...SOUTH CENTRAL HICKMAN...NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES IS CANCELED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST. LAT...LON 3585 8735 3549 8707 3524 8772 3546 8787 TIME...MOT...LOC 0645Z 233DEG 55KT 3558 8742 $$ ROSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 11:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 7 min |
| Jan 22, 11:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Giles, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 7 more | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 11:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 37 min |
| Jan 22, 11:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Giles, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 7 more | 64 min |
| Jan 23, 12:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys | 43 min |
| Jan 23, 12:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 3 more | 47 min |
| Jan 23, 12:40 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence and 12 more | 50 min |
| Jan 23, 12:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jan 23, 12:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 37 min |
| Jan 23, 12:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury | 15 min |
| Jan 23, 1:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, DeKalb, Dickson, Macon, Robertson and 5 more | 32 min |
| Jan 23, 1:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Williamson | 39 min |
| Jan 23, 1:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 25 min |
| Jan 23, 1:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson | 23 min |
| Jan 23, 1:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Davidson, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Sumner and 3 more | 34 min |
| Jan 23, 2:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Putnam, Rutherford and 3 more | 36 min |
| Jan 23, 2:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 28 min |
| Jan 23, 2:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Overton and 3 more | 59 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.