Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 23, 2012, 12:40 AM CST for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 35 min. 6 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
- Jan 23, 2012, 12:40 AM CST (06:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2012, 1:15 AM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cheatham County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Montgomery County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 12:46 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 58 | 18 S Clarksville, TN | AMATEUR RADIO REPORTS MEASURED 58 MPH WIND GUST 18 M S OF CLARKSVILLE. |
| Jan 23, 12:50 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | 7 Ne Dickson, TN | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED ESTIMATED 60 MPH GUST 1 MILE NORTH OF MM 163 ON I40 |
| Jan 23, 1:03 AM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Dickson, TN | PUBLIC REPORT OF FUNNEL CLOUD |
| Jan 23, 1:08 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 8 W Dickson, TN | AMATUER RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS TREES DOWN NEAR HWY 70 AT TENNESSEE CITY. HWY 48 N AND STEELE RD. |
| Jan 23, 1:14 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Dickson, TN | AMATUER RADIO REPORTS TREES FALLEN ON UPS TRUCK. DRIVER OK. MM 161 EASTBOUND I40. |
| Jan 23, 1:16 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Dickson, TN | AMATUER RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES BLOCKING THE ROAD ON HWY 48 N SPANNING FROM DICKSON TO CHARLOTTE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 10:59 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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.
759
WFUS54 KOHX 230640
TOROHX
TNC021-043-083-085-125-230715-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0007.120123T0640Z-120123T0715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1240 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CHEATHAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
EASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 115 AM CST
* AT 1235 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF WAVERLY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 70 MPH. THIS STORM IS AT THE APEX OF A LINE ECHO WAVE PATTERN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...MCEWEN...VANLEER...SLAYDEN AND CHARLOTTE.
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 3650 8712 3646 8713 3639 8701 3632 8693
3625 8698 3621 8698 3599 8752 3599 8753
3598 8753 3591 8770 3605 8784 3663 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 0640Z 229DEG 69KT 3605 8767
$$
BOYD1 follow-up statement
764
WWUS54 KOHX 230659
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1259 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
TNC083-230709-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120123T0715Z/
HOUSTON TN-
1259 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3646 8713 3639 8701 3632 8693 3625 8698
3621 8699 3599 8752 3599 8753 3598 8753
3597 8759 3609 8768 3649 8717 3650 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0659Z 229DEG 69KT 3629 8732
$$
TNC021-043-085-125-230715-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120123T0715Z/
DICKSON TN-CHEATHAM TN-HUMPHREYS TN-MONTGOMERY TN-
1259 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...
EAST CENTRAL HUMPHREYS...CHEATHAM AND DICKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM
CST...
AT 1258 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITE BLUFF...OR 14 MILES
NORTH OF DICKSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASHLAND CITY.
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 3646 8713 3639 8701 3632 8693 3625 8698
3621 8699 3599 8752 3599 8753 3598 8753
3597 8759 3609 8768 3649 8717 3650 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0659Z 229DEG 69KT 3629 8732
$$
BOYDThe 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, 12:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne | 20 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, 12:53 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 |
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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.