Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 30, 2013, 3:44 AM CST for 11 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 61 min. 20 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 30, 2013, 3:44 AM CST (09:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 4:45 AM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cannon County, TN, Clay County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 3:45 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Sw Hartsville, TN | TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE AT 1413 N. DICKERSON CHAPEL RD. ABOUT 25 OTHER TREES TWISTED AND UPROOTED. |
| Jan 30, 3:47 AM CST | TORNADO | 7 N Hartsville, TN | DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED...A COUPLE OLDER BARNS WERE DESTROYED... AND AN OUTBUILDING WAS DAMAGED ALONG AN APPROXIMATE 1 MILE PATH OVER FAR SOUTHWESTERN MACON COUNTY. |
| Jan 30, 3:50 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ese Hartsville, TN | NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED AT 11895 HIGHWAY 25 E NEAR SMITH COUNTY LINE. |
| Jan 30, 3:51 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Walterhill, TN | TREES DOWN ALONG HICKORY GROVE ROAD IN WALTERHILL |
| Jan 30, 3:51 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 8 E Hartsville, TN | TREES DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE REPORTED IN DIXON SPRINGS |
| Jan 30, 3:51 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Hartsville, TN | SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Jan 30, 3:56 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Lebanon, TN | PARTIAL ROOF BLOWN OFF 1400 BLOCK OF WEST MAIN STREET. WILSON COUNTY CATTLE BARN. |
| Jan 30, 4:01 AM CST | TORNADO | 4 Wnw Red Boiling Sprin, TN | AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED EF0 TORNADO DAMAGE IN NORTHEAST MACON COUNTY ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG OWENS RD. JUST NORTH OF HOLLAND RD. AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST FOR 1.5 MILES TO JUST EAST OF JIMTOWN RD. AND S |
| Jan 30, 4:05 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Lafayette, TN | A LOT OF TREES DOWNED ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Jan 30, 4:06 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Lebanon, TN | ROOF OFF HOUSE AND TREES BLOCKING ROAD AT 600 BLOCK OF CANOE BRANCH ROAD |
| Jan 30, 4:10 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Nw Carthage, TN | A LARGE PORTION OF THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A LOCAL COUNTRY STORE CALLED THE STAGECOACH IN DICKSON SPRINGS. A SMALL STORAGE BARN ALSO COLLAPSED. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY ALSO. |
| Jan 30, 4:13 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Lebanon, TN | TREE ON MOBILE HOME WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED INSIDE ON NORTH DICKERSON CHAPEL ROAD. |
| Jan 30, 4:30 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Celina, TN | SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN CLAY COUNTY...ALSO DAMAGE TO BARN ROOFS AND SILOS |
| Jan 30, 4:33 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Celina, TN | STATE HIGHWAY 53 NEAR MILE MARKER 3 IS CLOSED DUE TO TREES DOWN ACROSS THE ROAD. |
| Jan 30, 4:33 AM CST | TORNADO | 4 Ne Woodbury, TN | EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOODBURY ALONG HIGHWAY 53. |
| Jan 30, 4:35 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Woodbury, TN | OUT BUILDINGS DAMAGED AND A RESIDENTIAL TRAILER BLOWN OFF ITS FOUNDATION AT THE 4000 BLOCK ALONG GASSAWAY RD. |
| Jan 30, 4:38 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Celina, TN | TREES AND POWER LINES ARE DOWN ACROSS THE FOLLOWING ROADS...UNION HILL RD.... MOSEY PURCELL RD.... BAKERTON PEA RIDGE FIRETOWER RD.... MCCORMICK RIDGE RD.... AND COMMERCE ST. |
| Jan 30, 4:43 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Celina, TN | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN |
| Jan 30, 4:45 AM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Gainesboro, TN | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED IN JACKSON COUNTY |
| Jan 30, 4:45 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Gainesboro, TN | A FEW TREES FALLING ON POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. |
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 29, 10:07 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:46 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
026
WUUS54 KOHX 300944
SVROHX
TNC015-027-041-087-111-141-149-159-165-169-189-301045-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0013.130130T0944Z-130130T1045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
344 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
TROUSDALE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN CANNON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
CLAY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
DE KALB COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
JACKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
MACON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 445 AM CST
* AT 342 AM CST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
80 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS EXTENDED FROM FOREST SPRINGS TO
SMYRNA...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WALTERHILL...
LAFAYETTE...
WATERTOWN...
RED BOILING SPRINGS...
GORDONSVILLE...
GAINESBORO...
SMITHVILLE...
BAXTER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND
DAMAGE ACROSS MUCH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. TAKE SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY BUILDING...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3663 8584 3662 8538 3645 8549 3631 8549
3585 8574 3584 8587 3582 8591 3590 8656
3664 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0944Z 272DEG 39KT 3663 8614 3592 8650
$$
SHAMBURGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 12:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 49 min |
| Jan 30, 1:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 39 min |
| Jan 30, 1:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 44 min |
| Jan 30, 1:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys, Perry | 37 min |
| Jan 30, 2:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 55 min |
| Jan 30, 2:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 38 min |
| Jan 30, 2:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 37 min |
| Jan 30, 2:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Perry | 42 min |
| Jan 30, 2:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson, Williamson | 35 min |
| Jan 30, 2:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury and 2 more | 44 min |
| Jan 30, 2:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 39 min |
| Jan 30, 2:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 37 min |
| Jan 30, 2:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury | 34 min |
| Jan 30, 3:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner and 3 more | 59 min |
| Jan 30, 3:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 25 min |
| Jan 30, 3:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 29 min |
| Jan 30, 3:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury, Williamson | 44 min |
| Jan 30, 3:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury and 2 more | 64 min |
| Jan 30, 3:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 33 min |
| Jan 30, 3:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 40 min |
| Jan 30, 3:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford, Williamson | 29 min |
| Jan 30, 3:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson | 37 min |
| Jan 30, 3:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury | 34 min |
| Jan 30, 4:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton | 36 min |
| Jan 30, 4:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren | 29 min |
| Jan 30, 4:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Giles, Grundy, Lawrence and 5 more | 62 min |
| Jan 30, 4:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam, Smith and 1 more | 27 min |
| Jan 30, 4:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Overton and 3 more | 78 min |
| Jan 30, 4:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren | 48 min |
| Jan 30, 4:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Grundy, Marshall | 47 min |
| Jan 30, 5:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, Grundy, Rutherford and 3 more | 66 min |
| Jan 30, 5:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 5:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, White | 63 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.