Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 3:16 AM CST for Davidson County, Sumner County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 min. 27 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, 3:16 AM CST (09:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 3:45 AM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Davidson County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 3:19 AM CST | TORNADO | 5 Ene Millersville, TN | AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF TYREE SPRINGS ROAD AND SANDY VALLEY ROAD DESTROYING TWO GARAGE BUILDINGS. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED...AND SOME HOMES HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. AS THE TORNADO TRAVELED 3.5 MILES TREES WERE SNAPPED |
| Jan 30, 3:20 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Se White House, TN | TREES UPROOTED AND BACK PORCH DAMAGED IN COTTONTOWN |
| Jan 30, 3:20 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Goodlettsville, TN | LARGE TREES DOWN IN GOODLETTSVILLE |
| Jan 30, 3:21 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se White House, TN | FOUR HOMES WITH ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE. ONE HOME HAD ITS GARAGE BLOWN INTO THE ROAD. MANY TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. |
| Jan 30, 3:22 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Hendersonville, TN | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AND BARNS BLOWN DOWN. LARGE STREET SIGN DOWN AND OTHER TREE DEBRIS ALONG CENTERPOINT RD. |
| Jan 30, 3:23 AM CST | TORNADO | Gallatin, TN | AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 31 AND SHUTE LANE. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED WITH SOME TREES FALLING ON HOMES. SEVERAL HOMES HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE FAIRVIEW PLANTATION AND BAYPO |
| Jan 30, 3:24 AM CST | TORNADO | 4 E Millersville, TN | A WEAK TORNADO BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 258 AND SANDY VALLEY ROAD...THEN CONTINUED EAST TO NEAR UPPER STATION CAMP CREEK ROAD. SOME TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN...A BARN WAS DESTROYED...A GARAGE WAS DESTROYED... AND THREE HOMES SUFFERED MINOR ROOF DAM |
| Jan 30, 3:25 AM CST | TORNADO | 2 Nw Mount Juliet, TN | NWS NASHVILLE PERSONNEL CONFIRMED AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN MOUNT JULIET ON GLENWOOD DRIVE AND LIFTED NEAR COOKS CHURCH ROAD. NUMEROUS BUSINESSES RECEIVED MINOR TO MAJOR DAMAGE AROUND THE MOUNT JULIET RD AND LEBANON RD INTERSECTION. HEAVY DAMAGE OCCURRED |
| Jan 30, 3:28 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Gallatin, TN | AT FAIRVIEW PLANTATION REPORTS OF BARK RIPPED OFF TREES... TWISTED METAL DEBRI... AND TOP STORY TORN OFF OLD BRICK BUILDING |
| Jan 30, 3:28 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Gallatin, TN | ALONG BROWNS LN AND WOODLAKE DR... REPORTS OF TREES DOWN... WINDOWS BROKEN AND ROOF DAMAGE. |
| Jan 30, 3:28 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Mount Juliet, TN | EIGHTEEN WHEELER FLIPPED OVER. |
| Jan 30, 3:28 AM CST | TORNADO | Gallatin, TN | NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED EF0 TORNADO DAMAGE IN THE FAIRVIEW PLANTATION AREA OF SOUTHWEST GALLATIN UP TO THE 109 INTERSECTION. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS A RESULT OF TREES BEING UPROOTED AND TWISTED. |
| Jan 30, 3:33 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Gallatin, TN | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON LOCK 4 ROAD IN GALLATIN. ALSO DAMAGE REPORTED AT GALLATIN MARINA. |
| Jan 30, 3:34 AM CST | TORNADO | 6 E Gallatin, TN | AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 25 AND HARSH LANE DIRECTLY IMPACTING THE APPLE MARKET WITH MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. AS THE TORNADO TRAVELED 1.0 MILES A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED UNTIL THE TORNADO LIFTED VERY NEAR THE SUMNER COUNTY |
| Jan 30, 3:37 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 12 Ne Gallatin, TN | TREES DOWN IN A LINE ON ALEXANDER ROAD |
| Jan 30, 3:37 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Nw Lebanon, TN | WOODS FERRY RD. BLOCKED BY TREES |
| Jan 30, 3:37 AM CST | TORNADO | 9 Ne Gallatin, TN | AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BETHPAGE ALONG ALEXANDER LANE THEN MOVED EAST BEFORE LIFTING IN FAR NORTHWEST TROUSDALE COUNTY EAST OF GRAVEL HILL ROAD. SEVERAL HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS RECEIVED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED |
| Jan 30, 3:38 AM CST | TORNADO | 4 E Gallatin, TN | A BRIEF WEAK TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN A FEW TREES NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO BLEDSOE CREEK STATE PARK EAST OF GALLATIN. |
| Jan 30, 3:38 AM CST | TORNADO | 5 E Gallatin, TN | A BRIEF WEAK TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN A FEW TREES NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO BLEDSOE CREEK STATE PARK EAST OF GALLATIN. |
| Jan 30, 3:39 AM CST | TORNADO | 5 E Gallatin, TN | A BRIEF WEAK TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN A FEW TREES. |
| Jan 30, 3:39 AM CST | TORNADO | 6 Ene Gallatin, TN | A BRIEF WEAK TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN A FEW TREES NEAR HIGHWAY 25 AND HARSH LANE. |
| Jan 30, 3:40 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Nashville, TN | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE AT 1410 ARDEE RD IN INGLEWOOD |
| Jan 30, 3:40 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nne Mount Juliet, TN | TREES DOWN AND BLOCKING OLD LAGUARDO RD |
| Jan 30, 3:40 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nne Lebanon, TN | TREES DOWN ALONG BURFORD RD. BETWEEN BELOTES FERRY AND CEDAR GROVE. |
| Jan 30, 3:40 AM CST | TORNADO | 5 N Lebanon, TN | INITIAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG MANN ROAD IN NORTHERN WILSON COUNTY WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WAS NOTED. INTERMITTENT DAMAGE CONSISTING OF HUNDREDS OF SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE CONTINUED NORTHEAST FOR OVER |
| Jan 30, 3:46 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Mount Juliet, TN | SEVERAL BUILDINGS DAMAGED ALONG LEBANON ROAD IN MOUNT JULIET |
| Jan 30, 3:54 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Mount Juliet, TN | TOP FLOOR OF 3 STORY BUILDING GONE IN MOUNT JULIET ON LEBANON ROAD |
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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 28 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.
796
WFUS54 KOHX 300916
TOROHX
TNC037-165-189-300945-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0013.130130T0916Z-130130T0945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
316 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN SUMNER COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 345 AM CST
* AT 314 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE
DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
MILLERSVILLE TO NASHVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GALLATIN...LEBANON...LAKEWOOD...HENDERSONVILLE...GREEN HILL AND
MOUNT JULIET.
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 3635 8629 3634 8627 3631 8627 3630 8627
3619 8627 3615 8679 3642 8675 3641 8670
3646 8666 3652 8626
TIME...MOT...LOC 0916Z 258DEG 44KT 3638 8666 3619 8669
$$
SHAMBURGER1 follow-up statement
969
WWUS54 KOHX 300922
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
322 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
TNC037-165-189-300945-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130130T0945Z/
SUMNER TN-WILSON TN-DAVIDSON TN-
322 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL DAVIDSON...
NORTHWESTERN WILSON AND SOUTHERN SUMNER COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM CST...
AT 319 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WHITE HOUSE TO LAKEWOOD...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GALLATIN...LEBANON...GREEN HILL AND MOUNT JULIET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3652 8626 3635 8629 3634 8627 3619 8627
3616 8673 3646 8666
TIME...MOT...LOC 0922Z 258DEG 44KT 3644 8656 3620 8660
$$
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 | 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, 3:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Putnam and 5 more | 61 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.