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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2013, 3:21 PM CST for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 24 min. 4 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 13, 2013, 3:21 PM CST (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2013, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bedford County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Williamson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 3:27 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Eagleville, TN | AT 896 FLOYD RD.... PORTION OF A ROOF MISSING AND TREES DOWN IN THE AREA. |
| Jan 13, 3:36 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 Ssw Eagleville, TN | EF-0 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS NEAR 85 MPH TOUCHED DOWN ALONG FLOYD ROAD JUST SOUTHWEST OF EAGLEVILLE. APPROXIMATELY 100 TREES WERE SNAPPED...AND A RESIDENCE SUFFERED ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE...ALONG THE APPROXIMATE 1.5 MILE DAMAGE PATH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS |
| Jan 13, 3:38 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 W Eagleville, TN | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED 1 MILE WEST OF EAGLEVILLE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
| Jan 13, 3:42 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 W Eagleville, TN | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED 1 MILE WEST OF EAGLEVILLE IN CHAPEL HILL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
040 WFUS54 KOHX 132121 TOROHX TNC003-117-119-149-187-132145- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0002.130113T2121Z-130113T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 321 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... EAST CENTRAL MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SOUTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 345 PM CST * AT 318 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF SPRING HILL...OR 10 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHAPEL HILL AND EAGLEVILLE. 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 3591 8663 3566 8645 3552 8685 3566 8699 TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 233DEG 41KT 3564 8684 $$ TB12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 5:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 8:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 8:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Humphreys | 38 min |
| Jan 13, 9:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry | 45 min |
| Jan 13, 9:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 24 min |
| Jan 13, 10:07 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Robertson | 53 min |
| Jan 13, 10:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 31 min |
| Jan 13, 10:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Hickman, Robertson, Williamson | 60 min |
| Jan 13, 10:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 13, 10:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson | 4 hr |
| Jan 13, 11:26 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 49 min |
| Jan 13, 12:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Macon, Trousdale | 37 min |
| Jan 13, 12:55 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Cheatham | 36 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 44 min |
| Jan 13, 1:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 35 min |
| Jan 13, 1:49 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 36 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:58 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Perry | 36 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 28 min |
| Jan 13, 2:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 38 min |
| Jan 13, 3:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford, Davidson, Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury and 3 more | 44 min |
| Jan 13, 3:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 24 min |
| Jan 13, 3:18 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Montgomery | 48 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:38 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Houston and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 33 min |
| Jan 13, 3:43 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Giles, Marshall, Rutherford, Wilson | 46 min |
| Jan 13, 4:01 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 36 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:07 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Cannon, Clay, Jackson, Macon, Rutherford, Smith and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon, Clay, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Jackson and 7 more | 51 min |
| Jan 13, 4:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon, Clay, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Jackson and 7 more | 50 min |
| Jan 13, 5:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 34 min |
| Jan 13, 5:27 PM CST | River Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 14 hr |
| Jan 13, 5:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Grundy, Overton, Pickett, Putnam and 3 more | 45 min |
| Jan 13, 5:38 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Hickman | 6 days |
| Jan 13, 5:51 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Grundy, Hickman, Overton, Putnam and 5 more | 177 days |
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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.