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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN

January 13, 20135 counties in Tennessee

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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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 13, 3:27 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGEagleville, TNAT 896 FLOYD RD.... PORTION OF A ROOF MISSING AND TREES DOWN IN THE AREA.
Jan 13, 3:36 PM CSTTORNADO2 Ssw Eagleville, TNEF-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 CSTFUNNEL CLOUD1 W Eagleville, TNFUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED 1 MILE WEST OF EAGLEVILLE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Jan 13, 3:42 PM CSTFUNNEL CLOUD1 W Eagleville, TNFUNNEL 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2013-01-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2013-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 359 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 13, 5:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 4 more6 hr
Jan 13, 8:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys and 3 more6 hr
Jan 13, 8:52 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHumphreys38 min
Jan 13, 9:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry45 min
Jan 13, 9:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry24 min
Jan 13, 10:07 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham, Dickson, Robertson53 min
Jan 13, 10:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman31 min
Jan 13, 10:45 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham, Davidson, Hickman, Robertson, Williamson60 min
Jan 13, 10:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry and 1 more4 hr
Jan 13, 10:55 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson4 hr
Jan 13, 11:26 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson, Sumner49 min
Jan 13, 12:23 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMacon, Trousdale37 min
Jan 13, 12:55 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXCheatham36 hr
Jan 13, 1:16 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson, Williamson44 min
Jan 13, 1:40 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale35 min
Jan 13, 1:49 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson36 hr
Jan 13, 1:58 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXPerry36 hr
Jan 13, 2:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner, Trousdale, Wilson28 min
Jan 13, 2:22 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXClay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale38 min
Jan 13, 3:01 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford, Davidson, Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury and 3 more44 min
Jan 13, 3:06 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMaury24 min
Jan 13, 3:18 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXMontgomery48 hr
Jan 13, 3:38 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningOHXBenton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Houston and 7 more6 hr
Jan 13, 3:42 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson33 min
Jan 13, 3:43 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningOHXBenton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery and 3 more6 hr
Jan 13, 3:44 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford, Cannon, Giles, Marshall, Rutherford, Wilson46 min
Jan 13, 4:01 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson36 hr
Jan 13, 4:07 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningOHXCannon, Clay, Jackson, Macon, Rutherford, Smith and 4 more3 hr
Jan 13, 4:39 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCannon, Clay, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Jackson and 7 more51 min
Jan 13, 4:40 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCannon, Clay, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Jackson and 7 more50 min
Jan 13, 5:26 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXGrundy34 min
Jan 13, 5:27 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningOHXCheatham14 hr
Jan 13, 5:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland, Fentress, Grundy, Overton, Pickett, Putnam and 3 more45 min
Jan 13, 5:38 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXHickman6 days
Jan 13, 5:51 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCumberland, Fentress, Grundy, Hickman, Overton, Putnam and 5 more177 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.