Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2013

Tornado Warning 22, NWS Nashville, TN

January 30, 20137 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 4:33 AM CST for 7 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 27 min. 2 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, 4:33 AM CST (10:33 UTC)
Expired
Jan 30, 2013, 5:00 AM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cannon County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Overton County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Smith County, TN, White County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:33 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 30, 4:33 AM CSTTORNADO4 Ne Woodbury, TNEF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOODBURY ALONG HIGHWAY 53.
Jan 30, 5:00 AM CSTTSTM WND DMGSmithville, TNA FEW TREES WERE DOWNED ACROSS 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 30, 1:46 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 00:00Z on 2013-01-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 91 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2013-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 345 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

331 
WFUS54 KOHX 301033
TOROHX
TNC015-041-087-133-141-159-185-301100-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0022.130130T1033Z-130130T1100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
433 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CANNON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  DE KALB COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WEST CENTRAL OVERTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 500 AM CST

* AT 428 AM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  MULTIPLE TORNADOES WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF GAINESBORO TO WOODBURY. TORNADOES MAY FORM RAPIDLY
  ANYWHERE IN THIS LINE OF STORMS. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SMITHVILLE...COOKEVILLE...BAXTER AND ALGOOD.

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 3631 8532 3583 8567 3585 8574 3584 8577
      3587 8612 3597 8602 3627 8584
TIME...MOT...LOC 1033Z 275DEG 29KT 3625 8571 3586 8604

$$

SHAMBURGER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 30, 12:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart49 min
Jan 30, 1:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys39 min
Jan 30, 1:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Montgomery, Stewart44 min
Jan 30, 1:53 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys, Perry37 min
Jan 30, 2:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry, Wayne55 min
Jan 30, 2:22 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys38 min
Jan 30, 2:23 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne37 min
Jan 30, 2:33 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Lewis, Perry42 min
Jan 30, 2:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson, Williamson35 min
Jan 30, 2:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury and 2 more44 min
Jan 30, 2:51 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson39 min
Jan 30, 2:53 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson37 min
Jan 30, 2:56 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury34 min
Jan 30, 3:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner and 3 more59 min
Jan 30, 3:05 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner25 min
Jan 30, 3:16 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Wilson29 min
Jan 30, 3:16 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMarshall, Maury, Williamson44 min
Jan 30, 3:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury and 2 more64 min
Jan 30, 3:27 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson33 min
Jan 30, 3:35 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson40 min
Jan 30, 3:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Putnam and 5 more61 min
Jan 30, 3:46 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Rutherford, Williamson29 min
Jan 30, 3:53 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson37 min
Jan 30, 3:56 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury34 min
Jan 30, 4:09 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Overton36 min
Jan 30, 4:16 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren29 min
Jan 30, 4:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Giles, Grundy, Lawrence and 5 more62 min
Jan 30, 4:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Overton and 3 more78 min
Jan 30, 4:42 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren48 min
Jan 30, 4:43 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Grundy, Marshall47 min
Jan 30, 5:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, Grundy, Rutherford and 3 more66 min
Jan 30, 5:30 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren45 min
Jan 30, 5:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, White63 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2013Every tornado warning in 2013Tornadoes in 2013

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.