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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Nashville, TN

January 13, 2013Rutherford County, Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2013, 3:42 PM CST for Rutherford County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 13, 2013, 3:42 PM CST (21:42 UTC)
Expired
Jan 13, 2013, 4:15 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Rutherford County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 33 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.

324 
WFUS54 KOHX 132142
TOROHX
TNC149-189-132215-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0003.130113T2142Z-130113T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
342 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTH CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 415 PM CST

* AT 334 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF NOLENSVILLE...OR 16 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MURFREESBORO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MURFREESBORO AND WALTERHILL.

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 3590 8615 3570 8662 3577 8666 3579 8666
      3579 8662 3580 8661 3581 8662 3582 8662
      3583 8663 3584 8660 3585 8660 3610 8635
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 229DEG 53KT 3581 8654

$$

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1 follow-up statement
769 
WWUS54 KOHX 132207
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
407 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013

TNC149-189-132215-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130113T2215Z/
RUTHERFORD TN-WILSON TN-
407 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WILSON AND
NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CST...

AT 405 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF WALTERHILL...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST 
OF MURFREESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

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 3590 8615 3582 8633 3582 8635 3582 8637
      3584 8638 3585 8641 3587 8639 3589 8645
      3591 8643 3596 8649 3610 8635
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 229DEG 48KT 3600 8626

$$

BOYD

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, 3:21 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson24 min
Jan 13, 3:38 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningOHXBenton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Houston and 7 more6 hr
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.