Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2013, 2:49 PM CDT for Giles County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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
- May 17, 2013, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2013, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Giles County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sse Elkton, TN | NWS HUNTSVILLE SURVEY TEAM NOTED A TREE WITH LARGE LIMBS SNAPPED ALONG HWY 7 JUST EAST OF PLEASANT VIEW DRIVE. |
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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KOHX 171949
TOROHX
TNC055-172015-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0033.130517T1949Z-130517T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
249 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GILES COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
* AT 245 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A RAPIDLY
ROTATING WALL CLOUD ARDMORE...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PULASKI.
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS STORM MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARDMORE AND ELKTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 8698 3518 8691 3516 8682 3500 8683
3499 8684 3499 8698
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 200DEG 14KT 3497 8687
$$
ROSE2 follow-up statements
689
WWUS54 KOHX 171958
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
258 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
TNC055-172015-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130517T2015Z/
GILES TN-
258 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GILES COUNTY
UNTIL 315 PM CDT...
AT 256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARDMORE...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PULASKI...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELKTON AND ARDMORE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3517 8687 3516 8682 3500 8683 3499 8684
3499 8697
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 208DEG 17KT 3502 8683
$$
ROSE767
WWUS54 KOHX 172010
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
310 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
TNC055-172020-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130517T2015Z/
GILES TN-
310 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GILES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
315 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3517 8687 3516 8682 3500 8683 3499 8684
3499 8697
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 208DEG 17KT 3507 8680
$$
ROSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 30 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.