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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Nashville, TN

December 21, 20134 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 21, 2013, 8:24 PM CST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 36 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
Dec 21, 2013, 8:24 PM CST (02:24 UTC)
Expired
Dec 21, 2013, 9:00 PM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cheatham County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Montgomery County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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
Dec 21, 8:47 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG3 N Ashland City, TNREPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES NORTH OF ASHLAND CITY.
Dec 21, 8:48 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG2 Nw Ashland City, TNA BARN WAS DESTROYED ON TURNIP SEED RD JUST OFF PETWAY RD.

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
Dec 21, 5:46 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 2013-12-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 417 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 00:00Z on 2013-12-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 587 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
417 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
587 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
694 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

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

195 
WFUS54 KOHX 220224
TOROHX
TNC021-043-085-125-220300-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0040.131222T0224Z-131222T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
824 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CHEATHAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  EAST CENTRAL HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 900 PM CST

* AT 822 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCEWEN...OR 10 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF DICKSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...WHITE BLUFF...KINGSTON SPRINGS...PEGRAM...
  VANLEER...SLAYDEN...CHARLOTTE AND CHEATHAM DAM.

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 3635 8692 3627 8696 3625 8698 3610 8703
      3601 8760 3620 8756 3625 8752 3634 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 246DEG 56KT 3616 8750

$$

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1 follow-up statement
873 
WWUS54 KOHX 220245
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
845 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

TNC085-125-220254-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-131222T0300Z/
HUMPHREYS TN-MONTGOMERY TN-
845 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND EAST
CENTRAL HUMPHREYS COUNTIES IS CANCELED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
200 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3635 8723 3635 8692 3634 8692 3627 8696
      3625 8698 3610 8703 3606 8731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 246DEG 56KT 3628 8714

$$

TNC021-043-220300-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-131222T0300Z/
DICKSON TN-CHEATHAM TN-
845 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHEATHAM AND
EASTERN DICKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CST...

AT 839 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF ASHLAND CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
65 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ASHLAND CITY...WHITE BLUFF...PEGRAM...KINGSTON SPRINGS AND CHEATHAM
  DAM.

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 3635 8723 3635 8692 3634 8692 3627 8696
      3625 8698 3610 8703 3606 8731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 246DEG 56KT 3628 8714

$$

ROSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 21, 7:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart24 min
Dec 21, 7:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys, Perry22 min
Dec 21, 7:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart34 min
Dec 21, 8:00 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart30 min
Dec 21, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry, Wayne36 min
Dec 21, 8:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne42 min
Dec 21, 8:21 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Montgomery, Robertson39 min
Dec 21, 8:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury and 3 more36 min
Dec 21, 8:42 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Williamson33 min
Dec 21, 8:51 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Sumner, Williamson24 min
Dec 21, 8:53 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner37 min
Dec 21, 9:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne and 1 more40 min
Dec 21, 9:13 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Wilson32 min
Dec 21, 9:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLawrence, Wayne45 min
Dec 21, 9:21 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale39 min
Dec 21, 9:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Davidson, Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury and 3 more38 min
Dec 21, 9:38 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson22 min
Dec 21, 9:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale37 min
Dec 21, 9:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson49 min
Dec 21, 10:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, DeKalb, Giles, Lawrence, Marshall and 3 more36 min
Dec 21, 10:09 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXSmith, Wilson36 min
Dec 21, 10:12 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson33 min
Dec 21, 10:18 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson27 min
Dec 21, 10:30 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Smith30 min
Dec 21, 10:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Overton, Pickett26 min
Dec 21, 10:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, DeKalb, Giles, Lawrence, Marshall and 2 more48 min
Dec 21, 10:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith31 min
Dec 21, 10:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett31 min
Dec 21, 11:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Putnam, Rutherford and 2 more43 min
Dec 21, 11:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam59 min
Dec 21, 11:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Overton, Putnam, Van Buren and 2 more39 min
Dec 21, 11:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren46 min
Dec 22, 12:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress, Putnam, Van Buren, White47 min
Dec 22, 12:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress14 min
Dec 22, 12:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren31 min
Dec 22, 1:59 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXGrundy10 hr

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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.