Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 40, NWS Nashville, TN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 8:47 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Ashland City, TN | REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES NORTH OF ASHLAND CITY. |
| Dec 21, 8:48 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Ashland City, TN | A 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 5:46 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
ROSE1 follow-up statement
873
WWUS54 KOHX 220245
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
845 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013
TNC085-125-220254-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-131222T0300Z/
HUMPHREYS TN-MONTGOMERY TN-
845 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND EAST
CENTRAL HUMPHREYS COUNTIES IS CANCELED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
200 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3635 8723 3635 8692 3634 8692 3627 8696
3625 8698 3610 8703 3606 8731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 246DEG 56KT 3628 8714
$$
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
$$
ROSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 7:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 24 min |
| Dec 21, 7:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys, Perry | 22 min |
| Dec 21, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 34 min |
| Dec 21, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 30 min |
| Dec 21, 8:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 36 min |
| Dec 21, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 42 min |
| Dec 21, 8:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson | 39 min |
| Dec 21, 8:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury and 3 more | 36 min |
| Dec 21, 8:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 33 min |
| Dec 21, 8:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Sumner, Williamson | 24 min |
| Dec 21, 8:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 37 min |
| Dec 21, 9:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne and 1 more | 40 min |
| Dec 21, 9:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 32 min |
| Dec 21, 9:15 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 45 min |
| Dec 21, 9:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 39 min |
| Dec 21, 9:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Davidson, Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury and 3 more | 38 min |
| Dec 21, 9:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 22 min |
| Dec 21, 9:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 37 min |
| Dec 21, 9:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson | 49 min |
| Dec 21, 10:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, DeKalb, Giles, Lawrence, Marshall and 3 more | 36 min |
| Dec 21, 10:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 36 min |
| Dec 21, 10:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 33 min |
| Dec 21, 10:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson | 27 min |
| Dec 21, 10:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Smith | 30 min |
| Dec 21, 10:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton, Pickett | 26 min |
| Dec 21, 10:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, DeKalb, Giles, Lawrence, Marshall and 2 more | 48 min |
| Dec 21, 10:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith | 31 min |
| Dec 21, 10:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 31 min |
| Dec 21, 11:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Putnam, Rutherford and 2 more | 43 min |
| Dec 21, 11:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam | 59 min |
| Dec 21, 11:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Overton, Putnam, Van Buren and 2 more | 39 min |
| Dec 21, 11:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren | 46 min |
| Dec 22, 12:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Putnam, Van Buren, White | 47 min |
| Dec 22, 12:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 14 min |
| Dec 22, 12:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren | 31 min |
| Dec 22, 1:59 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Grundy | 10 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.