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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 21, 2013, 9:38 PM CST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 22 min. 7 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, 9:38 PM CST (03:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2013, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Davidson County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 9:59 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Lebanon, TN | TREE DOWN ON CHICKEN ROAD ONE HALF MILE SOUTH OF LEBANON ON HWY 231. |
| Dec 21, 10:03 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 Ese Lebanon, TN | WILSON CO. TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS TRANSFORMERS FLASHING APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES WEST OF LINWOOD ROAD EXIT ON I-40. SPOTTER REPORTS POSSIBLE FUNNEL ASSOCIATED WITH THESE FLASHES TO HIS WET NORTHWEST. |
| Dec 21, 10:03 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 E Lebanon, TN | LINWOOD ROAD AT I-40 EXIT 245 |
| Dec 21, 10:03 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Hartsville, TN | TROUSDALE COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS POWER OUTAGE AT END OF PURES BEND RD AT THE CUMBERLAND RIVER EAST OF HWY 141 |
| Dec 21, 10:03 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Lebanon, TN | REPORTS OF TREES DOWN HARTSVILLE PIKE AND VANCE LANE IN LEBANON |
| Dec 21, 10:06 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Lebanon, TN | TWO STORAGE SHEDS DESTROYED AT LOWES. |
| Dec 21, 10:07 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Lebanon, TN | TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON W FORREST AVE ALONG WITH POWER POLES DOWN AT CLEARVIEW DRIVE AND WEST MAIN STREET. |
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 |
| Dec 21, 8:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 21 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.
454
WFUS54 KOHX 220338
TOROHX
TNC037-165-169-189-220400-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0046.131222T0338Z-131222T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
938 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTH CENTRAL SUMNER COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN TROUSDALE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CST
* AT 935 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM GALLATIN TO ANTIOCH...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEBANON...HARTSVILLE...BELINDA CITY...RURAL HILL...BLEDSOE CREEK
STATE PARK...CASTALIAN SPRINGS...GLADEVILLE...DICKERSON CHAPEL
RECREATION AREA AND TUCKERS CROSSROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3639 8608 3611 8622 3608 8649 3610 8651
3608 8652 3606 8669 3641 8645
TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 261DEG 58KT 3640 8637 3609 8659
$$
TB12The 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, 8:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Humphreys, Montgomery | 36 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, 9:53 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.