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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 21, 2013, 10:18 PM CST for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 27 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, 10:18 PM CST (04:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2013, 10:45 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cannon County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 10:26 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 58 | Watertown, TN | WATERTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS 58.4 MPH WINDS MEASURED |
| Dec 21, 10:46 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Watertown, TN | REPORT OF A TREE ACROSS THE ROAD LOCATED AT 384 STATESVILLE ROAD IN WATERTOWN |
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, 8:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 55 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.
723 WFUS54 KOHX 220418 TOROHX TNC015-041-149-159-189-220445- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0049.131222T0418Z-131222T0445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1018 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CANNON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... WESTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SOUTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 1045 PM CST * AT 1017 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MURFREESBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...WATERTOWN...GORDONSVILLE...LASCASSAS... READYVILLE...MILTON...AUBURNTOWN...LIBERTY...ALEXANDRIA... DOWELLTOWN AND HICKMAN. 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 3585 8579 3572 8653 3613 8622 3620 8585 TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 251DEG 33KT 3590 8638 $$ TB12
1 follow-up statement
784
WWUS54 KOHX 220428
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1028 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013
TNC015-041-149-159-189-220445-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-131222T0445Z/
RUTHERFORD TN-SMITH TN-WILSON TN-CANNON TN-DE KALB TN-
1028 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN DE KALB...NORTHERN
CANNON...SOUTHEASTERN WILSON...SOUTHERN SMITH AND EASTERN RUTHERFORD
COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CST...
AT 1021 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE NEAR
EAGLEVILLE...THROUGH MURFREESBORO...AND SPANNING NORTHEAST INTO
SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...MURFREESBORO...WATERTOWN...GORDONSVILLE...
MILTON...READYVILLE...HICKMAN...LASCASSAS...LIBERTY...DOWELLTOWN
AND AUBURNTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
200 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3620 8585 3585 8579 3584 8587 3583 8589
3580 8604 3573 8651 3614 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 251DEG 33KT 3592 8629
$$
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, 9:38 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, 10:30 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.