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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Nashville, TN

January 30, 2013Benton County, Humphreys County, Perry County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 1:53 AM CST for Benton County, Humphreys County, Perry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 min. 3 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
Jan 30, 2013, 1:53 AM CST (07:53 UTC)
Expired
Jan 30, 2013, 2:30 AM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Benton County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Perry County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 30, 2:10 AM CSTTSTM WND DMG8 S Waverly, TNTELEVISION MEDIA REPORTED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE LORETTA LYNN RANCH AND MUSEUM IN HURRICANE MILLS. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED AND THE LORETTA LYNN HOME HAD CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED. DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT 100000 DO
Jan 30, 2:12 AM CSTTORNADO6 S Waverly, TNEF-1 TORNADO SURVEYED NEAR HURRICANE MILLS BY NWS STORM SURVEY.
Jan 30, 2:13 AM CSTTSTM WND DMGWaverly, TNA COUPLE TREES DOWN IN WAVERLY ALONG HWY 230 AND HWY 13.

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
Jan 29, 10:07 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2013-01-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 91 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2013-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 345 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
91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
364 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

719 
WFUS54 KOHX 300753
TOROHX
TNC005-085-135-300830-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0005.130130T0753Z-130130T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
153 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 230 AM CST

* AT 150 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF DARDEN...OR 22 MILES WEST OF
  LINDEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAVERLY...
  BIRDSONG MARINA...
  NEW JOHNSONVILLE.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR 
CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3585 8822 3586 8821 3620 8776 3599 8753
      3597 8753 3591 8770 3581 8773 3571 8804
      3573 8804 3576 8799 3581 8798 3581 8802
      3585 8805 3583 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 0753Z 235DEG 56KT 3575 8817

$$

SHAMBURGER
1 follow-up statement
501 
WWUS54 KOHX 300815
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
215 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

TNC005-135-300825-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130130T0830Z/
PERRY TN-BENTON TN-
215 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BENTON AND NORTHWESTERN PERRY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3602 8800 3620 8776 3599 8753 3597 8753
      3591 8770 3584 8772 3584 8782 3580 8785
      3584 8792 3584 8796 3586 8794 3594 8793
      3594 8801 3598 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0815Z 238DEG 74KT 3601 8766

$$

TNC085-300830-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130130T0830Z/
HUMPHREYS TN-
215 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HUMPHREYS COUNTY UNTIL 230
AM CST...

AT 213 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAVERLY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
85 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY.

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 3602 8800 3620 8776 3599 8753 3597 8753
      3591 8770 3584 8772 3584 8782 3580 8785
      3584 8792 3584 8796 3586 8794 3594 8793
      3594 8801 3598 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0815Z 238DEG 74KT 3601 8766

$$

SHAMBURGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 30, 12:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart49 min
Jan 30, 1:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys39 min
Jan 30, 1:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Montgomery, Stewart44 min
Jan 30, 2:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry, Wayne55 min
Jan 30, 2:22 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys38 min
Jan 30, 2:23 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne37 min
Jan 30, 2:33 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Lewis, Perry42 min
Jan 30, 2:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson, Williamson35 min
Jan 30, 2:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury and 2 more44 min
Jan 30, 2:51 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson39 min
Jan 30, 2:53 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson37 min
Jan 30, 2:56 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury34 min
Jan 30, 3:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner and 3 more59 min
Jan 30, 3:05 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner25 min
Jan 30, 3:16 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Wilson29 min
Jan 30, 3:16 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMarshall, Maury, Williamson44 min
Jan 30, 3:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury and 2 more64 min
Jan 30, 3:27 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson33 min
Jan 30, 3:35 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson40 min
Jan 30, 3:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Putnam and 5 more61 min
Jan 30, 3:46 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Rutherford, Williamson29 min
Jan 30, 3:53 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson37 min
Jan 30, 3:56 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury34 min
Jan 30, 4:09 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Overton36 min
Jan 30, 4:16 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren29 min
Jan 30, 4:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Giles, Grundy, Lawrence and 5 more62 min
Jan 30, 4:33 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam, Smith and 1 more27 min
Jan 30, 4:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Overton and 3 more78 min
Jan 30, 4:42 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren48 min
Jan 30, 4:43 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Grundy, Marshall47 min
Jan 30, 5:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, Grundy, Rutherford and 3 more66 min
Jan 30, 5:30 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren45 min
Jan 30, 5:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, White63 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.