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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 7:15 PM CST for Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee. It was in force for 30 min. 10 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
- Feb 20, 2014, 7:15 PM CST (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Robertson County, TN, Sumner County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 7:18 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Greenbrier, TN | STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN COOPERTOWN AND SPRINGFIELD. |
| Feb 20, 7:18 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Cross Plains, TN | A NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM CONCLUDED THAT DAMAGE IN THE CROSS PLAINS AREA OF ROBERTSON COUNTY WAS DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A FEW LARGE LIMBS ON SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AND ROOF DAMAGE TO SOME OUTHOUSES WERE OBSERVED. ONE SUCH LARGE OUTHOUSE WAS COMPLETELY |
| Feb 20, 7:18 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Cross Plains, TN | A NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM CONCLUDED THAT DAMAGE IN THE CROSS PLAINS AREA OF ROBERTSON COUNTY WAS DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A FEW LARGE LIMBS ON SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AND ROOF DAMAGE TO SOME OUTHOUSES WERE OBSERVED. ONE SUCH LARGE OUTHOUSE WAS COMPLETELY |
| Feb 20, 7:19 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 89 | 3 E Springfield, TN | |
| Feb 20, 7:21 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Cross Plains, TN | PUBLIC REPORTED AN ABANDONED TRAILER WAS DESTROYED ON BOB CARR ROAD |
| Feb 20, 7:24 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Orlinda, TN | TREES DOWN ON STARKS ROAD...CEDAR GROVE ROAD AT HIGHWAY 31...AND GAUSE ROAD IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ROBERSTON COUNTY. |
| Feb 20, 7:27 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 80 | Cross Plains, TN | ESTIMATED 70-80 MPH WIND GUSTS OCCURRED IN CROSS PLAINS. |
| Feb 20, 7:30 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 E Orlinda, TN | POWER LINES FELL ONTO A CAR ON HIGHWAY 52 |
| Feb 20, 7:30 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 E Orlinda, TN | POWER POLE FELL ONTO A CAR ON HIGHWAY 52 TRAPPING OCCUPANTS. |
| Feb 20, 7:30 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Portland, TN | TREE WAS UPROOTED ONTO A HOUSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 6:49 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1039 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
781
WFUS54 KOHX 210115
TOROHX
TNC147-165-210145-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0001.140221T0115Z-140221T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
715 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ROBERTSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTH CENTRAL SUMNER COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 745 PM CST
* AT 713 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROSS PLAINS...PORTLAND...ORLINDA AND MITCHELLVILLE.
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.
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.
LAT...LON 3665 8631 3640 8684 3653 8695 3666 8672
3666 8659 3664 8657 3666 8651 3666 8635
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 235DEG 55KT 3650 8680
$$
TB122 follow-up statements
007
WWUS54 KOHX 210133
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
733 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
TNC147-165-210145-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T0145Z/
ROBERTSON TN-SUMNER TN-
733 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SUMNER AND NORTHEASTERN ROBERTSON COUNTIES...
AT 731 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MITCHELLVILLE...OR
19 MILES NORTH OF GALLATIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
300 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 8631 3645 8674 3666 8671 3666 8659
3664 8657 3666 8651 3666 8635
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 235DEG 55KT 3666 8652
$$
TB12944
WWUS54 KOHX 210143
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
743 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
TNC147-165-210153-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T0145Z/
ROBERTSON TN-SUMNER TN-
743 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SUMNER AND NORTHEASTERN
ROBERTSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM CST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
300 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3665 8631 3645 8674 3666 8671 3666 8659
3664 8657 3666 8651 3666 8635
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 235DEG 55KT 3675 8636
$$
TB12The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry | 56 min |
| Feb 20, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson | 26 min |
| Feb 20, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 49 min |
| Feb 20, 6:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson | 32 min |
| Feb 20, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 16 min |
| Feb 20, 7:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Marshall, Maury, Williamson | 45 min |
| Feb 20, 7:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 35 min |
| Feb 20, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne | 47 min |
| Feb 20, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson, Sumner | 44 min |
| Feb 20, 7:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 34 min |
| Feb 20, 8:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Trousdale and 1 more | 38 min |
| Feb 20, 8:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 36 min |
| Feb 20, 8:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Rutherford | 42 min |
| Feb 20, 8:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 37 min |
| Feb 20, 8:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 25 min |
| Feb 20, 8:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Sumner and 2 more | 38 min |
| Feb 20, 8:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 38 min |
| Feb 20, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 38 min |
| Feb 20, 9:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam and 2 more | 37 min |
| Feb 20, 9:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton | 36 min |
| Feb 20, 9:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren | 35 min |
| Feb 20, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, White | 34 min |
| Feb 20, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, White | 45 min |
| Feb 20, 9:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 13 min |
| Feb 20, 10:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 27 min |
| Feb 20, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren | 61 min |
| Feb 20, 10:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, DeKalb, Putnam, White | 45 min |
| Feb 20, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam | 34 min |
| Feb 20, 10:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 31 min |
| Feb 20, 11:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.