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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Nashville, TN

June 4, 2014Dickson County, Montgomery County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2014, 11:09 PM CDT for Dickson County, Montgomery County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2014, 11:09 PM CDT (04:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2014, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Dickson County, TN, Montgomery County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:09 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:24 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 75 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1296 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

537 
WFUS54 KOHX 050409
TOROHX
TNC043-125-050445-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0011.140605T0409Z-140605T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1109 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1104 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARKSVILLE...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PALMYRA...CUNNINGHAM AND SLAYDEN.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

LAT...LON 3639 8722 3636 8726 3635 8728 3632 8729
      3623 8744 3643 8758 3649 8757 3653 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 318DEG 12KT 3646 8750

$$

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2 follow-up statements

193 
WWUS54 KOHX 050423
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1123 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

TNC043-125-050445-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140605T0445Z/
DICKSON TN-MONTGOMERY TN-
1123 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND NORTH CENTRAL DICKSON COUNTIES...

AT 1122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PALMYRA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CUNNINGHAM...SLAYDEN AND VANLEER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3639 8723 3636 8726 3635 8728 3632 8729
      3623 8744 3643 8757 3648 8753 3650 8746
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 318DEG 12KT 3642 8747

$$

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342 
WWUS54 KOHX 050436
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1136 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

TNC043-125-050447-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140605T0445Z/
DICKSON TN-MONTGOMERY TN-
1136 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND NORTH CENTRAL
DICKSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3639 8723 3636 8726 3635 8728 3632 8729
      3623 8744 3643 8757 3648 8753 3650 8746
TIME...MOT...LOC 0437Z 318DEG 12KT 3638 8744

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay	30 min
Jun 4, 10:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	25 min
Jun 4, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery, Stewart	49 min
Jun 4, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon	28 min
Jun 4, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Smith, Trousdale	35 min
Jun 5, 12:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	42 min
Jun 5, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman	29 min
Jun 5, 12:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson	50 min
Jun 5, 1:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Maury, Williamson	42 min
Jun 5, 1:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Rutherford	33 min
Jun 5, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall	36 min
Jun 5, 2:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys	41 min
Jun 5, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	35 min
Jun 5, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	15 min
Jun 5, 3:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys	3 hr
Jun 5, 3:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Grundy	31 min
Jun 5, 3:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman	29 min
Jun 5, 3:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys	3 hr
Jun 5, 3:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Marshall	34 min
Jun 5, 3:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Perry	44 min
Jun 5, 3:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Maury	39 min
Jun 5, 4:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis	45 min
Jun 5, 4:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Perry	3 hr
Jun 5, 4:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury	50 min
Jun 5, 4:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman, Perry	3 hr
Jun 5, 5:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	43 min
Jun 5, 5:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	27 min
Jun 5, 5:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Dickson, Giles, Hickman, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lewis and 2 more	5 hr
Jun 5, 6:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	63 min
Jun 5, 6:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Marshall	37 min
Jun 5, 8:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry	3 hr
Jun 5, 8:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Perry	35 hr
Jun 5, 8:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Perry, Wayne	3 hr
Jun 5, 8:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Williamson	48 min
Jun 5, 8:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis	42 min
Jun 5, 9:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	64 min
Jun 5, 10:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OHX	Dickson, Giles, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Lawrence and 6 more	30 hr
Jun 5, 11:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Giles, Hickman, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury and 2 more	8 hr
Jun 5, 1:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Perry, Wayne	5 hr
Jun 5, 2:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Perry, Wayne	59 min
Jun 5, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles	34 hr
Jun 5, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	68 min
Jun 5, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Humphreys	53 min
Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Hickman	3 hr
Jun 5, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles	33 min
Jun 5, 6:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman	18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.