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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Nashville, TN

June 7, 2014Bedford County, Marshall County, Maury County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2014, 9:06 PM CDT for Bedford County, Marshall County, Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 24 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 7, 2014, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2014, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bedford County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 7, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2014-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 616 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
616 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1437 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

866 
WFUS54 KOHX 080206
TOROHX
TNC003-117-119-080230-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0012.140608T0206Z-140608T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
906 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 904 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBIA...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEWISBURG...CORNERSVILLE...FARMINGTON...BELFAST AND PETERSBURG.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3538 8693 3541 8693 3541 8701 3543 8703
      3544 8707 3559 8703 3557 8644 3535 8652
      3537 8659 3532 8660 3531 8667 3527 8672
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 286DEG 35KT 3550 8694

$$

BOYD
1 follow-up statement
593 
WWUS54 KOHX 080223 RRA
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
923 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

TNC119-080233-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140608T0230Z/
MAURY TN-
923 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MAURY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3542 8690 3543 8693 3546 8695 3546 8692
      3553 8685 3557 8644 3535 8652 3537 8659
      3532 8660 3531 8667 3527 8672
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 286DEG 35KT 3545 8674

$$

TNC003-117-080230-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140608T0230Z/
BEDFORD TN-MARSHALL TN-
923 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
MARSHALL AND SOUTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTIES...

AT 918 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEWISBURG...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FARMINGTON...BELFAST AND PETERSBURG.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3542 8690 3543 8693 3546 8695 3546 8692
      3553 8685 3557 8644 3535 8652 3537 8659
      3532 8660 3531 8667 3527 8672
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 286DEG 35KT 3545 8674

$$

BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Rutherford22 min
Jun 7, 7:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHumphreys, Perry37 min
Jun 7, 7:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLawrence63 min
Jun 7, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry57 min
Jun 7, 7:21 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOHXWayne6 hr
Jun 7, 7:22 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOHXWayne5 hr
Jun 7, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry, Wayne43 min
Jun 7, 8:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry and 1 more3 hr
Jun 7, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGiles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Williamson60 min
Jun 7, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence43 min
Jun 7, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall27 min
Jun 7, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMarshall, Maury43 min
Jun 7, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury, Williamson36 min
Jun 7, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White46 min
Jun 7, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury46 min
Jun 7, 10:25 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXPerry36 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.