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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Nashville, TN

October 10, 2014Hickman County, Humphreys County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 10, 2014, 7:46 PM CDT for Hickman County, Humphreys County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 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
Oct 10, 2014, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 2014, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hickman County, TN, Humphreys County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2014-10-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 100 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 2014-10-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
100 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
852 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

140 
WFUS54 KOHX 110046
TOROHX
TNC081-085-110115-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0015.141011T0046Z-141011T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
746 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HURRICANE MILLS...AND MOVING EAST 
AT 30 MPH. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUCKSNORT AND PINEWOOD.

MOTORISTS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. AS A LAST
RESORT...TAKE COVER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. OVERPASSES ARE NOT SAFE.

LAT...LON 3598 8778 3601 8755 3599 8754 3599 8748
      3598 8747 3575 8747 3582 8772 3584 8772
      3584 8778
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 270DEG 26KT 3591 8770

$$
BOYD
2 follow-up statements
425 
WWUS54 KOHX 110054
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
754 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014

TNC081-085-110115-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-141011T0115Z/
HICKMAN TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
754 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS AND WESTERN HICKMAN COUNTIES...

AT 751 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUCKSNORT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PINEWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. AS A LAST
RESORT...TAKE COVER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. OVERPASSES ARE NOT SAFE.

&&

LAT...LON 3598 8771 3601 8755 3599 8754 3599 8748
      3598 8747 3575 8747 3582 8770 3586 8773
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 271DEG 23KT 3591 8766

$$
BOYD
317 
WWUS54 KOHX 110105
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
805 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014

TNC081-085-110115-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-141011T0115Z/
HICKMAN TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
805 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL HUMPHREYS AND NORTH CENTRAL HICKMAN COUNTIES...

AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PINEWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. CONTINUING 
TO SEE GOOD ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. STORM NEARING PINEWOOD.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PINEWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. AS A LAST
RESORT...TAKE COVER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. OVERPASSES ARE NOT SAFE.

&&

LAT...LON 3594 8765 3599 8758 3598 8754 3599 8748
      3598 8747 3579 8749 3583 8762 3589 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 271DEG 23KT 3591 8758

$$
BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 10, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman49 min
Oct 10, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman33 min
Oct 10, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Maury, Williamson15 min
Oct 10, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson35 min
Oct 10, 9:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson, Williamson112 min
Oct 10, 9:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRutherford26 min
Oct 10, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, DeKalb, Fentress and 15 more37 min

Nearby

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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.