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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 10, 2014, 8:43 PM CDT for Hickman County, Maury County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 15 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, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2014, 8:58 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hickman County, TN, Maury County, TN, Williamson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
336 WFUS54 KOHX 110143 TOROHX TNC081-119-187-110215- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0017.141011T0143Z-141011T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 843 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... WEST CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 841 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTERVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FAIRVIEW AND PRIMM SPRINGS. 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 3599 8709 3578 8707 3583 8736 3594 8735 TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 265DEG 23KT 3587 8732 $$ BOYD
2 follow-up statements
303 WWUS54 KOHX 110153 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 853 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014 TNC081-119-187-110215- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-141011T0215Z/ WILLIAMSON TN-HICKMAN TN-MAURY TN- 853 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL MAURY...NORTHEASTERN HICKMAN AND WEST CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTIES... AT 849 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL HICKMAN COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM HAS DECREASED IN ROTATION DURING THE LAST 10 MINUTES. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES WILL LIKELY CANCEL WARNING AROUND 9 PM CDT. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN HICKMAN...EXTREME NORTHERN MAURY AND WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE...OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && LAT...LON 3584 8730 3592 8730 3599 8709 3578 8707 TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 265DEG 23KT 3587 8726 $$ BOYD
668 WWUS54 KOHX 110158 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 858 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014 TNC081-119-187-110208- /O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-141011T0215Z/ WILLIAMSON TN-HICKMAN TN-MAURY TN- 858 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL MAURY...NORTHEASTERN HICKMAN AND WEST CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. LAT...LON 3584 8730 3592 8730 3599 8709 3578 8707 TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 265DEG 23KT 3587 8720 $$ BOYD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Hickman | 49 min |
| Oct 10, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys | 29 min |
| Oct 10, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman | 33 min |
| Oct 10, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson | 35 min |
| Oct 10, 9:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 112 min |
| Oct 10, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Rutherford | 26 min |
| Oct 10, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, DeKalb, Fentress and 15 more | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.