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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Nashville, TN

October 13, 2014Humphreys County, Perry County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 4:33 PM CDT for Humphreys County, Perry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 42 min. 4 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: Oct 13, 2014, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2014, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Humphreys County, TN, Perry County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 13, 5:05 PM CDT	HAIL 1	14 Nnw Lobelville, TN	PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON HIGHWAY 13 BETWEEN LOBELVILLE AND WAVERLY.
Oct 13, 5:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Waverly, TN	TREE FELL ON HOME IN WAVERLY CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO ROOF AND BROKEN WINDOWS
Oct 13, 5:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Waverly, TN	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN WAVERLY
Oct 13, 5:18 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 Ssw Waverly, TN	QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BETWEEN WAVERLY AND LOBELVILLE ON HIGHWAY 13

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
Oct 13, 3:37 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 400 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

817 
WFUS54 KOHX 132133
TOROHX
TNC085-135-132215-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0018.141013T2133Z-141013T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
433 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 432 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A
  CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR PARSONS. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAVERLY...NEW JOHNSONVILLE...HURRICANE MILLS AND LOBELVILLE.

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 3576 8799 3583 8798 3590 8793 3593 8793
      3594 8801 3598 8803 3600 8800 3605 8799
      3612 8793 3619 8793 3599 8754 3591 8771
      3563 8775 3565 8802 3572 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 203DEG 38KT 3577 8803

$$

07

1 follow-up statement

421 
WWUS54 KOHX 132148
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
448 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

TNC085-135-132215-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-141013T2215Z/
PERRY TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
448 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR HUMPHREYS
AND NORTHERN PERRY COUNTIES...

AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A CONFIRMED TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LOBELVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAVERLY...NEW JOHNSONVILLE AND HURRICANE MILLS.

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 TUESDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3573 8774 3571 8800 3573 8802 3576 8799
      3583 8798 3590 8793 3593 8793 3594 8801
      3598 8803 3600 8800 3605 8799 3612 8793
      3619 8793 3599 8754 3591 8771
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 203DEG 38KT 3582 8791

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 12, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence	61 min
Oct 12, 11:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence	49 min
Oct 13, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence	59 min
Oct 13, 2:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Montgomery	44 min
Oct 13, 3:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 32 more	32 hr
Oct 13, 3:57 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 32 more	23 hr
Oct 13, 4:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Bedford, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury and 3 more	3 hr
Oct 13, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Marshall	39 min
Oct 13, 5:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart	38 min
Oct 13, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	35 min
Oct 13, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Perry, Wayne	47 min
Oct 13, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson	42 min
Oct 13, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne	50 min
Oct 13, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart	47 min
Oct 13, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren	29 min
Oct 13, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Lewis, Maury and 4 more	65 min
Oct 13, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner and 2 more	47 min
Oct 13, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Montgomery	17 min
Oct 13, 6:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Montgomery	12 min
Oct 13, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Montgomery, Stewart	42 min
Oct 13, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	21 min
Oct 13, 6:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry	6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.