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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 5:07 PM CDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 38 min. 8 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, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dickson County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Stewart County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Oct 13, 5:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Se Erin, TN | DISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN NEAR SALMON BRANCH RD AND HIGHWAY 49. |
| Oct 13, 5:36 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Ese Erin, TN | AN NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE ACROSS EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN THE AREA OF BAILEY HOLLOW ROAD...IEMAY ROAD...OLD HIGHWAY 49...AND PROCTOR ROAD. A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED AND 3 HOMES REPORTEDLY HAD MINOR ROOF OR EXTERIOR DAMAGE |
| Oct 13, 5:38 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 Ese Erin, TN | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL BROKE WINDOWS IN VEHICLES IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY. TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
| Oct 13, 5:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 Se Cumberland City, TN | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WITH DAMAGE TO VEHICLES |
| Oct 13, 5:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nw Slayden, TN | TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 13 BY MARLOWE ROAD |
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
227 WFUS54 KOHX 132207 TOROHX TNC043-083-085-125-161-132245- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0019.141013T2207Z-141013T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 507 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... HOUSTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SOUTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SOUTHEASTERN STEWART COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 505 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 NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WAVERLY...ERIN...MCEWEN...TENNESSEE RIDGE...CHARLOTTE...VANLEER... SLAYDEN AND CUMBERLAND CITY. 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 3642 8782 3631 8715 3593 8767 3602 8797 TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 211DEG 52KT 3605 8778 $$
1 follow-up statement
670 WWUS54 KOHX 132219 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 519 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 TNC043-083-085-125-161-132245- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-141013T2245Z/ STEWART TN-DICKSON TN-HOUSTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-MONTGOMERY TN- 519 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN HUMPHREYS...HOUSTON...NORTHERN DICKSON AND SOUTHEASTERN STEWART COUNTIES... AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCEWEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ERIN...TENNESSEE RIDGE...CHARLOTTE...VANLEER...SLAYDEN...CUMBERLAND CITY AND CHEATHAM DAM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE...OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. && LAT...LON 3642 8782 3630 8716 3600 8757 3608 8795 TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 211DEG 52KT 3621 8766 $$
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, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Humphreys, Perry | 42 min |
| Oct 13, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall | 39 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.