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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Nashville, TN

October 13, 20145 counties in Tennessee

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 13, 5:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGWaverly, TNTREE FELL ON HOME IN WAVERLY CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO ROOF AND BROKEN WINDOWS
Oct 13, 5:15 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Waverly, TNGOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN WAVERLY
Oct 13, 5:18 PM CDTHAIL 13 Ssw Waverly, TNQUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BETWEEN WAVERLY AND LOBELVILLE ON HIGHWAY 13
Oct 13, 5:35 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG8 Se Erin, TNDISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN NEAR SALMON BRANCH RD AND HIGHWAY 49.
Oct 13, 5:36 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG7 Ese Erin, TNAN 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 CDTHAIL 1.756 Ese Erin, TNGOLF BALL SIZE HAIL BROKE WINDOWS IN VEHICLES IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY. TIME BASED ON RADAR.
Oct 13, 5:40 PM CDTHAIL 1.756 Se Cumberland City, TNGOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WITH DAMAGE TO VEHICLES
Oct 13, 5:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Nw Slayden, TNTREE 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 13, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2014-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2014-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 305 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
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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 10:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLawrence61 min
Oct 12, 11:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLawrence49 min
Oct 13, 2:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLawrence59 min
Oct 13, 2:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMontgomery44 min
Oct 13, 3:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchOHXBedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 32 more32 hr
Oct 13, 3:57 AM CDTWind AdvisoryOHXBedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 32 more23 hr
Oct 13, 4:56 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXBedford, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury and 3 more3 hr
Oct 13, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys, Perry42 min
Oct 13, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Marshall39 min
Oct 13, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne35 min
Oct 13, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Perry, Wayne47 min
Oct 13, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson42 min
Oct 13, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne50 min
Oct 13, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart47 min
Oct 13, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren29 min
Oct 13, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Lewis, Maury and 4 more65 min
Oct 13, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner and 2 more47 min
Oct 13, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery17 min
Oct 13, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery12 min
Oct 13, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Montgomery, Stewart42 min
Oct 13, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner21 min
Oct 13, 6:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXDickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry6 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.