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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Nashville, TN

October 13, 2014Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 5:10 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lawrence County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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, 5:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Iron City, TN	POWER LINES DOWN ON HOUSE IN IRON CITY
Oct 13, 5:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Iron City, TN	TREES ON POWER LINES BETWEEN ST JOE AND IRON CITY. ALSO TREES FELL ON A HOUSE IN IRON CITY.

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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.

069 
WFUS54 KOHX 132210
TOROHX
TNC099-181-132245-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0020.141013T2210Z-141013T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 508 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLLINWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAYNESBORO...COLLINWOOD...SUMMERTOWN...WESTPOINT AND HENRYVILLE.

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 3500 8794 3548 8781 3547 8764 3544 8764
      3544 8761 3542 8761 3540 8757 3540 8752
      3541 8751 3542 8748 3542 8745 3545 8745
      3543 8721 3500 8756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 206DEG 54KT 3511 8778

$$

07

1 follow-up statement

410 
WWUS54 KOHX 132237
SVSOHX

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

TNC099-181-132245-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-141013T2245Z/
WAYNE TN-LAWRENCE TN-
537 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR LAWRENCE
AND WAYNE COUNTIES...

AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLLINWOOD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAYNESBORO...SUMMERTOWN...HENRYVILLE AND ETHRIDGE.

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 3500 8794 3548 8781 3547 8764 3544 8764
      3544 8761 3542 8761 3540 8757 3540 8752
      3541 8751 3542 8748 3542 8745 3545 8745
      3543 8721 3500 8756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 204DEG 46KT 3523 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, 5:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart	38 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.