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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Nashville, TN

October 13, 20146 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 5:40 PM CDT for 6 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 50 min. 3 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, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2014, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hickman County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Maury County, TN, Perry County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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, 5:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ssw Columbia, TNSEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN IN GLENSTONE SUBDIVISION ON CAMPBELLSVILLE PIKE SOUTH OF COLUMBIA
Oct 13, 5:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGColumbia, TNLARGE TREE DOWN THAT CRUSHED IRON FENCE ON COLUMBIA ACADEMY CAMPUS AT W 7TH ST AND ACADEMY LN
Oct 13, 6:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGColumbia, TNTREES REPORTED DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY INCLUDING NEELY HOLLOW...CAMPBELLSVILLE PIKE...SANTA FE...MT PLEASANT...AND COLUMBIA.C

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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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°0°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.

102 
WFUS54 KOHX 132240
TOROHX
TNC081-099-101-119-135-181-132330-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0021.141013T2240Z-141013T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  EAST CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF WAYNESBORO...AND
  MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOHENWALD...COLUMBIA...CENTERVILLE...SUMMERTOWN...MOUNT PLEASANT...
  ETHRIDGE...HENRYVILLE...GORDONSBURG...KIMMINS...HAMPSHIRE...
  WILLIAMSPORT AND SANTA FE.

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 3522 8786 3586 8763 3568 8691 3543 8717
      3542 8721 3540 8721 3513 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 201DEG 50KT 3536 8757

$$

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1 follow-up statement
511 
WWUS54 KOHX 132300
SVSOHX

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

TNC081-099-101-119-135-181-132330-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-141013T2330Z/
PERRY TN-WAYNE TN-HICKMAN TN-LAWRENCE TN-LEWIS TN-MAURY TN-
600 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR MAURY...
LEWIS...NORTHERN LAWRENCE...SOUTHERN HICKMAN...NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND
EAST CENTRAL PERRY COUNTIES...

AT 557 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GORDONSBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLUMBIA...CENTERVILLE...MOUNT PLEASANT...HAMPSHIRE...WILLIAMSPORT
  AND SANTA FE.

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 3537 8781 3586 8763 3568 8691 3543 8717
      3542 8721 3540 8721 3528 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 201DEG 50KT 3561 8745

$$

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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, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart38 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, 5:43 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.