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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 5:43 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min. 12 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, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2014, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dickson County, TN, Houston County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Stewart County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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, 5:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nw Slayden, TN | TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 13 BY MARLOWE ROAD |
| Oct 13, 5:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Palmyra, TN | TREES DOWN ON BUCKS SMITH ROAD |
| Oct 13, 5:52 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Palmyra, TN | |
| Oct 13, 6:08 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Se Clarksville, TN | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON CHESTERFIELD DRIVE WITH ONE TREE INTO A HOME. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Oct 13, 6:09 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Se Clarksville, TN | AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM FOUND EF-1 TORNADO DAMAGE A FEW MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLARKSVILLE. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 609 PM MONDAY EVENING JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 76 NEAR CHESTERFIELD DR. THE TORNADO CAUSED SPORADIC DAMAGE AS IT TRAVELED NORTHEAST 3.4 MILES |
| Oct 13, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Clarksville, TN | TREE DOWN ON MOBILE HOME IN PREWITTS MOBILE HOME PARK |
| Oct 13, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nne Clarksville, TN | TREE AND POWER LINE DOWN ON TRENTON ROAD. POWER OUT TO OVER 1000 PEOPLE. |
| Oct 13, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Clarksville, TN | TREE FELL AND DAMAGED ROOF OF HOME IN NEW PROVIDENCE AREA |
| Oct 13, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Se Clarksville, TN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND STOP SIGN BLOWN OVER WITH POWER OUTAGES AROUND INTERSECTION OF RICHVIEW ROAD AT SENTINEL DRIVE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Oct 13, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Se Clarksville, TN | TREES DOWN ACROSS INDIAN HILLS COURT AT MEADOW CIRCLE |
| Oct 13, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Se Clarksville, TN | TREES DOWN ACROSS INDIAN HILLS COURT AT MEADOW CIRCLE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Oct 13, 6:15 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 E Clarksville, TN | BOWL-SHAPED FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED CROSSING I-24 AT MILE MARKER 9 |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 70 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.
680
WFUS54 KOHX 132243
TOROHX
TNC043-083-125-161-132330-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0022.141013T2243Z-141013T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
543 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN STEWART COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ERIN...AND MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARKSVILLE...CUMBERLAND CITY...CUNNINGHAM...PALMYRA AND WOODLAWN.
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 3665 8712 3660 8712 3656 8714 3653 8711
3646 8713 3638 8725 3637 8725 3635 8728
3633 8728 3618 8741 3625 8770 3665 8763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 197DEG 59KT 3633 8757
$$
071 follow-up statement
126
WWUS54 KOHX 132255
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
555 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
TNC043-083-161-132304-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-141013T2330Z/
STEWART TN-DICKSON TN-HOUSTON TN-
555 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN HOUSTON...NORTHWESTERN DICKSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN STEWART COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3664 8712 3663 8713 3660 8712 3656 8714
3653 8711 3646 8713 3638 8725 3637 8725
3635 8728 3632 8728 3635 8759 3664 8759
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 197DEG 59KT 3643 8741
$$
TNC125-132330-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-141013T2330Z/
MONTGOMERY TN-
555 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CUNNINGHAM...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARKSVILLE AND WOODLAWN.
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 3664 8712 3663 8713 3660 8712 3656 8714
3653 8711 3646 8713 3638 8725 3637 8725
3635 8728 3632 8728 3635 8759 3664 8759
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 197DEG 59KT 3643 8741
$$
07The 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, 5:10 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, 5:46 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.