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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Nashville, TN

October 13, 20144 counties in Tennessee

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.

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, 5:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Nw Slayden, TNTREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 13 BY MARLOWE ROAD
Oct 13, 5:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGPalmyra, TNTREES DOWN ON BUCKS SMITH ROAD
Oct 13, 5:52 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Palmyra, TN
Oct 13, 6:08 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Se Clarksville, TNTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON CHESTERFIELD DRIVE WITH ONE TREE INTO A HOME. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Oct 13, 6:09 PM CDTTORNADO5 Se Clarksville, TNAN 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 CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nne Clarksville, TNTREE DOWN ON MOBILE HOME IN PREWITTS MOBILE HOME PARK
Oct 13, 6:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Nne Clarksville, TNTREE AND POWER LINE DOWN ON TRENTON ROAD. POWER OUT TO OVER 1000 PEOPLE.
Oct 13, 6:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Wnw Clarksville, TNTREE FELL AND DAMAGED ROOF OF HOME IN NEW PROVIDENCE AREA
Oct 13, 6:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Se Clarksville, TNNUMEROUS 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 CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Se Clarksville, TNTREES DOWN ACROSS INDIAN HILLS COURT AT MEADOW CIRCLE
Oct 13, 6:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Se Clarksville, TNTREES DOWN ACROSS INDIAN HILLS COURT AT MEADOW CIRCLE. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Oct 13, 6:15 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD6 E Clarksville, TNBOWL-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.

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 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.

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.

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

$$

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1 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

$$

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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, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne50 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.