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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Nashville, TN

October 13, 2014Montgomery County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 6:18 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Tennessee. It was in force for 12 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 2014, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2014, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Montgomery County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 75 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.

887 
WFUS54 KOHX 132318
TOROHX
TNC125-132330-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0024.141013T2318Z-141013T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GUTHRIE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

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 3664 8712 3663 8712 3663 8713 3662 8712
      3660 8712 3653 8719 3658 8741 3664 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 216DEG 30KT 3661 8724

$$

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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, 5:43 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, 6:33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.