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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 9:24 PM CST for Clay County, Jackson County, Overton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 min. 4 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
- Feb 20, 2014, 9:24 PM CST (03:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Overton County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 9:28 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Celina, TN | PORCH DAMAGED ON HOME IN THE TINSLEY BOTTOM COMMUNITY SOUTHWEST OF CELINA |
| Feb 20, 9:30 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 7 W Livingston, TN | TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS ALLENS CHAPEL ROAD |
| Feb 20, 9:31 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Nw Livingston, TN | TREES DOWN IN ALLONS... HILHAM... AND TIMOTHY |
| Feb 20, 9:33 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ne Celina, TN | MULTIPLE TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN... A SUBDIVISION WAS WITHOUT POWER... AND A HOME WAS REPORTED WITH ROOF DAMAGE ON OLD HIGHWAY 53. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 6:49 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1039 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
081 WFUS54 KOHX 210324 TOROHX TNC027-087-133-210400- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0004.140221T0324Z-140221T0400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 924 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NORTHWESTERN OVERTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 1000 PM CST * AT 919 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GAINESBORO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CELINA AND STANDING STONE STATE PARK. 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 AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. LAT...LON 3662 8541 3640 8533 3630 8564 3650 8567 TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 240DEG 47KT 3645 8554 $$ 07
1 follow-up statement
183 WWUS54 KOHX 210348 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 948 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 TNC027-087-133-210358- /O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T0400Z/ OVERTON TN-CLAY TN-JACKSON TN- 948 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...EASTERN CLAY AND NORTHWESTERN OVERTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3662 8541 3640 8533 3630 8564 3650 8567 TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 240DEG 47KT 3660 8520 $$ 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry | 56 min |
| Feb 20, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson | 26 min |
| Feb 20, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 49 min |
| Feb 20, 6:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson | 32 min |
| Feb 20, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 16 min |
| Feb 20, 7:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Marshall, Maury, Williamson | 45 min |
| Feb 20, 7:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 30 min |
| Feb 20, 7:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 35 min |
| Feb 20, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne | 47 min |
| Feb 20, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson, Sumner | 44 min |
| Feb 20, 7:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 34 min |
| Feb 20, 8:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Trousdale and 1 more | 38 min |
| Feb 20, 8:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 36 min |
| Feb 20, 8:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Rutherford | 42 min |
| Feb 20, 8:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 37 min |
| Feb 20, 8:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 25 min |
| Feb 20, 8:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Sumner and 2 more | 38 min |
| Feb 20, 8:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 38 min |
| Feb 20, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 38 min |
| Feb 20, 9:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam and 2 more | 37 min |
| Feb 20, 9:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren | 35 min |
| Feb 20, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, White | 34 min |
| Feb 20, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, White | 45 min |
| Feb 20, 9:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 13 min |
| Feb 20, 10:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 27 min |
| Feb 20, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren | 61 min |
| Feb 20, 10:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, DeKalb, Putnam, White | 45 min |
| Feb 20, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam | 34 min |
| Feb 20, 10:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 31 min |
| Feb 20, 11:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 56 min |
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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.