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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2014, 6:11 AM CDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 34 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
- Apr 4, 2014, 6:11 AM CDT (11:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2014, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cannon County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 6:11 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Smyrna, TN | AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT THE ROOF BLOWN OFF A BP GAS STATION AND CAR WASH IN NORTHERN SMYRNA WAS CAUSED BY 80 MPH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. |
| Apr 4, 6:11 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Smyrna, TN | THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A BP GAS STATION AND CAR WASH IN NORTHERN SMYRNA. |
| Apr 4, 6:20 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Walterhill, TN | SPOTTER REPORTED ONE UPROOTED TREE AND SEVERAL SNAPPED TREES ALONG WITH DAMAGED CARPORTS AT CENTRAL VALLEY RD AND WEBB LANE. |
| Apr 4, 6:26 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Walterhill, TN | TELEPHONE POLES SNAPPED AT THE 1400 BLOCK OF WEST JEFFERSON PIKE IN WALTERHILL. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2:52 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 999 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1348 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
014 WFUS54 KOHX 041111 TOROHX TNC015-041-149-159-189-041145- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0008.140404T1111Z-140404T1145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 611 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL CANNON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NORTHWESTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NORTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SOUTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SOUTHERN WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 645 AM CDT * AT 610 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SMYRNA...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WALTERHILL...WATERTOWN...LASCASSAS...CEDARS OF LEBANON STATE PARK...MILTON...AUBURNTOWN...ALEXANDRIA...LIBERTY AND DOWELLTOWN. 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 3624 8600 3594 8590 3590 8651 3605 8655 TIME...MOT...LOC 1111Z 254DEG 45KT 3600 8646 $$ BOYD
3 follow-up statements
426 WWUS54 KOHX 041117 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 617 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 TNC015-041-149-159-189-041145- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140404T1145Z/ RUTHERFORD TN-SMITH TN-WILSON TN-CANNON TN-DE KALB TN- 617 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN DE KALB...NORTH CENTRAL CANNON...SOUTHEASTERN WILSON... SOUTHWESTERN SMITH AND NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES... AT 615 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALTERHILL...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WATERTOWN...LASCASSAS...CEDARS OF LEBANON STATE PARK...MILTON... AUBURNTOWN...ALEXANDRIA...LIBERTY AND DOWELLTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE...OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. && LAT...LON 3621 8599 3594 8590 3591 8644 3603 8647 TIME...MOT...LOC 1117Z 254DEG 45KT 3598 8637 $$ BOYD
710 WWUS54 KOHX 041127 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 627 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 TNC159-041136- /O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140404T1145Z/ SMITH TN- 627 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3602 8598 3594 8590 3592 8640 3601 8639 TIME...MOT...LOC 1126Z 276DEG 43KT 3594 8625 $$ TNC015-041-149-189-041145- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140404T1145Z/ RUTHERFORD TN-WILSON TN-CANNON TN-DE KALB TN- 627 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL DE KALB...NORTH CENTRAL CANNON...SOUTHEASTERN WILSON AND NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES... AT 625 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LASCASSAS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MILTON...AUBURNTOWN AND LIBERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE...OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. && LAT...LON 3602 8598 3594 8590 3592 8640 3601 8639 TIME...MOT...LOC 1126Z 276DEG 43KT 3594 8625 $$ BOYD
102 WWUS54 KOHX 041141 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 641 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 TNC015-041-149-189-041151- /O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140404T1145Z/ RUTHERFORD TN-WILSON TN-CANNON TN-DE KALB TN- 641 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL DE KALB...NORTH CENTRAL CANNON...SOUTHEASTERN WILSON AND NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 AM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3602 8598 3594 8590 3592 8640 3601 8639 TIME...MOT...LOC 1141Z 276DEG 43KT 3592 8603 $$ BOYD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 2:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 3:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 3:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 4:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 50 min |
| Apr 4, 4:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Giles, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 5 more | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys | 61 min |
| Apr 4, 5:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Davidson, Dickson and 10 more | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 5:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 5:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson | 57 min |
| Apr 4, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 6:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb and 15 more | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Rutherford, Warren and 1 more | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 7:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Grundy, Jackson and 6 more | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress | 55 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.