Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 12:32 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 28 min. 6 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 28, 2014, 12:32 PM CDT (17:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cumberland County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Putnam County, TN, White County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 12:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 E Sparta, TN | 2 HOMES SUFFERED ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE. A GRAIN SILO WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. DEBRIS SCATTERED ALL OVER PER EMA. DAMAGE WAS ALONG EASTLAND RD IN FAR EASTERN WHITE COUNTY. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Apr 28, 12:33 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 11 E Sparta, TN | NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND A TRAILERS PORCH WAS DESTROYED. RESIDENTS CLEARLY SAW A ROTATING FUNNEL BEFORE THE DAMAGE OCCURRED. LOCATION IS 1 MILE FURTHER EAST DOWN EASTLAND ROAD FROM THE PREVIOUS DAMAGE REPORT. |
| Apr 28, 12:36 PM CDT | TORNADO | 13 Ese Sparta, TN | INITIAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF DUMPLIN RIDGE ROAD AND EASTLAND ROAD IN NORTHEAST WHITE COUNTY. TREES WERE SNAPPED AND AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE WAS THROWN OFF THEROAD AT THIS LOCATION. DAMAGE CONTINUED APPROXIMATELY 2.1 MILES TOTHE EAST-N |
| Apr 28, 12:36 PM CDT | TORNADO | 13 Ese Sparta, TN | RATED EF1. INITIAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF DUMPLIN RIDGE ROAD AND EASTLAND ROAD IN NORTHEAST WHITE COUNTY. TREES WERE SNAPPED AND AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE WAS THROWN OFF THE ROAD AT THIS LOCATION. DAMAGE CONTINUED APPROXIMATELY 2.1 MILES |
| Apr 28, 12:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pleasant Hill, TN | SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN PLEASANT GROVE. |
| Apr 28, 12:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pleasant Hill, TN | SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN PLEASANT GROVE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 573 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 616 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 14.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
915
WFUS54 KOHX 281732
TOROHX
TNC035-049-141-185-281800-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0009.140428T1732Z-140428T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1232 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN FENTRESS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
EASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT
* AT 1230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPARTA...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
IN ADDITION...1 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SPARTA WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROSSVILLE...FAIRFIELD GLADE...PLEASANT HILL...SLATE SPRINGS AND
CLARKRANGE.
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 3595 8485 3582 8535 3604 8544 3615 8517
3615 8512 3620 8508 3625 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 252DEG 43KT 3595 8531
$$
111 follow-up statement
970
WWUS54 KOHX 281749
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1249 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
TNC049-185-281759-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140428T1800Z/
WHITE TN-FENTRESS TN-
1249 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FENTRESS AND EASTERN WHITE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3587 8515 3613 8523 3615 8517 3614 8508
3617 8503 3615 8500 3616 8497 3615 8496
3615 8494 3595 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 252DEG 43KT 3602 8506
$$
TNC035-141-281800-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140428T1800Z/
PUTNAM TN-CUMBERLAND TN-
1249 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
CUMBERLAND AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTIES...
AT 1246 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CROSSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAIRFIELD GLADE AND SLATE SPRINGS.
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 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3587 8515 3613 8523 3615 8517 3614 8508
3617 8503 3615 8500 3616 8497 3615 8496
3615 8494 3595 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 252DEG 43KT 3602 8506
$$
11The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 5:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Macon | 22 min |
| Apr 28, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Robertson | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 6:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 7:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Wilson | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 7:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Williamson | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 7:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 7:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 32 more | 35 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 8:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne, Williamson | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:22 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, Van Buren, Warren, White | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 12:42 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Hickman | 18 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 1:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Montgomery, Perry | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Maury | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lawrence | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 4:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 32 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Robertson | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 5:58 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Hickman | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:58 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Perry | 3 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.