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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Nashville, TN

December 23, 2015Perry County, Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2015, 5:52 PM CST for Perry County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 23 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: Dec 23, 2015, 5:52 PM CST (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Dec 23, 2015, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Perry County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Dec 23, 6:16 PM CST	TORNADO	4 Sse Linden, TN	* 2 FATAL * AN EF-2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN FOUR MILES SOUTH OF LINDEN AND TRAVELED EAST-NORTHEAST FOR 13.9 MILES. A BRICK HOME ON HURRICANE CREEK RD RECEIVED DAMAGE CONCURRENT WITH WINDS AROUND 115 MPH. AT THIS POINT THE TORNADO HAD A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 500 YA
Dec 23, 6:16 PM CST	TORNADO	4 Sse Linden, TN	* 2 FATAL * AN EF-2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN FOUR MILES SOUTH OF LINDEN AND TRAVELED EAST-NORTHEAST FOR 13.9 MILES. A BRICK HOME ON HURRICANE CREEK RD RECEIVED DAMAGE CONCURRENT WITH WINDS AROUND 115 MPH. AT THIS POINT THE TORNADO HAD A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 500 YA
Dec 23, 6:20 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 E Linden, TN	LIKELY TORNADO DAMAGE TO HOMES NEAR HWY 412 E AND HURRICANE CREEK RD
Dec 23, 6:25 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	8 Ese Linden, TN	* 2 FATAL * 2 DEATHS IN HOUSE BETWEEN LINDEN AND HOHENWALD

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
Dec 23, 4:49 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 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.

187 
WFUS54 KOHX 232352
TOROHX
TNC135-181-240015-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0010.151223T2352Z-151224T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
552 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 615 PM CST
    
* AT 552 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SARDIS...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF SAVANNAH...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LINDEN AROUND 615 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CLIFTON AND FLATWOODS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3548 8799 3551 8798 3553 8798 3559 8802
      3573 8784 3555 8768 3551 8769 3550 8771
      3548 8772 3547 8769 3547 8765 3546 8765
      3533 8802 3535 8801 3536 8802 3539 8802
      3539 8799 3541 8797 3543 8803 3545 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 235DEG 58KT 3537 8820 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

WHITEHEAD

1 follow-up statement

746 
WWUS54 KOHX 240002
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
602 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

TNC135-181-240015-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-151224T0015Z/
PERRY TN-WAYNE TN-
602 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
PERRY AND NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...
    
AT 601 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DECATURVILLE...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LINDEN AROUND 615 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CLIFTON AND FLATWOODS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3548 8799 3551 8798 3553 8798 3559 8802
      3573 8784 3555 8768 3551 8769 3550 8771
      3548 8772 3547 8769 3547 8765 3546 8765
      3533 8802 3535 8801 3536 8802 3539 8802
      3539 8799 3541 8797 3543 8803 3545 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 230DEG 53KT 3548 8805 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

WHITEHEAD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 23, 5:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	37 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.