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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2015, 7:08 PM CST for Lawrence County, Lewis County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 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, 7:08 PM CST (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2015, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Wayne County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 7:30 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 12 Nw Lawrenceburg, TN | DAMAGE TO HOME ON NAPIER RD. FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONDING. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Dec 23, 7:41 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 14 Wnw Lawrenceburg, TN | HWY 64 BLOCKED AT OVILLA AT LAWRENCE WAYNE COUNTY LINE. GUARD RAILS PULLED UP. |
| Dec 23, 7:42 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Nw Lawrenceburg, TN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN 2 FEET IN DIAMETER ON HWY 241 ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF SR 240. POSSIBLE TOR DAMAGE |
| Dec 23, 7:46 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Nw Lawrenceburg, TN | TWO HOUSES DESTROYED NEAR SUMMERTOWN. POSSIBLE TOR DAMAGE |
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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 598 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 698 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
596
WFUS54 KOHX 240108
TOROHX
TNC099-101-181-240145-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0017.151224T0108Z-151224T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
708 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 745 PM CST
* AT 707 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR COLLINWOOD...OR NEAR WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 50 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...SOUTHWESTERN LEWIS AND NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3515 8781 3526 8792 3552 8759 3532 8739
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 237DEG 43KT 3524 8781
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
AL1 follow-up statement
010
WWUS54 KOHX 240118
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
718 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
TNC099-101-181-240145-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-151224T0145Z/
WAYNE TN-LEWIS TN-LAWRENCE TN-
718 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...SOUTHWESTERN LEWIS AND NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE
COUNTIES...
AT 717 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO.
DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LUTTS WHERE MULTIPLE INJURIES HAVE
OCCURRED AND HOUSES ARE DAMAGED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3521 8766 3522 8787 3531 8781 3552 8759
3532 8739
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 239DEG 43KT 3529 8768
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
ALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 6:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 6:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 23 min |
| Dec 23, 6:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry | 32 min |
| Dec 23, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery | 30 min |
| Dec 23, 6:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 6:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 27 min |
| Dec 23, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 6:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson | 34 min |
| Dec 23, 6:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Williamson | 32 min |
| Dec 23, 7:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 7:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 33 min |
| Dec 23, 7:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Robertson | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 7:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 30 min |
| Dec 23, 7:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Maury | 30 min |
| Dec 23, 7:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 27 min |
| Dec 23, 7:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 45 min |
| Dec 23, 7:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 7:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Maury | 32 min |
| Dec 23, 8:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 8:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 21 min |
| Dec 23, 8:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson | 11 min |
| Dec 23, 8:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 8:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Wayne | 27 min |
| Dec 23, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 17 min |
| Dec 23, 8:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 9:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Williamson | 34 min |
| Dec 23, 9:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Jackson | 23 min |
| Dec 23, 10:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Smith | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 10:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 10:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Overton, Putnam, White | 29 min |
| Dec 23, 11:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 32 min |
| Dec 23, 11:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress | 35 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.