Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2015

Tornado Warning 17, NWS Nashville, TN

December 23, 2015Lawrence County, Lewis County, Wayne County, Tennessee

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 23, 7:30 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG12 Nw Lawrenceburg, TNDAMAGE TO HOME ON NAPIER RD. FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONDING. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Dec 23, 7:41 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG14 Wnw Lawrenceburg, TNHWY 64 BLOCKED AT OVILLA AT LAWRENCE WAYNE COUNTY LINE. GUARD RAILS PULLED UP.
Dec 23, 7:42 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG10 Nw Lawrenceburg, TNNUMEROUS TREES DOWN 2 FEET IN DIAMETER ON HWY 241 ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF SR 240. POSSIBLE TOR DAMAGE
Dec 23, 7:46 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG7 Nw Lawrenceburg, TNTWO 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 23, 4:49 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2015-12-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2015-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 598 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

AL
1 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

$$

AL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 6:05 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHouston, Humphreys25 min
Dec 23, 6:07 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys23 min
Dec 23, 6:13 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry32 min
Dec 23, 6:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery30 min
Dec 23, 6:35 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatOHXHickman, Maury25 min
Dec 23, 6:48 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWayne27 min
Dec 23, 6:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson25 min
Dec 23, 6:56 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson34 min
Dec 23, 6:58 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Williamson32 min
Dec 23, 7:08 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Williamson37 min
Dec 23, 7:12 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWayne33 min
Dec 23, 7:24 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRobertson36 min
Dec 23, 7:30 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Wilson30 min
Dec 23, 7:30 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Maury30 min
Dec 23, 7:33 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne27 min
Dec 23, 7:45 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSumner45 min
Dec 23, 7:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham, Dickson37 min
Dec 23, 7:58 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Maury32 min
Dec 23, 8:09 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMaury, Williamson36 min
Dec 23, 8:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson21 min
Dec 23, 8:17 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson11 min
Dec 23, 8:24 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMarshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson36 min
Dec 23, 8:33 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWayne27 min
Dec 23, 8:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Wayne17 min
Dec 23, 8:50 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXRutherford25 min
Dec 23, 9:11 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWilliamson34 min
Dec 23, 9:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne3 hr
Dec 23, 10:22 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXJackson23 min
Dec 23, 10:24 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Smith36 min
Dec 23, 10:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett25 min
Dec 23, 10:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDeKalb, Putnam37 min
Dec 23, 11:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Overton, Putnam, White29 min
Dec 23, 11:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Overton, Pickett32 min
Dec 23, 11:25 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress35 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2015Every tornado warning in 2015Tornadoes in 2015

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.