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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Nashville, TN

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

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2015, 7:30 PM CST for Lawrence County, Lewis County, Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 30 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
Dec 23, 2015, 7:30 PM CST (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Dec 23, 2015, 8:00 PM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Maury County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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

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, 7:35 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG13 N Lawrenceburg, TNMOBILE HOME HEAVY DAMAGED ON 175 RICE ROAD.
Dec 23, 7:35 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG13 N Lawrenceburg, TNMOBILE HOME HEAVY DAMAGED ON 175 RIDE ROAD.
Dec 23, 7:38 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG8 N Ethridge, TNHOME RECEIVED DAMAGE ON HWY 20 FROM LIKELY TORNADO.
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, 7:52 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG14 Nnw Lawrenceburg, TNDAMAGE CONCENTRATED ALONG A LINE FROM SR 241 TOWARDS A POINT 3 MILES WEST OF SUMMERTOWN. TWENTY PLUS STRUCTURES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

544 
WFUS54 KOHX 240130 RRA
TOROHX
TNC099-101-119-240200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0021.151224T0130Z-151224T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 800 PM CST
    
* AT 730 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF SUMMERTOWN...OR 12 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF HOHENWALD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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...
  SUMMERTOWN AROUND 740 PM CST.
  MOUNT PLEASANT AROUND 755 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HENRYVILLE AND HAMPSHIRE.

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.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3536 8758 3541 8758 3564 8732 3548 8705
      3543 8717 3543 8721 3542 8721 3530 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 238DEG 49KT 3539 8747 

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

$$

AL
1 follow-up statement
428 
WWUS54 KOHX 240140
SVSOHX

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

TNC099-101-119-240200-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-151224T0200Z/
MAURY TN-LEWIS TN-LAWRENCE TN-
740 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MAURY...SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS AND NORTHERN LAWRENCE
COUNTIES...
        
AT 739 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED OVER SUMMERTOWN...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOHENWALD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 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. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MOUNT PLEASANT AROUND 755 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HENRYVILLE AND HAMPSHIRE. DAMAGE WAS REPORTED ALONG NAPIER ROAD SO
TAKE COVER!

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 3536 8758 3541 8758 3564 8732 3548 8705
      3543 8717 3543 8721 3542 8721 3530 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 238DEG 49KT 3546 8734 

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 Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatOHXLawrence, Lewis, Wayne37 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, 7:33 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

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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.