Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT for Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 958 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
949
WFUS54 KOHX 030045
TOROHX
TNC189-030115-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0003.150703T0045Z-150703T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
745 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 744 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LEBANON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY.
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 3624 8611 3623 8611 3618 8623 3623 8629
3631 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 226DEG 15KT 3622 8624
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
211 follow-up statement
526
WWUS54 KOHX 030059
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
759 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015
TNC189-030115-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150703T0115Z/
WILSON TN-
759 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY...
AT 758 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF LEBANON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3624 8611 3623 8611 3618 8623 3622 8624
3629 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 243DEG 12KT 3620 8621
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
21The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Wilson | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wilson | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 7:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Smith | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 22 min |
| Jul 2, 8:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Putnam | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Overton | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 9:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam, Smith | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, White | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson and 17 more | 57 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, White | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Overton | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, White | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Overton | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.