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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Nashville, TN

July 2, 2015Wilson County, Tennessee

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2015-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 958 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 2015-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

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1 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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWilson35 min
Jul 2, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilson27 min
Jul 2, 7:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Overton2 hr
Jul 2, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSmith34 min
Jul 2, 8:08 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedOHXSmith, Wilson22 min
Jul 2, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXPutnam41 min
Jul 2, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXOverton24 min
Jul 2, 9:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXJackson, Overton, Putnam, Smith3 hr
Jul 2, 9:30 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Overton3 hr
Jul 2, 9:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCumberland, Putnam, White4 hr
Jul 2, 9:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry3 hr
Jul 2, 9:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchOHXBedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson and 17 more57 hr
Jul 3, 12:40 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOHXClay, Overton, Putnam3 hr
Jul 3, 1:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCumberland, Putnam, White6 hr
Jul 3, 7:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon, Overton3 hr
Jul 3, 7:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCumberland, Putnam, White3 hr
Jul 3, 10:06 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon, Overton6 hr
Jul 3, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXClay, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton45 min
Jul 3, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXClay, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton39 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.