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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Nashville, TN

July 13, 2015Clay County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2015, 7:16 PM CDT for Clay County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 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
Jul 13, 2015, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.5 in

County Clay County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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
Jul 13, 7:25 PM CDTHAIL 15 Nne Celina, TNAT PEA RIDGE QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND LARGER REPORTED ALONG WITH SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO OUT BUILDING.
Jul 13, 7:26 PM CDTHAIL 0.76 Ne Celina, TNDIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT HOLLY CREEK RESORT ON DALE HOLLOW LAKE
Jul 13, 7:26 PM CDTHAIL 15 Ne Celina, TNWILLOW GROVE RESORT REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL
Jul 13, 7:36 PM CDTHAIL 0.76 Ne Celina, TNDIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT HOLLY CREEK RESORT ON DALE HOLLOW LAKE
Jul 13, 7:46 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Nne Celina, TNAT PEA RIDGE QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND LARGER REPORTED ALONG WITH SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO OUT BUILDING.
Jul 13, 7:46 PM CDTHAIL 15 Nne Celina, TNAT PEA RIDGE QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND LARGER REPORTED ALONG WITH SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO OUT BUILDING.

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
Jul 13, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2015-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1428 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 2015-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1428 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1559 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

525 
WFUS54 KOHX 140016
TOROHX
TNC027-140045-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0005.150714T0016Z-150714T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
716 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
    
* AT 716 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CELINA...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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...
  CELINA AROUND 720 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE DALE
HOLLOW LAKE.

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 3653 8528 3652 8530 3653 8531 3653 8535
      3651 8539 3650 8540 3650 8544 3648 8546
      3647 8550 3662 8552 3662 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 340DEG 18KT 3661 8541 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

BARNWELL
1 follow-up statement
528 
WWUS54 KOHX 140030
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
730 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

TNC027-140045-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150714T0045Z/
CLAY TN-
730 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY...
    
AT 729 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CELINA...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DALE
HOLLOW LAKE.

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 3653 8531 3653 8535 3651 8539 3650 8540
      3650 8544 3648 8546 3660 8549 3661 8538
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 340DEG 18KT 3655 8538 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BARNWELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress, Pickett51 min
Jul 14, 7:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress46 min
Jul 14, 12:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress25 min
Jul 14, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Pickett44 min
Jul 14, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Overton49 min
Jul 14, 1:34 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXFentress, Pickett26 min
Jul 14, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Overton, Pickett39 min
Jul 14, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Overton, Putnam39 min
Jul 14, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Pickett28 min
Jul 14, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDickson, Humphreys43 min
Jul 14, 2:04 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXFentress26 min
Jul 14, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson17 min
Jul 14, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson, Trousdale, Wilson42 min
Jul 14, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys37 min
Jul 14, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson29 min
Jul 14, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland43 min
Jul 14, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith, Trousdale, Wilson23 min
Jul 14, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson34 min
Jul 14, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Overton, Putnam, White33 min
Jul 14, 2:53 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, Putnam, White27 min
Jul 14, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson34 min
Jul 14, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry32 min
Jul 14, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson30 min
Jul 14, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson29 min
Jul 14, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Putnam, White49 min
Jul 14, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Warren, White27 min
Jul 14, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Putnam, Van Buren, White46 min
Jul 14, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Maury, Perry58 min
Jul 14, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Rutherford, Wilson25 min
Jul 14, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White34 min
Jul 14, 3:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCumberland, Putnam, White5 hr
Jul 14, 3:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry5 hr
Jul 14, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Warren21 min
Jul 14, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCannon, Warren13 min
Jul 14, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren48 min
Jul 14, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMarshall47 min
Jul 14, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury34 min
Jul 14, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy35 min
Jul 14, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGiles, Lawrence, Wayne56 min
Jul 14, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne42 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.