Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Nashville, TN
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.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Nne Celina, TN | AT PEA RIDGE QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND LARGER REPORTED ALONG WITH SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO OUT BUILDING. |
| Jul 13, 7:26 PM CDT | HAIL 0.7 | 6 Ne Celina, TN | DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT HOLLY CREEK RESORT ON DALE HOLLOW LAKE |
| Jul 13, 7:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ne Celina, TN | WILLOW GROVE RESORT REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL |
| Jul 13, 7:36 PM CDT | HAIL 0.7 | 6 Ne Celina, TN | DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT HOLLY CREEK RESORT ON DALE HOLLOW LAKE |
| Jul 13, 7:46 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nne Celina, TN | AT PEA RIDGE QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND LARGER REPORTED ALONG WITH SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO OUT BUILDING. |
| Jul 13, 7:46 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Nne Celina, TN | AT 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 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.
- 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
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
$$
BARNWELL1 follow-up statement
528
WWUS54 KOHX 140030
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
730 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015
TNC027-140045-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150714T0045Z/
CLAY TN-
730 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY...
AT 729 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CELINA...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DALE
HOLLOW LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3653 8531 3653 8535 3651 8539 3650 8540
3650 8544 3648 8546 3660 8549 3661 8538
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 340DEG 18KT 3655 8538
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
BARNWELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 7:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 12:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 1:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Dickson, Humphreys | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 17 min |
| Jul 14, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson, Trousdale, Wilson | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 29 min |
| Jul 14, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Trousdale, Wilson | 23 min |
| Jul 14, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Overton, Putnam, White | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, White | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson | 29 min |
| Jul 14, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, White | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Warren, White | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, Van Buren, White | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Maury, Perry | 58 min |
| Jul 14, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford, Wilson | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 3:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, White | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Warren | 21 min |
| Jul 14, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Warren | 13 min |
| Jul 14, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren | 48 min |
| Jul 14, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Marshall | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 35 min |
| Jul 14, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 42 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.