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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Nashville, TN

July 14, 2015Fentress County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2015, 2:04 PM CDT for Fentress County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 min. 3 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 14, 2015, 2:04 PM CDT (19:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2015, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.25 in

County Fentress County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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 14, 2:06 PM CDTHAIL 11 S Jamestown, TNQUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED DOWNTOWN JAMESTOWN.
Jul 14, 2:17 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 S Jamestown, TNDIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG WITH FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED.
Jul 14, 2:17 PM CDTHAIL 0.72 S Jamestown, TNDIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG WITH FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED.

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 14, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 12:00Z on 2015-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1670 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 12:00Z on 2015-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
1670 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

613 
WFUS54 KOHX 141904
TOROHX
TNC049-141930-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0007.150714T1904Z-150714T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
204 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL FENTRESS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
    
* AT 204 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JAMESTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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
  CENTRAL FENTRESS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  ALLARDT.

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 3635 8474 3633 8474 3633 8477 3632 8479
      3632 8478 3631 8480 3630 8480 3630 8482
      3629 8484 3629 8487 3626 8488 3637 8507
      3644 8502 3644 8500 3636 8473 3635 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 306DEG 30KT 3639 8498 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

MR3
2 follow-up statements
007 
WWUS54 KOHX 141913
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
213 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015

TNC049-141930-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150714T1930Z/
FENTRESS TN-
213 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
FENTRESS COUNTY...
    
AT 213 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR JAMESTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALLARDT.

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 3635 8474 3633 8474 3633 8477 3632 8479
      3632 8478 3631 8480 3630 8480 3630 8482
      3629 8484 3629 8487 3626 8488 3636 8504
      3641 8501 3636 8473 3635 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 300DEG 32KT 3635 8496 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

MR3
372 
WWUS54 KOHX 141926
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
226 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015

TNC049-141936-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150714T1930Z/
FENTRESS TN-
226 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL FENTRESS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 230
PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3635 8474 3633 8474 3633 8477 3632 8479
      3632 8478 3631 8480 3630 8480 3630 8482
      3629 8484 3629 8487 3626 8488 3636 8504
      3641 8501 3636 8473 3635 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 306DEG 30KT 3635 8496 

$$

MR3

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXClay29 min
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, 2:16 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.