Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Nashville, TN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2:06 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 S Jamestown, TN | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED DOWNTOWN JAMESTOWN. |
| Jul 14, 2:17 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 S Jamestown, TN | DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG WITH FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED. |
| Jul 14, 2:17 PM CDT | HAIL 0.7 | 2 S Jamestown, TN | DIME 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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
$$
MR32 follow-up statements
007
WWUS54 KOHX 141913
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
213 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015
TNC049-141930-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150714T1930Z/
FENTRESS TN-
213 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
FENTRESS COUNTY...
AT 213 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR JAMESTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALLARDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3635 8474 3633 8474 3633 8477 3632 8479
3632 8478 3631 8480 3630 8480 3630 8482
3629 8484 3629 8487 3626 8488 3636 8504
3641 8501 3636 8473 3635 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 300DEG 32KT 3635 8496
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
MR3372
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
$$
MR3The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay | 29 min |
| 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, 2:16 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.