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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Nashville, TN

March 31, 2016Giles County, Marshall County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2016, 6:47 PM CDT for Giles County, Marshall County, Tennessee. It was in force for 28 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: Mar 31, 2016, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Giles County, TN, Marshall County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 31, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Mar 31, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 106 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 834 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 673 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 836 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

690 
WFUS54 KOHX 312347
TOROHX
TNC055-117-010015-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0011.160331T2347Z-160401T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
647 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GILES COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
    
* AT 647 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF PETERSBURG
  TO 7 MILES WEST OF ARDMORE...MOVING EAST AT 50 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. 

* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PETERSBURG AROUND 655 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE TORNADIC STORMS INCLUDE ELKTON...
FRANKEWING...PROSPECT...MINOR HILL AND ARDMORE.

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 3500 8721 3530 8696 3533 8660 3532 8662
      3531 8668 3525 8675 3526 8683 3499 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 269DEG 52KT 3530 8676 3502 8697 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

359 
WWUS54 KOHX 312352
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
652 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

TNC117-010001-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160401T0015Z/
MARSHALL TN-
652 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WERE MOVING SOUTH OF MARSHALL
COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3500 8721 3523 8694 3526 8683 3499 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 274DEG 45KT 3522 8685 3502 8692 

$$

TNC055-010015-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160401T0015Z/
GILES TN-
652 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GILES COUNTY...
    
AT 651 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF PULASKI TO
NEAR ARDMORE...MOVING EAST AT 50 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. 

THESE TORNADIC STORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN GILES COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: ELKTON...
PROSPECT...FRANKEWING AND ARDMORE.

LAT...LON 3500 8721 3523 8694 3526 8683 3499 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 274DEG 45KT 3522 8685 3502 8692 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 1:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Houston, Montgomery, Stewart	54 min
Mar 31, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Stewart	43 min
Mar 31, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Humphreys	28 min
Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	26 min
Mar 31, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Perry	39 min
Mar 31, 4:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry	46 min
Mar 31, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson	23 min
Mar 31, 4:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury	42 min
Mar 31, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lewis, Wayne	26 min
Mar 31, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	29 min
Mar 31, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne	46 min
Mar 31, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Maury	27 min
Mar 31, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon, Sumner, Trousdale	36 min
Mar 31, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury	29 min
Mar 31, 5:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	31 min
Mar 31, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	49 min
Mar 31, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford	39 min
Mar 31, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	31 min
Mar 31, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cannon	43 min
Mar 31, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb, Warren, Wilson	31 min
Mar 31, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	22 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.