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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Nashville, TN

March 31, 2016Giles County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2016, 7:25 PM CDT for Giles County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 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, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Giles County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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: 217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 488 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 602 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

As transmitted.

185 
WFUS54 KOHX 010025
TOROHX
TNC055-010100-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0013.160401T0025Z-160401T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
    
* AT 724 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF ARDMORE...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF PULASKI...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 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. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ARDMORE AROUND 740 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ELKTON...PROSPECT 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 8709 3500 8711 3504 8711 3509 8683
      3499 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 264DEG 28KT 3500 8702 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

113 
WWUS54 KOHX 010053
SVSOHX

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

TNC055-010100-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160401T0100Z/
GILES TN-
753 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GILES COUNTY...
    
AT 753 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ARDMORE...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PULASKI...MOVING
EAST AT 40 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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN GILES COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: ELKTON
AND ARDMORE.

LAT...LON 3509 8683 3499 8684 3500 8694 3508 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 262DEG 18KT 3502 8684 

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

$$

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144 
WWUS54 KOHX 010100
SVSOHX

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

TNC055-010110-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160401T0100Z/
GILES TN-
800 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GILES COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 3509 8683 3499 8684 3500 8694 3508 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 264DEG 28KT 3502 8684 

$$

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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, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Jackson, Putnam	40 min
Mar 31, 7:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles	22 min
Mar 31, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Overton, Putnam	44 min
Mar 31, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence	23 min
Mar 31, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Fentress, Overton	38 min
Mar 31, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	31 min
Mar 31, 7:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	29 min
Mar 31, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	33 min
Mar 31, 8:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Wayne	3 hr
Mar 31, 8:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	27 min
Mar 31, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Grundy	25 min
Mar 31, 10:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson, Wilson	43 min
Mar 31, 11:48 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Lawrence	17 hr
Apr 1, 4:00 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Grundy	7 hr

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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.