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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Nashville, TN

March 31, 2016Giles County, Lawrence County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2016, 7:46 PM CDT for Giles County, Lawrence County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 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, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.

216 
WFUS54 KOHX 010046
TOROHX
TNC055-099-010115-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0014.160401T0046Z-160401T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
    
* AT 746 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR LEXINGTON...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG...
  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
  SOUTHWESTERN GILES AND SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES...INCLUDING
  THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: GOODSPRING AND MINOR HILL.

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 8743 3511 8742 3515 8707 3500 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 266DEG 36KT 3502 8737 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

376 
WWUS54 KOHX 010104
SVSOHX

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

TNC055-099-010115-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160401T0115Z/
GILES TN-LAWRENCE TN-
804 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN GILES AND SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES...
    
AT 803 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 13 MILES EAST OF LEXINGTON...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINOR HILL.

LAT...LON 3500 8736 3510 8727 3515 8707 3500 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 266DEG 36KT 3503 8716 

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, 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, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles	35 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, 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

Nearby

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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.