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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Nashville, TN

May 10, 2016Montgomery County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2016, 8:01 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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
May 10, 2016, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Montgomery County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 10, 8:15 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 Nnw Clarksville, TNGOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR THE KY-TN LINE

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
May 10, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1257 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

As transmitted.

139 
WFUS54 KOHX 110101
TOROHX
TNC125-110130-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0015.160511T0101Z-160511T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
801 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
    
* AT 801 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT CAMPBELL NORTH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLARKSVILLE AROUND 820 PM CDT. 

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 3662 8713 3652 8721 3660 8762 3664 8762
      3664 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 273DEG 29KT 3663 8753 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement
064 
WWUS54 KOHX 110120
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
820 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

TNC125-110130-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160511T0130Z/
MONTGOMERY TN-
820 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
    
AT 820 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLARKSVILLE AROUND 830 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 3662 8713 3652 8721 3659 8747 3664 8749
      3664 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 273DEG 21KT 3662 8740 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXStewart43 min
May 10, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery24 min
May 10, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXStewart46 min
May 10, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery34 min
May 10, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart34 min
May 10, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson28 min
May 10, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart24 min
May 10, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Montgomery47 min
May 10, 9:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRobertson44 min
May 10, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner27 min
May 10, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner32 min
May 10, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Robertson24 min
May 10, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson25 min
May 10, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner33 min
May 10, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner46 min
May 10, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale40 min
May 10, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner39 min
May 10, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Sumner, Wilson34 min
May 10, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson30 min
May 10, 11:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson112 min
May 10, 11:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner3 hr
May 11, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson27 min
May 11, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson31 min
May 11, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Wilson35 min
May 11, 1:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSumner27 min
May 11, 1:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDeKalb51 min
May 11, 1:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson2 hr
May 11, 2:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXTrousdale28 min
May 11, 2:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXRobertson, Sumner115 min
May 11, 2:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMacon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale63 min
May 11, 3:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXJackson, Smith, Trousdale45 min
May 11, 4:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXSmith, Trousdale117 min
May 11, 4:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXSumner2 hr
May 11, 4:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXJackson, Smith40 min
May 11, 4:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson36 min
May 11, 5:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXMacon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale2 hr
May 11, 7:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSumner23 min
May 11, 7:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXJackson24 min
May 11, 7:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXJackson, Putnam58 min
May 11, 7:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXJackson, Macon, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale4 hr
May 11, 8:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSumner, Trousdale43 min
May 11, 8:41 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale4 hr
May 11, 8:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland32 min
May 11, 9:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam3 hr
May 11, 9:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXPutnam34 min
May 11, 11:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon, Robertson, Smith, Sumner and 2 more6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.