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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Nashville, TN
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 8:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Nnw Clarksville, TN | GOLFBALL 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
131 follow-up statement
064
WWUS54 KOHX 110120
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
820 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
TNC125-110130-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160511T0130Z/
MONTGOMERY TN-
820 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
AT 820 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CLARKSVILLE AROUND 830 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3662 8713 3652 8721 3659 8747 3664 8749
3664 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 273DEG 21KT 3662 8740
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Stewart | 43 min |
| May 10, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 24 min |
| May 10, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Stewart | 46 min |
| May 10, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 34 min |
| May 10, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 34 min |
| May 10, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 28 min |
| May 10, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 24 min |
| May 10, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery | 47 min |
| May 10, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Robertson | 44 min |
| May 10, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 27 min |
| May 10, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 32 min |
| May 10, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Robertson | 24 min |
| May 10, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 25 min |
| May 10, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner | 33 min |
| May 10, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 46 min |
| May 10, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 40 min |
| May 10, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 39 min |
| May 10, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 34 min |
| May 10, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson | 30 min |
| May 10, 11:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson | 112 min |
| May 10, 11:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 3 hr |
| May 11, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 27 min |
| May 11, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 31 min |
| May 11, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Wilson | 35 min |
| May 11, 1:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 27 min |
| May 11, 1:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | DeKalb | 51 min |
| May 11, 1:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson | 2 hr |
| May 11, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Trousdale | 28 min |
| May 11, 2:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 115 min |
| May 11, 2:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale | 63 min |
| May 11, 3:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Jackson, Smith, Trousdale | 45 min |
| May 11, 4:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Smith, Trousdale | 117 min |
| May 11, 4:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Sumner | 2 hr |
| May 11, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Jackson, Smith | 40 min |
| May 11, 4:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson | 36 min |
| May 11, 5:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale | 2 hr |
| May 11, 7:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 23 min |
| May 11, 7:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Jackson | 24 min |
| May 11, 7:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Jackson, Putnam | 58 min |
| May 11, 7:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Jackson, Macon, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale | 4 hr |
| May 11, 8:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner, Trousdale | 43 min |
| May 11, 8:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 4 hr |
| May 11, 8:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 32 min |
| May 11, 9:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam | 3 hr |
| May 11, 9:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Putnam | 34 min |
| May 11, 11:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Robertson, Smith, Sumner and 2 more | 6 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.