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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Nashville, TN

May 10, 2016Montgomery County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2016, 8:26 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 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: May 10, 2016, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 34 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), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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.

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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 77 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: 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.

419 
WFUS54 KOHX 110126
TOROHX
TNC125-110200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0016.160511T0126Z-160511T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
    
* AT 826 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARKSVILLE...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. 

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 3650 8715 3658 8744 3664 8745 3664 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 273DEG 21KT 3662 8737 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

680 
WWUS54 KOHX 110156
SVSOHX

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

TNC125-110205-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160511T0200Z/
MONTGOMERY TN-
856 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 900 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3650 8715 3658 8744 3664 8745 3664 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 273DEG 21KT 3662 8737 

$$

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The 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, 8:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Montgomery	29 min
May 10, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Stewart	46 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 Emergency	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.