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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2016, 2:49 PM CDT for Clay County, Overton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 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
- Jul 8, 2016, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Clay County, TN, Overton County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2:57 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 Ne Celina, TN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 2067 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
027
WFUS54 KOHX 081949
TOROHX
TNC027-133-082015-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0017.160708T1949Z-160708T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
249 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN OVERTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
* AT 248 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CELINA...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...
CELINA AROUND 300 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
STANDING STONE STATE PARK...DALE HOLLOW LAKE AND MOSS.
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 3661 8528 3641 8542 3655 8565 3662 8562
3661 8550 3662 8536
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 291DEG 22KT 3657 8559
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
MR32 follow-up statements
322
WWUS54 KOHX 081956
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
256 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
TNC027-133-082015-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160708T2015Z/
CLAY TN-OVERTON TN-
256 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
CLAY AND NORTHWESTERN OVERTON COUNTIES...
AT 255 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CELINA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EASTERN CLAY AND NORTHWESTERN OVERTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: STANDING STONE STATE PARK AND DALE HOLLOW LAKE.
LAT...LON 3661 8528 3641 8542 3654 8563 3662 8558
3661 8550 3662 8536
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 290DEG 24KT 3655 8552
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
MR3659
WWUS54 KOHX 082007
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
307 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
TNC027-133-082017-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160708T2015Z/
CLAY TN-OVERTON TN-
307 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CLAY AND NORTHWESTERN OVERTON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NASHVILLE.
LAT...LON 3661 8528 3641 8542 3654 8563 3662 8558
3661 8550 3662 8536
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 291DEG 22KT 3655 8552
$$
MR3The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 12:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Cumberland, Davidson, DeKalb and 21 more | 13 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Putnam | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 1:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Perry | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Jackson | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Macon | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Jackson | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Pickett | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay, Overton | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Macon, Smith | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, Smith | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Overton, Putnam, White | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, White | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | White | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon, Warren | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Warren | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 49 min |
| Jul 8, 6:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cannon, Warren | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Warren | 47 min |
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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.