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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2016, 3:28 PM CST for Dickson County, Houston County, Montgomery County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 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
- Feb 2, 2016, 3:28 PM CST (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2016, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Dickson County, TN, Houston County, TN, Montgomery County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 12:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
067
WFUS54 KOHX 022128
TOROHX
TNC043-083-125-022200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0002.160202T2128Z-160202T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
328 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 400 PM CST
* AT 328 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ERIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CLARKSVILLE AROUND 345 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PALMYRA...SLAYDEN AND CUNNINGHAM.
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 3643 8717 3642 8718 3641 8721 3637 8726
3620 8762 3626 8772 3655 8737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 231DEG 54KT 3628 8761
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SHAMBURGER2 follow-up statements
592
WWUS54 KOHX 022141
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
341 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
TNC043-083-022149-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T2200Z/
HOUSTON TN-DICKSON TN-
341 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN HOUSTON AND NORTHWESTERN DICKSON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3644 8719 3633 8749 3634 8759 3637 8759
3655 8737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 230DEG 41KT 3638 8750
$$
TNC125-022200-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T2200Z/
MONTGOMERY TN-
341 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
AT 339 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF ERIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CLARKSVILLE AROUND 350 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PALMYRA AND CUNNINGHAM.
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 3644 8719 3633 8749 3634 8759 3637 8759
3655 8737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 230DEG 41KT 3638 8750
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SHAMBURGER471
WWUS54 KOHX 022153
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
353 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
TNC125-022203-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T2200Z/
MONTGOMERY TN-
353 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
400 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3644 8719 3633 8749 3634 8759 3637 8759
3655 8737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 231DEG 54KT 3638 8750
$$
SHAMBURGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 1:52 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 2, 2:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Humphreys | 46 min |
| Feb 2, 2:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 33 min |
| Feb 2, 4:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lewis, Wayne | 29 min |
| Feb 2, 5:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 23 min |
| Feb 2, 5:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lawrence | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.