Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 18, 2016, 1:20 AM CST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 25 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
- Dec 18, 2016, 1:20 AM CST (07:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 18, 2016, 1:45 AM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Warren County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 8:58 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 18, 1:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 511 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 473 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
193
WFUS54 KOHX 180720
TOROHX
TNC003-015-031-177-180745-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0024.161218T0720Z-161218T0745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
120 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Cannon County in Middle Tennessee...
Western Warren County in Middle Tennessee...
Southeastern Bedford County in Middle Tennessee...
Central Coffee County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 145 AM CST
* At 120 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles east of Shelbyville, moving northeast at 65
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...
Manchester around 130 AM CST.
McMinnville around 145 AM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Raus,
Summitville, Morrison, Wartrace, Normandy, Beechgrove, Centertown,
Viola and Bell Buckle.
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 3537 8636 3552 8649 3563 8626 3563 8625
3564 8624 3582 8587 3560 8568 3541 8625
3541 8628 3539 8629
TIME...MOT...LOC 0720Z 244DEG 58KT 3552 8628
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
311 follow-up statement
195
WWUS54 KOHX 180730
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
130 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016
TNC003-180739-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-161218T0745Z/
Bedford TN-
130 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area, therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 300 AM CST for Middle
Tennessee.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 500 AM CST for
Middle Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3541 8625 3545 8625 3545 8624 3546 8625
3551 8624 3563 8625 3564 8624 3582 8587
3560 8568
TIME...MOT...LOC 0729Z 244DEG 58KT 3559 8610
$$
TNC015-031-177-180745-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-161218T0745Z/
Cannon TN-Warren TN-Coffee TN-
130 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CANNON...WESTERN WARREN AND CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTIES...
At 129 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles north of Manchester, moving northeast at 65 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...
McMinnville around 145 AM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Summitville, Morrison, Beechgrove, Centertown and Viola.
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 3541 8625 3545 8625 3545 8624 3546 8625
3551 8624 3563 8625 3564 8624 3582 8587
3560 8568
TIME...MOT...LOC 0729Z 244DEG 58KT 3559 8610
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
31The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 7:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 44 min |
| Dec 17, 8:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Dec 17, 8:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 23 min |
| Dec 17, 8:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 32 min |
| Dec 17, 9:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 33 min |
| Dec 17, 11:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 26 min |
| Dec 17, 11:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay | 33 min |
| Dec 18, 12:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 27 min |
| Dec 18, 12:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury | 29 min |
| Dec 18, 12:30 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Pickett | 45 min |
| Dec 18, 12:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett | 25 min |
| Dec 18, 12:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 22 min |
| Dec 18, 12:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Rutherford, Wilson | 31 min |
| Dec 18, 12:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, White | 26 min |
| Dec 18, 12:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 19 min |
| Dec 18, 12:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Marshall, Rutherford | 31 min |
| Dec 18, 1:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall | 26 min |
| Dec 18, 1:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Van Buren, Warren, White | 33 min |
| Dec 18, 1:59 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 31 min |
| Dec 18, 2:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Coffee | 34 min |
| Dec 18, 2:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 27 min |
| Dec 18, 2:57 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 33 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.