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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Nashville, TN

February 2, 2016Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2016, 5:22 PM CST for Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 23 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: Feb 2, 2016, 5:22 PM CST (23:22 UTC)
Expired: Feb 2, 2016, 5:45 PM CST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Lawrence County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 2, 5:50 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	10 E Waynesboro, TN	TREE DOWN ACROSS NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY

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
Feb 2, 3:10 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

646 
WFUS54 KOHX 022322
TOROHX
TNC099-181-022345-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0003.160202T2322Z-160202T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
522 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WEST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 545 PM CST
    
* AT 521 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF COLLINWOOD...OR 16 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF FLORENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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...
  COLLINWOOD AROUND 535 PM CST.
  WAYNESBORO AROUND 545 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CYPRESS INN.

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 3501 8770 3501 8792 3535 8779 3532 8738
      3500 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 207DEG 47KT 3502 8780 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

BARNWELL

1 follow-up statement

224 
WWUS54 KOHX 022335
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
535 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

TNC099-181-022345-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160202T2345Z/
WAYNE TN-LAWRENCE TN-
535 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND WEST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTIES...
    
AT 534 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER COLLINWOOD...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESBORO...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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...
  WAYNESBORO AROUND 545 PM CST.

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 3509 8783 3535 8774 3533 8745 3507 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 207DEG 47KT 3518 8770 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

BARNWELL

The 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, 3:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Montgomery	32 min
Feb 2, 4:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis, Wayne	29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.