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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Nashville, TN

March 31, 2016Hickman County, Lewis County, Perry County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2016, 4:14 PM CDT for Hickman County, Lewis County, Perry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 46 min. 3 reports 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: Mar 31, 2016, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Hickman County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Perry County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 31, 4:32 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 Se Linden, TN	AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM FOUND DAMAGE IN SOUTHEAST PERRY COUNTY FROM AN EF1 TORNADO. THE TORNADO UPROOTED...SNAPPED OR DOWNED HUNDREDS OF TREES ALONG ITS PATH BEFORE ENTERING LEWIS COUNTY. THE TORNADO WEAKENED TO AN EF0 THERE AND DAMAGED AN OUT BUILDING BEFORE
Mar 31, 4:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Nw Hohenwald, TN	AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM FOUND EF0 ANTICYCLONIC TORNADO DAMAGE IN NORTHWEST LEWIS COUNTY. A FEW TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED ALONG DARBYTOWN ROAD WITH SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES DOWNED AS WELL. MINOR ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A BARN AND HOUSE ALONG ITS ONE MILE P
Mar 31, 4:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Hohenwald, TN	TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG HWY 48N AND FORREST AVE

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
Mar 31, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 834 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 673 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 836 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

963 
WFUS54 KOHX 312114
TOROHX
TNC081-101-135-312200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0005.160331T2114Z-160331T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
414 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHWESTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
    
* AT 413 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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
  CENTRAL PERRY...NORTHWESTERN LEWIS AND SOUTHWESTERN HICKMAN
  COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: KIMMINS...
  PLEASANTVILLE...FLATWOODS AND LOBELVILLE.

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 3574 8794 3584 8761 3553 8743 3548 8772
      3549 8773 3549 8780 3547 8783 3547 8786
      3548 8786 3547 8787
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 238DEG 46KT 3562 8781 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

575 
WWUS54 KOHX 312128
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
428 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

TNC081-101-135-312200-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160331T2200Z/
PERRY TN-LEWIS TN-HICKMAN TN-
428 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
PERRY...NORTHWESTERN LEWIS AND SOUTHWESTERN HICKMAN COUNTIES...
    
AT 427 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOHENWALD...LOBELVILLE...KIMMINS AND PLEASANTVILLE. 

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 3576 8785 3584 8761 3553 8743 3548 8772
      3549 8773 3549 8778 3550 8778
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 238DEG 46KT 3572 8761 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 1:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Houston, Montgomery, Stewart	54 min
Mar 31, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Stewart	43 min
Mar 31, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Humphreys	28 min
Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	26 min
Mar 31, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Perry	39 min
Mar 31, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson	23 min
Mar 31, 4:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury	42 min
Mar 31, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lewis, Wayne	26 min
Mar 31, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	29 min
Mar 31, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne	46 min
Mar 31, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Maury	27 min
Mar 31, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon, Sumner, Trousdale	36 min
Mar 31, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury	29 min
Mar 31, 5:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	31 min
Mar 31, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	49 min
Mar 31, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford	39 min
Mar 31, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	31 min
Mar 31, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cannon	43 min
Mar 31, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb, Warren, Wilson	31 min
Mar 31, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Marshall	28 min
Mar 31, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	22 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.