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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2016, 4:48 PM CDT for Hickman County, Lewis County, Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 42 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, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Hickman County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Maury County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 4:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hohenwald, TN | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG HWY 48N AND FORREST AVE |
| Mar 31, 5:18 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nnw Mount Pleasant, TN | AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WERE THE CAUSE FOR DAMAGE IN WESTERN MAURY COUNTY. AN OLD BARD WAS DESTROYED ALONG CECIL FARM ROAD ALONG WITH DOZENS OF TREES UPROOTED OR DOWNED ALONG CROSS BRIDGE RD. SWATH OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAM |
| Mar 31, 5:18 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nnw Mount Pleasant, TN | AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WERE THE CAUSE FOR DAMAGE IN WESTERN MAURY COUNTY. AN OLD BARN WAS DESTROYED ALONG CECIL FARM ROAD ALONG WITH DOZENS OF TREES UPROOTED OR DOWNED ALONG CROSS BRIDGE RD. SWATH OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAM |
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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
325
WFUS54 KOHX 312148
TOROHX
TNC081-101-119-312230-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0006.160331T2148Z-160331T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
448 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 447 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HOHENWALD...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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN MAURY...LEWIS AND SOUTHERN HICKMAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: KIMMINS...HAMPSHIRE...WILLIAMSPORT AND
GORDONSBURG.
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 3590 8732 3545 8710 3546 8713 3544 8715
3544 8723 3543 8725 3545 8732 3546 8733
3546 8745 3542 8745 3541 8751 3540 8752
3540 8757 3557 8765 3561 8766 3563 8768
3570 8771
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 237DEG 48KT 3559 8751
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
072 follow-up statements
924
WWUS54 KOHX 312206
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
506 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
TNC081-101-119-312230-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160331T2230Z/
MAURY TN-LEWIS TN-HICKMAN TN-
506 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MAURY...NORTHEASTERN LEWIS AND SOUTHEASTERN HICKMAN
COUNTIES...
AT 506 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CENTERVILLE...MOUNT PLEASANT...HAMPSHIRE...WILLIAMSPORT AND GORDONSBURG.
LAT...LON 3590 8732 3545 8710 3546 8713 3544 8715
3544 8723 3543 8725 3545 8732 3546 8733
3547 8740 3546 8741 3546 8745 3547 8745
3548 8744 3560 8750 3568 8750 3572 8751
3579 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 237DEG 48KT 3573 8724
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
07342
WWUS54 KOHX 312217
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
517 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
TNC081-101-119-312230-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160331T2230Z/
MAURY TN-LEWIS TN-HICKMAN TN-
517 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MAURY...NORTHEASTERN LEWIS AND SOUTHEASTERN HICKMAN
COUNTIES...
AT 517 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF THOMPSON'S STATION...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF
COLUMBIA...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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT PLEASANT...HAMPSHIRE...WILLIAMSPORT AND GORDONSBURG.
LAT...LON 3545 8710 3546 8713 3544 8715 3544 8723
3543 8725 3545 8732 3546 8733 3547 8740
3546 8741 3546 8745 3547 8745 3548 8744
3560 8750 3570 8750 3572 8723
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 237DEG 48KT 3581 8709
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
07The 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, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson | 23 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.