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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Nashville, TN

March 31, 2016Giles County, Lawrence County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2016, 5:44 PM CDT for Giles County, Lawrence County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 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, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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
Mar 31, 5:54 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 S Lawrenceburg, TN	TREES DOWN ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF COUNTY
Mar 31, 6:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Wnw Minor Hill, TN	AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT 70MPH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAUSED MINOR TREE DAMAGE ALONG SHANNON CREEK ROAD IN SOUTHWEST GILES COUNTY.
Mar 31, 6:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Wnw Minor Hill, TN	AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT 70MPH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAUSED UPROOTED TREES AND SEVERAL DOWNED LARGE BRANCHES ALONG SHANNON CREEK ROAD IN SOUTHWEST GILES COUNTY.

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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.

032 
WFUS54 KOHX 312244
TOROHX
TNC055-099-312315-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0009.160331T2244Z-160331T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GILES COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
    
* AT 544 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR LORETTO...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCEBURG...
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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
  SOUTHERN GILES AND SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: MINOR HILL...LEOMA...GOODSPRING...WESTPOINT...
  PROSPECT...ST. JOSEPH AND ELKTON.

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 8755 3515 8758 3530 8697 3499 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 263DEG 41KT 3504 8747 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

415 
WWUS54 KOHX 312301
SVSOHX

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

TNC055-099-312315-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160331T2315Z/
GILES TN-LAWRENCE TN-
601 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
GILES AND SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES...
    
AT 600 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LORETTO...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
PULASKI...ELKTON...MINOR HILL...PROSPECT...LEOMA AND GOODSPRING. 

LAT...LON 3501 8743 3516 8739 3525 8696 3499 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 266DEG 31KT 3506 8735 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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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, 4:14 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, 4:48 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, 5:56 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.