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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2017, 6:43 PM CDT for Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 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
- Mar 27, 2017, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2017, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Wayne County, TN
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 E Waynesboro, TN | PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL JUST EAST OF WAYNESBORO |
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 27, 12:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
026
WFUS54 KOHX 272343
TOROHX
TNC181-280015-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0016.170327T2343Z-170328T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
643 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Wayne County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 715 PM CDT
* At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Olive Hill, or 10 miles northeast of Savannah,
moving southeast at 40 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Collinwood around 710 PM CDT.
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 3535 8801 3536 8801 3532 8765 3508 8778
3518 8798 3529 8798 3530 8800 3530 8802
3533 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 296DEG 35KT 3528 8807
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
Shamburger1 follow-up statement
467
WWUS54 KOHX 280006
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
706 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
TNC181-280015-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170328T0015Z/
Wayne TN-
706 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
WAYNE COUNTY...
At 705 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southwest of Waynesboro, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Collinwood around 715 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3535 8801 3536 8801 3532 8765 3508 8778
3518 8798 3529 8798 3530 8800 3530 8802
3533 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 283DEG 24KT 3524 8788
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
ShamburgerThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Stewart | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 29 min |
| Mar 27, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Williamson | 62 min |
| Mar 27, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Montgomery | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson | 23 min |
| Mar 27, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Marshall, Rutherford, Williamson | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson | 26 min |
| Mar 27, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Overton, Putnam | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Grundy, Van Buren, Warren | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton, Pickett | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay, Jackson | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 29 min |
| Mar 27, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery | 16 min |
| Mar 27, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 6:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Perry | 2 hr |
| Mar 27, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury | 32 min |
| Mar 27, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Marshall, Maury, Williamson | 50 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.