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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Nashville, TN

May 27, 2017Putnam County, White County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2017, 4:42 PM CDT for Putnam County, White County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 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: May 27, 2017, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2017, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Putnam County, TN, White County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
May 27, 4:51 PM CDT	HAIL 0.7	Baxter, TN

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
May 27, 1:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 825 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

389 
WFUS54 KOHX 272142
TOROHX
TNC141-185-272215-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0026.170527T2142Z-170527T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
442 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern White County in Middle Tennessee...
  Southwestern Putnam County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 515 PM CDT
    
* At 442 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Baxter, or 10 miles southwest of Cookeville,
  moving east at 25 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...
  Cookeville, Sparta, Algood, Baxter, Hamptons Crossroads, Bakers
  Crossroads and Burgess Falls State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This Tornado Warning replaces the Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued
for the same area.

&&

LAT...LON 3594 8539 3599 8565 3600 8564 3603 8567
      3607 8569 3608 8571 3617 8574 3618 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 276DEG 23KT 3608 8566 

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

$$

Rose

1 follow-up statement

481 
WWUS54 KOHX 272159
SVSOHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
459 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

TNC141-185-272215-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-170527T2215Z/
White TN-Putnam TN-
459 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL WHITE AND CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTIES...
    
At 459 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 
was located near Cookeville, moving east at 70 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...
Cookeville, Baxter, Burgess Falls State Park, Hamptons Crossroads and
Bakers Crossroads.

LAT...LON 3594 8539 3606 8566 3617 8562 3618 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 284DEG 59KT 3606 8549 

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
May 27, 8:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Houston	32 min
May 27, 9:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Houston, Humphreys	36 min
May 27, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Trousdale, Wilson	24 min
May 27, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith, Wilson	34 min
May 27, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith, Wilson	34 min
May 27, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson	46 min
May 27, 3:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Stewart	25 min
May 27, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Putnam, Smith	37 min
May 27, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson	11 min
May 27, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Putnam	32 min
May 27, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wilson	28 min
May 27, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wilson	24 min
May 27, 5:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Putnam, White	16 min
May 27, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Putnam, White	37 min
May 27, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Stewart	25 min
May 27, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay	31 min
May 27, 5:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon, Trousdale	24 min
May 27, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay	27 min
May 27, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart	26 min
May 27, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson	35 min
May 27, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart	29 min
May 27, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson	37 min
May 27, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Maury and 1 more	31 min
May 27, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson	24 min
May 27, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery	17 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.