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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2017, 8:21 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Tennessee. It was in force for 13 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, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2017, 8:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Cumberland County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:30 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Fairfield Glade, TN | PHOTO SHOWED POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD |
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, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 2109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.3
The text
As transmitted.
559
WFUS54 KOHX 280121
TOROHX
TNC035-280145-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0028.170528T0121Z-170528T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
821 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Cumberland County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 845 PM CDT
* At 820 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 3 miles north of Crossville, 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...
Fairfield Glade around 830 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Crab
Orchard and Slate Springs.
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 8471 3586 8473 3584 8476 3583 8477
3583 8478 3598 8510 3606 8507 3604 8476
3600 8472 3591 8468
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 287DEG 28KT 3599 8502
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
Shamburger1 follow-up statement
932
WWUS54 KOHX 280134
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
834 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017
TNC035-280144-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-170528T0145Z/
Cumberland TN-
834 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
Middle Tennessee.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Cumberland County.
LAT...LON 3590 8471 3586 8473 3584 8476 3583 8477
3583 8478 3598 8510 3606 8507 3604 8476
3600 8472 3591 8468
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 287DEG 28KT 3596 8489
$$
ShamburgerThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale and 1 more | 30 min |
| May 27, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner and 2 more | 27 min |
| May 27, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 26 min |
| May 27, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 2 more | 25 min |
| May 27, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 23 min |
| May 27, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Overton, Putnam, White | 36 min |
| May 27, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson and 1 more | 34 min |
| May 27, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Putnam, Smith and 2 more | 32 min |
| May 27, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Davidson, DeKalb, Putnam, Rutherford, Smith and 2 more | 28 min |
| May 27, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Williamson | 26 min |
| May 27, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 36 min |
| May 27, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Cumberland, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett and 1 more | 54 min |
| May 27, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Cumberland, DeKalb, Putnam, Van Buren, Warren and 1 more | 66 min |
| May 27, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Williamson | 44 min |
| May 27, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam | 35 min |
| May 27, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 19 min |
| May 27, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Van Buren, White | 21 min |
| May 27, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Hickman, Lewis, Marshall, Maury | 32 min |
| May 27, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 30 min |
| May 27, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 34 min |
| May 27, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Van Buren, Warren, White | 18 min |
| May 27, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lewis, Wayne | 29 min |
| May 27, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Grundy | 64 min |
| May 27, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall | 31 min |
| May 27, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford | 17 min |
| May 27, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 53 min |
| May 27, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Wayne | 39 min |
| May 27, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Wayne | 46 min |
| May 28, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lawrence | 39 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.