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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Nashville, TN

May 27, 2017Van Buren County, White County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2017, 8:27 PM CDT for Van Buren County, White County, Tennessee. It was in force for 21 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: May 27, 2017, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2017, 8:48 PM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Van Buren County, TN, White County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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
May 27, 8:28 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Doyle, TN	A NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND SEVERE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN SOUTHWEST WHITE COUNTY FROM NORTHWEST OF DOYLE TO SOUTHEAST OF DOYLE. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED WITH SEVERAL ROADS BLOCKED AND SOME FALLING ON HOMES AND VEHICLES. W
May 27, 8:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Se Doyle, TN	A LARGE TREE FELL AND CRUSHED MOST OF A HOUSE ON GOOSENECK ROAD NEAR DOYLE
May 27, 8:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Doyle, TN	STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A HOUSE.

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 PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

902 
WFUS54 KOHX 280127
TOROHX
TNC175-185-280200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0030.170528T0127Z-170528T0200Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Van Buren County in Middle Tennessee...
  Southern White County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 900 PM CDT
    
* At 826 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Doyle, moving southeast at 50 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...
  Doyle around 830 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Virgin
Falls State Natural Area, Doyle and Fall Creek Falls State Park.

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 3579 8526 3579 8527 3578 8527 3572 8529
      3587 8564 3595 8560 3589 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 292DEG 42KT 3588 8555 

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

$$

Shamburger

2 follow-up statements

921 
WWUS54 KOHX 280135
SVSOHX

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

TNC175-185-280200-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-170528T0200Z/
Van Buren TN-White TN-
835 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN VAN BUREN AND SOUTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTIES...
    
At 835 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles east of Doyle, moving southeast at 50 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
northeastern Van Buren and southeastern White Counties, including the
following locations: Virgin Falls State Natural Area and Fall Creek
Falls State Park.

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 3579 8526 3579 8527 3578 8527 3572 8529
      3582 8549 3587 8546 3586 8524
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 293DEG 43KT 3583 8542 

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

$$

Shamburger

937 
WWUS54 KOHX 280148
SVSOHX

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

TNC175-185-280157-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-170528T0200Z/
Van Buren TN-White TN-
848 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN VAN BUREN AND SOUTHEASTERN
WHITE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
          
The storm which prompted the warning 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 
Van Buren and White Counties.

LAT...LON 3579 8526 3579 8527 3578 8527 3572 8529
      3582 8549 3587 8546 3586 8524
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 292DEG 42KT 3577 8525 

$$

Shamburger

The 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, 8:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cumberland	13 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, 8:43 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.