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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 2017, 5:44 PM CDT for Hickman County, Lewis County, Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 2017, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2017, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Hickman County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Maury County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 96 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
494
WFUS54 KOHX 312244
TOROHX
TNC081-101-119-312315-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0037.170831T2244Z-170831T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
544 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2017
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Lewis County in Middle Tennessee...
West central Maury County in Middle Tennessee...
Southeastern Hickman County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 615 PM CDT
* At 544 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles northwest of Mount Pleasant, or 13 miles
southeast of Centerville, moving northwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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 Lewis...west central Maury and southeastern Hickman
Counties.
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 3564 8725 3558 8736 3572 8755 3579 8736
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 129DEG 13KT 3563 8731
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
WhiteheadThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 21 min |
| Aug 31, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry | 19 min |
| Aug 31, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Maury | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lewis, Maury | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 6:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 118 min |
| Aug 31, 6:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson | 7 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson | 16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.