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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Nashville, TN

August 31, 2017Davidson County, Robertson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 2017, 6:44 PM CDT for Davidson County, Robertson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 16 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, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Davidson County, TN, Robertson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 32 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2017-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 198 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2017-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

388 
WFUS54 KOHX 312344
TOROHX
TNC037-147-010000-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0039.170831T2344Z-170901T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
644 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2017

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  North central Davidson County in Middle Tennessee...
  South central Robertson County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 700 PM CDT
    
* At 644 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Goodlettsville, or 10 miles north of Nashville,
  moving northwest at 10 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Millersville, Greenbrier and Ridgetop around 700 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 3642 8673 3642 8675 3641 8675 3638 8673
      3630 8671 3628 8679 3639 8692 3646 8674
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 157DEG 7KT 3632 8677 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Whitehead

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne21 min
Aug 31, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPerry19 min
Aug 31, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Maury32 min
Aug 31, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLewis, Maury32 min
Aug 31, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury31 min
Aug 31, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson33 min
Aug 31, 6:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson118 min
Aug 31, 6:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson7 hr

Nearby

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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.