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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Nashville, TN

March 1, 2017Clay County, Macon County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2017, 7:49 AM CST for Clay County, Macon County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 min. 2 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
Mar 1, 2017, 7:49 AM CST (13:49 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2017, 8:15 AM CST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Clay County, TN, Macon County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:52 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 1, 8:02 AM CSTTSTM WND DMG9 Ene Red Boiling Sprin, TNCLAY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED 7 TREES DOWN ON VARIOUS ROADS IN THE HERMITAGE SPRINGS...MOSS...AND OAK GROVE AREAS.
Mar 1, 8:06 AM CSTTSTM WND DMG7 Wnw Celina, TNEMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED TREES DOWN ON MILL ROAD IN THE MOSS COMMUNITY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 1, 4:57 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2017-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 694 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 2017-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 361 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
694 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
344 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
9.1

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The text

As transmitted.

515 
WFUS54 KOHX 011349
TOROHX
TNC027-111-011415-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0004.170301T1349Z-170301T1415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
749 AM CST WED MAR 1 2017

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Clay County in Middle Tennessee...
  Northeastern Macon County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 815 AM CST
    
* At 748 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Lafayette, moving east at 55 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...
  Red Boiling Springs around 800 AM CST. 
  Celina around 815 AM CST. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Moss,
Bugtussle and Boles.

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 3662 8551 3654 8546 3650 8604 3657 8606
      3663 8591
TIME...MOT...LOC 1348Z 257DEG 49KT 3654 8601 

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

$$

Whitehead
1 follow-up statement
598 
WWUS54 KOHX 011400
SVSOHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
800 AM CST WED MAR 1 2017

TNC027-111-011415-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170301T1415Z/
Clay TN-Macon TN-
800 AM CST WED MAR 1 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN CLAY AND NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTIES...
    
At 800 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Red Boiling Springs, or 13 miles east of Lafayette,
moving east at 55 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...
  Celina around 815 AM CST. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Moss,
Bugtussle and Boles.

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 3662 8551 3654 8546 3651 8589 3660 8590
      3663 8591
TIME...MOT...LOC 1400Z 257DEG 49KT 3658 8580 

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

$$

Whitehead

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 11:02 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXStewart23 min
Mar 1, 5:27 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart48 min
Mar 1, 5:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Perry and 1 more36 min
Mar 1, 6:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry41 min
Mar 1, 6:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 3 more36 min
Mar 1, 6:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson34 min
Mar 1, 6:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and 1 more35 min
Mar 1, 7:03 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson27 min
Mar 1, 7:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Rutherford and 4 more34 min
Mar 1, 7:28 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXSmith, Wilson32 min
Mar 1, 7:52 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDeKalb, Putnam, Smith23 min
Mar 1, 7:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Overton and 5 more32 min
Mar 1, 8:12 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXJackson, Overton, Putnam33 min
Mar 1, 8:17 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLewis28 min
Mar 1, 8:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Overton and 3 more25 min
Mar 1, 8:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, White36 min
Mar 1, 8:45 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLewis45 min
Mar 1, 9:42 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman, Lewis33 min
Mar 1, 9:46 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCannon, Rutherford44 min
Mar 1, 9:57 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXLewis, Perry, Wayne2 hr
Mar 1, 10:18 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCannon, White42 min
Mar 1, 10:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne42 min
Mar 1, 10:22 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMarshall38 min
Mar 1, 10:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson25 min
Mar 1, 10:59 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMarshall46 min
Mar 1, 11:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne27 min
Mar 1, 11:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Marshall, Wayne48 min
Mar 1, 11:43 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford, Coffee47 min
Mar 1, 12:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles21 min
Mar 1, 12:18 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland27 min
Mar 1, 12:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGrundy33 min
Mar 1, 12:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy29 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.