Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Nashville, TN
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 8:02 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Ene Red Boiling Sprin, TN | CLAY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED 7 TREES DOWN ON VARIOUS ROADS IN THE HERMITAGE SPRINGS...MOSS...AND OAK GROVE AREAS. |
| Mar 1, 8:06 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Wnw Celina, TN | EMERGENCY 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 4:57 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 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.
- 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
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
$$
Whitehead1 follow-up statement
598
WWUS54 KOHX 011400
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
800 AM CST WED MAR 1 2017
TNC027-111-011415-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170301T1415Z/
Clay TN-Macon TN-
800 AM CST WED MAR 1 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN CLAY AND NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTIES...
At 800 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Red Boiling Springs, or 13 miles east of Lafayette,
moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Celina around 815 AM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Moss,
Bugtussle and Boles.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3662 8551 3654 8546 3651 8589 3660 8590
3663 8591
TIME...MOT...LOC 1400Z 257DEG 49KT 3658 8580
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
WhiteheadThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 11:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 23 min |
| Mar 1, 5:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 5:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Perry and 1 more | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 6:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 6:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 3 more | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 6:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 6:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and 1 more | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 7:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 7:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Rutherford and 4 more | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 7:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 7:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, Smith | 23 min |
| Mar 1, 7:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Overton and 5 more | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 8:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 8:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lewis | 28 min |
| Mar 1, 8:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Overton and 3 more | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 8:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, White | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 8:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lewis | 45 min |
| Mar 1, 9:42 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Hickman, Lewis | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 9:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 44 min |
| Mar 1, 9:57 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon, White | 42 min |
| Mar 1, 10:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 42 min |
| Mar 1, 10:22 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Marshall | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 10:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 10:59 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Marshall | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 11:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 11:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Wayne | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 11:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 12:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 21 min |
| Mar 1, 12:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 12:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Grundy | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 12:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 29 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.