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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2018, 8:17 PM CST for Houston County, Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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
- Feb 24, 2018, 8:17 PM CST (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2018, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Houston County, TN, Stewart County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:36 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nw Cumberland City, TN | TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 233 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
738
WFUS54 KOHX 250217
TOROHX
TNC083-161-250300-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0001.180225T0217Z-180225T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
817 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Stewart County in Middle Tennessee...
Northwestern Houston County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 900 PM CST
* At 817 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Paris Landing State Park, moving northeast 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...
Dover around 825 PM CST.
Big Rock around 835 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Land
Between The Lakes, Houston County Airport, Indian Mound and
Cumberland City.
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 3665 8785 3663 8785 3664 8765 3637 8760
3630 8795 3635 8798 3637 8800 3639 8801
3640 8803 3651 8804 3652 8804 3656 8803
3666 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 239DEG 49KT 3647 8802
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
071 follow-up statement
736
WWUS54 KOHX 250224
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
824 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
TNC083-161-250300-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-180225T0300Z/
Stewart TN-Houston TN-
824 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR STEWART
AND NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON COUNTIES...
At 824 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Dover, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Big Rock around 835 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Land
Between The Lakes, Houston County Airport, Indian Mound and
Cumberland City.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3630 8795 3650 8804 3652 8804 3656 8803
3660 8804 3663 8783 3664 8765 3646 8762
3637 8760
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 239DEG 49KT 3652 8791
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 8:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 8:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 8:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 9:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 9:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Perry, Robertson | 47 min |
| Feb 24, 9:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson, Sumner, Williamson and 1 more | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 10:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 10:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Davidson, Jackson, Macon, Maury, Rutherford and 5 more | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 11:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lawrence, Maury | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 11:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 11:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Putnam and 3 more | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 11:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 38 min |
| Feb 25, 12:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Giles, Marshall, Rutherford | 43 min |
| Feb 25, 12:06 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Pickett | 24 min |
| Feb 25, 12:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 29 min |
| Feb 25, 9:45 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 10 days |
| Feb 25, 3:02 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Hickman | 53 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:09 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 11 hr |
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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.