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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 2018, 10:31 PM CST for Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 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
- Nov 5, 2018, 10:31 PM CST (04:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2018, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Wayne County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 10:50 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Waynesboro, TN | A TREE FELL ONTO A CAR ON FOLGER DRIVE IN WAYNESBORO |
| Nov 5, 10:50 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 65 | Waynesboro, TN | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS ESTIMATED 65 MPH GUST IN DOWNTOWN WAYNESBORO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 7:04 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 521 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 667 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS54 KOHX 060431
TOROHX
TNC181-060500-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0015.181106T0431Z-181106T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1031 PM CST MON NOV 5 2018
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Wayne County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 1100 PM CST.
* At 1030 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Olive Hill, or 10 miles east of Savannah,
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...
Waynesboro around 1055 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Lutts.
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 3534 8801 3548 8781 3549 8773 3548 8770
3533 8758 3522 8758 3509 8798 3529 8798
3530 8800 3530 8802 3533 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 239DEG 49KT 3518 8806
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
101 follow-up statement
348
WWUS54 KOHX 060443
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1043 PM CST MON NOV 5 2018
TNC181-060500-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-181106T0500Z/
Wayne TN-
1043 PM CST MON NOV 5 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
WAYNE COUNTY...
At 1043 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Collinwood, or 9 miles southwest of Waynesboro,
moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Waynesboro around 1055 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Lutts.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3534 8801 3548 8781 3549 8773 3548 8770
3533 8758 3522 8758 3509 8798 3529 8798
3530 8800 3530 8802 3533 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 242DEG 46KT 3521 8785
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 7:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Stewart | 34 min |
| Nov 5, 8:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Houston, Stewart | 24 min |
| Nov 5, 9:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery | 27 min |
| Nov 5, 9:31 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 119 min |
| Nov 5, 9:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 35 min |
| Nov 5, 10:16 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson | 119 min |
| Nov 5, 10:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 25 min |
| Nov 5, 10:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne | 27 min |
| Nov 5, 10:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 35 min |
| Nov 5, 10:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury | 21 min |
| Nov 5, 10:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Sumner | 2 hr |
| Nov 5, 11:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 37 min |
| Nov 5, 11:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 30 min |
| Nov 5, 11:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 29 min |
| Nov 5, 11:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Williamson | 23 min |
| Nov 5, 11:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 37 min |
| Nov 5, 11:45 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 2 hr |
| Nov 5, 11:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 35 min |
| Nov 5, 11:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford | 34 min |
| Nov 5, 11:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 31 min |
| Nov 6, 12:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 30 min |
| Nov 6, 12:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 29 min |
| Nov 6, 12:02 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 118 min |
| Nov 6, 12:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford, Wilson | 14 min |
| Nov 6, 12:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 37 min |
| Nov 6, 12:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 18 min |
| Nov 6, 12:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson | 32 min |
| Nov 6, 12:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee | 28 min |
| Nov 6, 1:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 37 min |
| Nov 6, 1:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 39 min |
| Nov 6, 1:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Putnam, White | 15 min |
| Nov 6, 1:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 42 min |
| Nov 6, 1:54 AM CST | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 5 hr |
| Nov 6, 2:12 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Wilson | 2 hr |
| Nov 6, 7:24 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Hickman | 69 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.