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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Nashville, TN

November 5, 2018Wayne County, Tennessee

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 5, 10:50 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGWaynesboro, TNA TREE FELL ONTO A CAR ON FOLGER DRIVE IN WAYNESBORO
Nov 5, 10:50 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 65Waynesboro, TNEMERGENCY 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 5, 7:04 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2018-11-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2018-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 521 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

304 
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

$$

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1 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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 7:56 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXStewart34 min
Nov 5, 8:36 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHouston, Stewart24 min
Nov 5, 9:18 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Montgomery27 min
Nov 5, 9:31 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXMontgomery, Stewart119 min
Nov 5, 9:55 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner35 min
Nov 5, 10:16 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson119 min
Nov 5, 10:20 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXSumner, Trousdale, Wilson25 min
Nov 5, 10:33 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne27 min
Nov 5, 10:55 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Wayne35 min
Nov 5, 10:55 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury21 min
Nov 5, 10:59 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Sumner2 hr
Nov 5, 11:08 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne37 min
Nov 5, 11:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Maury, Williamson30 min
Nov 5, 11:31 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMarshall, Maury29 min
Nov 5, 11:37 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson23 min
Nov 5, 11:38 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne37 min
Nov 5, 11:45 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson2 hr
Nov 5, 11:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson35 min
Nov 5, 11:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford34 min
Nov 5, 11:59 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson31 min
Nov 6, 12:00 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson30 min
Nov 6, 12:01 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence29 min
Nov 6, 12:02 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson118 min
Nov 6, 12:18 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXCannon, Rutherford, Wilson14 min
Nov 6, 12:23 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedOHXCannon, Rutherford37 min
Nov 6, 12:27 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXGiles18 min
Nov 6, 12:43 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson32 min
Nov 6, 12:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee28 min
Nov 6, 1:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Overton, Putnam37 min
Nov 6, 1:23 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedOHXCoffee, Grundy39 min
Nov 6, 1:28 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXPutnam, White15 min
Nov 6, 1:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Overton, Pickett42 min
Nov 6, 1:54 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningOHXDavidson5 hr
Nov 6, 2:12 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXWilson2 hr
Nov 6, 7:24 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXHickman69 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.