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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 2018, 11:08 PM CST for Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 min. 5 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, 11:08 PM CST (05:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2018, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Lawrence County, TN, Wayne County, TN
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 11:19 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Wnw Iron City, TN | HOUSE DAMAGED ON MIDDLE CYPRESS CREEK ROAD IN SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY. |
| Nov 5, 11:20 PM CST | TORNADO | 10 W Iron City, TN | THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF A TORNADO THAT STARTED IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA. THE EF0 TORNADO CROSSED INTO TENNESSEE SNAPPING SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES AND CAUSING MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME ON MAY BRANCH LOOP. AS THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST, IT UPROOTED MANY |
| Nov 5, 11:34 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | St. Joseph, TN | NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN AROUND ST. JOSEPH |
| Nov 5, 11:38 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 N St. Joseph, TN | THE EF1 TORNADO BEGAN ON BLUFF ROAD IN SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY. AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST IT ROLLED A MOBILE HOME, DEMOLISHED 2 HAY BARNS AND CAUSED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO 2 HOMES. IN LORETTO THE TORNADO CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE CITY'S SPORTS COMPLEX...DESTRO |
| Nov 5, 11:41 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N St. Joseph, TN | TRAILERS REPORTEDLY FLIPPED OVER ON PENNY ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.
103
WFUS54 KOHX 060508
TOROHX
TNC099-181-060545-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0019.181106T0508Z-181106T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1108 PM CST MON NOV 5 2018
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Wayne County in Middle Tennessee...
Southwestern Lawrence County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 1145 PM CST.
* At 1108 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 9 miles southeast of Walnut Grove, or 13 miles
east of J P Coleman State Park, moving northeast at 40 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...
Loretto around 1145 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Cypress Inn, St. Joseph, Westpoint and Iron 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 3501 8799 3504 8798 3527 8759 3500 8742
TIME...MOT...LOC 0508Z 240DEG 36KT 3496 8793
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
101 follow-up statement
928
WWUS54 KOHX 060524
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1124 PM CST MON NOV 5 2018
TNC099-181-060545-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-181106T0545Z/
Wayne TN-Lawrence TN-
1124 PM CST MON NOV 5 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES...
At 1124 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles south of Collinwood, or 16 miles north of
Florence, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Loretto around 1145 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Cypress Inn, St. Joseph, Westpoint and Iron City.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3501 8785 3511 8785 3527 8759 3500 8742
TIME...MOT...LOC 0524Z 246DEG 43KT 3504 8771
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
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, 10:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 29 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, 11:15 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.