Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2018, 8:29 PM CST for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 46 min. 8 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
- Feb 24, 2018, 8:29 PM CST (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2018, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Cheatham County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Houston County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Stewart County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 8:29 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Tennessee Ridge, TN | TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 147 |
| Feb 24, 8:30 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Tennessee Ridge, TN | PORCH BLOWN OFF HOME |
| Feb 24, 8:36 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nw Cumberland City, TN | TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 233 |
| Feb 24, 8:50 PM CST | TORNADO | 8 Sw Clarksville, TN | AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE DOTSONVILLE COMMUNITY AND MOVED NORTHEAST ENDING ALONG THE CUMBERLAND RIVER JUST WEST OF CLARKSVILLE. A FEW HOMES SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE ON GIP MANNING ROAD AND HUNTING CREEK ROAD... AND UP TO 15 HOMES WERE MORE SEVERELY DAM |
| Feb 24, 9:00 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Clarksville, TN | SOME HOMES DAMAGED AND MINOR INJURIES REPORTED IN THE CLARKSVILLE AREA. |
| Feb 24, 9:00 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Clarksville, TN | GROCERY STORE WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND ROOF DAMAGE AT AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY IN CLARKSVILLE. AUSTIN PEAY/MURRAY STATE GAME IN CLARKSVILLE DELAYED BY SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE AND WATER LEAKING ONTO THE ARENA FLOOR. |
| Feb 24, 9:03 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Clarksville, TN | LARGE TREE UPROOTED ON DUNBAR CAVE ROAD. |
| Feb 24, 9:03 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 E Clarksville, TN | *** 2 INJ *** AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EAST CLARKSVILLE ON DUNBAR CAVE RD THEN MOVED ENE ACROSS I-24 BEFORE ENDING ON KIRKWOOD RD. TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN N OF DUNBAR CAVE RD AND OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED AT ROSSVIEW HIGH SCHOOL. THREE BUILDINGS AT AN INDUSTRIA |
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 |
| Feb 24, 8:29 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.
194
WFUS54 KOHX 250229
TOROHX
TNC021-043-083-125-161-250315-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0002.180225T0229Z-180225T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
829 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Dickson County in Middle Tennessee...
Montgomery County in Middle Tennessee...
Stewart County in Middle Tennessee...
Northwestern Cheatham County in Middle Tennessee...
Houston County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 915 PM CST
* At 828 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...
Clarksville around 855 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Indian
Mound, Palmyra, Slayden, Cumberland City, Cunningham and Woodlawn.
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 3664 8723 3635 8720 3622 8769 3624 8777
3625 8780 3623 8785 3660 8793 3664 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 238DEG 48KT 3645 8773
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
071 follow-up statement
290
WWUS54 KOHX 250242
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
842 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
TNC021-043-083-125-161-250315-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180225T0315Z/
Dickson TN-Montgomery TN-Stewart TN-Cheatham TN-Houston TN-
842 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN DICKSON...MONTGOMERY...EASTERN STEWART...NORTHWESTERN
CHEATHAM AND HOUSTON COUNTIES...
At 841 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southwest of Fort Campbell North, moving
northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Clarksville around 850 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Indian
Mound, Palmyra, Slayden, Cumberland City, Cunningham and Woodlawn.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3664 8723 3635 8720 3622 8769 3624 8777
3625 8780 3623 8785 3664 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 238DEG 48KT 3655 8753
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
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, 8:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Houston, Stewart | 43 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.