Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2018, 8:57 PM CST for Montgomery County, Robertson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 min. 7 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, 8:57 PM CST (02:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2018, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Montgomery County, TN, Robertson County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 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, 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 |
| Feb 24, 9:06 PM CST | TORNADO | 8 Ene Clarksville, TN | *** 2 INJ *** SIGNIFICANT HOME DAMAGE IN THE FARMINGTON SUBDIVISION EAST OF CLARKSVILLE. HEAVY DAMAGE TO A CHURCH. AT LEAST 2 INJURED. |
| Feb 24, 9:19 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 Ene Adams, TN | AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN EAST OF ADAMS NEAR JOHNSON SPRINGS ROAD AND MOVED NORTHEAST BEFORE ENDING ALONG BUZZARD CREEK ROAD. ONE HOME SUFFERED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE ON STURGEON CREEK ROAD AND DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG BOTH STURGEON CREEK RO |
| Feb 24, 9:20 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Cedar Hill, TN | SEVERAL BARNS HAD SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE NEAR 5700 BUZZARD CREEK ROAD. |
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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.
832
WFUS54 KOHX 250257
TOROHX
TNC125-147-250330-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0003.180225T0257Z-180225T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
857 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Montgomery County in Middle Tennessee...
Northwestern Robertson County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 930 PM CST
* At 856 PM CST, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado
was located near Clarksville, moving northeast at 55 mph.
This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris
may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile
homes will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes,
businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete
destruction is possible.
* The tornado will be near...
Clarksville and Clarksville around 900 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Cedar
Hill and Adams.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a large, extremely dangerous and potentially deadly
tornado is on the ground. To protect your life, 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 3650 8696 3640 8740 3664 8754 3665 8697
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 237DEG 47KT 3654 8741
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
071 follow-up statement
980
WWUS54 KOHX 250313
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
913 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
TNC125-147-250330-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180225T0330Z/
Montgomery TN-Robertson TN-
913 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHWESTERN ROBERTSON COUNTIES...
At 911 PM CST, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado was
located over Guthrie, or 10 miles northeast of Clarksville, moving
northeast at 55 mph.
This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris may
be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes
will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes,
businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction
is possible.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Montgomery and northwestern Robertson Counties,
including the following locations: Cedar Hill and Adams.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a large, extremely dangerous and potentially deadly
tornado is on the ground. To protect your life, TAKE COVER NOW! Move
to a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3644 8721 3664 8732 3665 8697 3650 8696
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 237DEG 47KT 3665 8720
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
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, 8:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 46 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.