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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Nashville, TN

November 6, 2018Putnam County, White County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 6, 2018, 1:28 AM CST for Putnam County, White County, Tennessee. It was in force for 15 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 6, 2018, 1:28 AM CST (07:28 UTC)
Expired: Nov 6, 2018, 1:43 AM CST
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Putnam County, TN, White County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:27 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 6, 1:28 AM CST	TORNADO	3 N Bakers Crossroads, TN	THE EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON JOSH BROWN ROAD AND BETTY LANE WHERE IT SNAPPED TREES AND BROKE SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES. AS IT MOVED EAST IT DESTROYED A BARN ON SOUTH BUNKER HILL ROAD AND OVERTURNED CONTAINERS AND A TRAILER AT THE UPPER CUMBERLAND REGIONAL AIRP
Nov 6, 1:31 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Burgess, TN	METAL ROOF PEELED BACK, CONTAINERS OVERTURNED, AND ANTENNA TOWER DOWN AT AIRPORT. NEARBY BARN LEVELED.

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, 10:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

622 
WFUS54 KOHX 060728
TOROHX
TNC141-185-060800-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0032.181106T0728Z-181106T0800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
128 AM CST TUE NOV 6 2018

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern White County in Middle Tennessee...
  Central Putnam County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 200 AM CST.
    
* At 127 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a 
  tornado was located 7 miles south of Cookeville, or near 
  Burgess Falls, 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Cookeville, Algood, Monterey, Burgess Falls State Park, Hamptons
  Crossroads and Bakers Crossroads.

This includes Interstate 40 between mile markers 284 and 303.
 
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 3597 8560 3606 8567 3624 8543 3614 8519
TIME...MOT...LOC 0727Z 234DEG 46KT 3605 8556 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

750 
WWUS54 KOHX 060743
SVSOHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
143 AM CST TUE NOV 6 2018

TNC141-185-060753-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-181106T0800Z/
White TN-Putnam TN-
143 AM CST TUE NOV 6 2018

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WHITE AND CENTRAL PUTNAM
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CST for Middle
Tennessee.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Nashville.

LAT...LON 3597 8560 3606 8567 3624 8543 3614 8519
TIME...MOT...LOC 0741Z 234DEG 46KT 3617 8536 

$$

Shamburger

The 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, 11:08 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 Tornado observed	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 Tornado observed	OHX	Coffee, Grundy	39 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.