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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Nashville, TN

October 5, 2021Lawrence County, Lewis County, Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 2021, 5:55 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Lewis County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 5, 2021, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired: Oct 5, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 44 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

112 
WFUS54 KOHX 052255
TOROHX
TNC099-101-181-052330-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0034.211005T2255Z-211005T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
555 PM CDT Tue Oct 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  South central Lewis County in Middle Tennessee...
  Northeastern Wayne County in Middle Tennessee...
  Northwestern Lawrence County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 630 PM CDT.
    
* At 555 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 11 miles northwest of Lawrenceburg, moving northwest at
  15 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  south central Lewis, northeastern Wayne and northwestern Lawrence
  Counties.

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 3535 8745 3531 8752 3542 8766 3550 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 143DEG 14KT 3535 8750 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

Whitehead

1 follow-up statement

598 
WWUS54 KOHX 052322
SVSOHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
622 PM CDT Tue Oct 5 2021

TNC099-101-181-052331-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-211005T2330Z/
Lewis TN-Wayne TN-Lawrence TN-
622 PM CDT Tue Oct 5 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LEWIS...NORTHEASTERN WAYNE
AND NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3535 8745 3531 8752 3542 8766 3550 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 143DEG 14KT 3542 8757 

$$

Whitehead

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 5, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis	50 min
Oct 5, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence	23 min
Oct 5, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis	41 min
Oct 5, 6:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Lawrence	3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.