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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 9, 2023, 5:46 PM CST for Clay County, Macon County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 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
- Dec 9, 2023, 5:46 PM CST (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2023, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Clay County, TN, Macon County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 11:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 388 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
509
WFUS54 KOHX 092346
TOROHX
TNC027-111-100015-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0039.231209T2346Z-231210T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
546 PM CST Sat Dec 9 2023
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Clay County in Middle Tennessee...
Eastern Macon County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 615 PM CST.
* At 546 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Lafayette, moving east 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...
Red Boiling Springs around 550 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Moss,
Bugtussle, and Boles.
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 3662 8545 3654 8541 3650 8570 3652 8570
3652 8574 3650 8572 3650 8575 3652 8577
3650 8581 3648 8582 3644 8605 3655 8611
3663 8592
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 250DEG 43KT 3652 8599
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Shamburger1 follow-up statement
260
WWUS54 KOHX 100011
SVSOHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
611 PM CST Sat Dec 9 2023
TNC027-111-100020-
/O.EXP.KOHX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-231210T0015Z/
Clay TN-Macon TN-
611 PM CST Sat Dec 9 2023
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAY AND EASTERN MACON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CST...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CST for Middle
Tennessee. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 1100 PM CST
for Middle Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3662 8545 3654 8541 3650 8570 3652 8570
3652 8574 3650 8572 3650 8575 3652 8577
3650 8581 3648 8582 3644 8605 3655 8611
3663 8592
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 250DEG 43KT 3662 8565
$$
ShamburgerThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 12:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 53 min |
| Dec 9, 1:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 64 min |
| Dec 9, 1:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 23 min |
| Dec 9, 1:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 19 min |
| Dec 9, 2:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 52 min |
| Dec 9, 2:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 24 min |
| Dec 9, 2:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery | 52 min |
| Dec 9, 2:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Humphreys | 63 min |
| Dec 9, 3:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 28 min |
| Dec 9, 3:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery | 27 min |
| Dec 9, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Humphreys | 36 min |
| Dec 9, 3:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson | 37 min |
| Dec 9, 3:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 31 min |
| Dec 9, 3:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery | 53 min |
| Dec 9, 4:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Robertson | 25 min |
| Dec 9, 4:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Williamson | 10 min |
| Dec 9, 4:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson | 36 min |
| Dec 9, 4:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 39 min |
| Dec 9, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 66 min |
| Dec 9, 4:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 39 min |
| Dec 9, 4:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 13 min |
| Dec 9, 5:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 33 min |
| Dec 9, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson | 35 min |
| Dec 9, 5:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 47 min |
| Dec 9, 5:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 25 min |
| Dec 9, 5:48 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale | 3 hr |
| Dec 9, 5:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale | 11 min |
| Dec 9, 5:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.