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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Nashville, TN

February 16, 2023Bedford County, Marshall County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2023, 4:35 PM CST for Bedford County, Marshall County, Tennessee. It was in force for 12 min. 3 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 16, 2023, 4:35 PM CST (22:35 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 2023, 4:47 PM CST
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Bedford County, TN, Marshall County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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 16, 4:39 PM CST	TORNADO	5 Nne Lewisburg, TN	A LOW END EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR BIG ROCK CREEK NORTHWEST OF FARMINGTON AND MOVED NORTHEAST, DAMAGING A BARN AND BLOWING DOWN DOZENS OF TREES WEST OF BETHBIREI ROAD. A HOME ON BETHBIREI ROAD WAS DAMAGED BY A LARGE UPROOTED TREE FALLING ON IT, AND SEVER
Feb 16, 4:40 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	6 Nne Lewisburg, TN	CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 6 NNE LEWISBURG. REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ON STEAGALL ROAD AT WADE BROWN ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Feb 16, 4:40 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	6 Nne Lewisburg, TN	CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 6 NNE LEWISBURG. REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ON STEAGALL ROAD AT WADE BROWN ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

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 16, 12:00 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 70 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: 30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 411 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 528 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

104 
WFUS54 KOHX 162235
TOROHX
TNC003-117-162300-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0004.230216T2235Z-230216T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
435 PM CST Thu Feb 16 2023

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Marshall County in Middle Tennessee...
  West central Bedford County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 500 PM CST.
    
* At 435 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Lewisburg, moving east at 40 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
  central Marshall and west central Bedford Counties, including the
  following locations... Farmington.

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 3546 8686 3552 8685 3564 8662 3548 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 251DEG 35KT 3551 8681 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Whitehead

1 follow-up statement

792 
WWUS54 KOHX 162247
SVSOHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
447 PM CST Thu Feb 16 2023

TNC003-117-162257-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-230216T2300Z/
Marshall TN-Bedford TN-
447 PM CST Thu Feb 16 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MARSHALL AND WEST CENTRAL BEDFORD
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 700 PM CST for Middle
Tennessee.

LAT...LON 3546 8686 3552 8685 3564 8662 3548 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 251DEG 35KT 3554 8670 

$$

Whitehead

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 15, 11:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Trousdale	32 min
Feb 15, 11:35 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Williamson	25 min
Feb 15, 11:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wilson	33 min
Feb 16, 12:07 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Stewart	38 min
Feb 16, 12:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Williamson	30 min
Feb 16, 12:49 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys, Perry	116 min
Feb 16, 6:01 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart	4 hr
Feb 16, 9:58 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Montgomery, Stewart	2 hr
Feb 16, 11:54 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Houston, Montgomery, Stewart	4 hr
Feb 16, 1:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Humphreys	41 min
Feb 16, 1:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson, Humphreys	25 min
Feb 16, 2:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	18 min
Feb 16, 3:27 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson	2 hr
Feb 16, 3:36 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Bedford, Lewis, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson	114 min
Feb 16, 3:39 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury	3 hr
Feb 16, 3:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Maury	33 min
Feb 16, 4:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Giles, Marshall	34 min
Feb 16, 5:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Rutherford, Wilson	30 min
Feb 16, 5:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	44 min
Feb 16, 5:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford	27 min
Feb 16, 5:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb, Smith, Wilson	11 min
Feb 16, 5:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White	23 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.