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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN

February 13, 2000Cheatham County, Dickson County, Williamson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2000, 5:19 PM CST for Cheatham County, Dickson County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Feb 13, 2000, 5:19 PM CST (23:19 UTC)
Expired: Feb 13, 2000, 5:45 PM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Cheatham County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Williamson County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 13, 5:25 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Burns, TN	Some wind damage to homes.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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 13, 3:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 46 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: 902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 398 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 371 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 132321
TORBNA
TNC021-037-043-187-132345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
519 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHEATHAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHLAND CITY
  NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SOUTHEASTERN DICKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKLIN

* UNTIL 545 PM CST

* AT 509 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST     
  OF DICKSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  3 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGSTON SPRINGS AT 525 PM CST
  4 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEGRAM AT 530 PM CST
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASHLAND CITY AT 535 PM CST

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
A LAREG PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. 

$$

JLM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 13, 9:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman	24 min
Feb 13, 9:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Williamson	30 min
Feb 13, 11:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Humphreys, Perry	25 min
Feb 13, 11:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Decatur	25 min
Feb 13, 4:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Humphreys	24 min
Feb 13, 5:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson	29 min
Feb 13, 5:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson	26 min
Feb 13, 5:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson	35 min
Feb 13, 5:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner, Wilson	35 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.