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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Nashville, TN

February 18, 2000Van Buren County, Warren County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 18, 2000, 8:41 PM CST for Van Buren County, Warren County, Tennessee. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2000, 8:41 PM CST (02:41 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 2000, 9:30 PM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2000-02-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2000-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 596 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
596 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
715 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 190242
TORBNA
TNC175-177-190330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
841 PM CST FRI FEB 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPENCER
  SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 930 PM CST

* AT 839 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  SPENCER...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF MCMINNVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 75
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SPENCER AT 855 PM CST

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 6:02 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery43 min
Feb 18, 6:07 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys33 min
Feb 18, 6:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson30 min
Feb 18, 6:34 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson26 min
Feb 18, 6:34 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson26 min
Feb 18, 6:42 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXRobertson33 min
Feb 18, 6:58 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson47 min
Feb 18, 7:01 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne44 min
Feb 18, 7:11 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Giles, Lincoln, Marshall34 min
Feb 18, 7:11 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCoffee34 min
Feb 18, 7:20 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXGiles25 min
Feb 18, 7:29 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford46 min
Feb 18, 7:45 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lincoln45 min
Feb 18, 7:45 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMoore45 min
Feb 18, 8:30 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXFranklin, Lincoln, Moore45 min
Feb 18, 8:30 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXGrundy45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.