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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Nashville, TN

May 4, 2000Montgomery County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2000, 5:32 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Tennessee. It was in force for 28 min. 2 reports 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
May 4, 2000, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2000, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 4, 5:49 PM CDTHail 1.5Oakwood, TNPublic reported walnut size hail.
May 4, 5:51 PM CDTHail 1.25Woodlawn, TNTrained spotter reported half dollar size hail.

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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 12:00Z on 2000-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2000-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 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.

196 
WFUS54 KOHX 042234
TORBNA
TNC125-042300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
532 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF   
  CLARKSVILLE...OR JUST WEST OF PALMYRA MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

THIS TORNADO IS WRAPPED IN RAIN - DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN SEE IT OR
HEAR IT GO TO A SAFE PLACE AND TAKE COVER NOW
$$
JDG/BB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLincoln28 min
May 3, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys49 min
May 4, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Stewart34 min
May 4, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart30 min
May 4, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner34 min
May 4, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton46 min
May 4, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry, Wayne55 min
May 4, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Stewart53 min
May 4, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery39 min
May 4, 6:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart3 hr

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.