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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Nashville, TN

May 23, 2000Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2000, 7:12 PM CDT for Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 43 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
May 23, 2000, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2000, 7:55 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Stewart County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 23, 7:25 PM CDTTornado F1Dover, TNCampers reported 2 trees blown down. The tornado dissipated over the lake as a waterspout.

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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2000-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1386 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
1386 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

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

358 
WFUS54 KOHX 240016
TORBNA
TNC161-240055-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
712 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  STEWART COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 755 PM CDT

* AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
  CALLOWAY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF DOVER...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES
  DOVER
  CARLISLE

A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN CALLOWAY COUNTY KENTUCKY AS THIS 
STORM PASSED THROUGH THAT AREA. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. 
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING 
FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. 
$$
BOYD
01

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHouston51 min
May 23, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXRobertson68 min
May 23, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner43 min
May 23, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Pickett29 min
May 23, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner, Trousdale25 min
May 24, 12:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXClay, Pickett6 hr
May 24, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner58 min
May 24, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon59 min
May 24, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner38 min
May 24, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMacon46 min
May 24, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXTrousdale36 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.