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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Nashville, TN

May 25, 2000Rutherford County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2000, 12:37 AM CDT for Rutherford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 38 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 25, 2000, 12:37 AM CDT (05:37 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2000, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Rutherford County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 12:50 AM CDTTornado F0Smyrna, TNSmyrna police reported a tornado with numerous trees down and power out.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 2000-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3627 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
3627 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

707 
WFUS54 KOHX 250540
TORBNA
TNC149-250615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1237 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1234 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER SMYRNA...OR ABOUT 10   
MILES NORTHWEST OF MURFREESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM 
WILL AFFECT SMYRNA THROUGH 100 AM.  

IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY...SEEK SHELTER 
IMMEDIATELY...AS THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCE A COUPLE OF TORNADO 
TOUCHDOWNS AND DAMAGING WINDS.
$$
JDG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith52 min
May 24, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson54 min
May 24, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale57 min
May 24, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery59 min
May 24, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMacon51 min
May 24, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson38 min
May 24, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson54 min
May 24, 10:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson3 hr
May 24, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson49 min
May 24, 11:25 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson50 min
May 24, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson53 min
May 24, 11:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson87 min
May 25, 12:10 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson35 min
May 25, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson42 min
May 25, 1:00 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilson35 min
May 25, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Smith38 min
May 25, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Rutherford, Williamson35 min
May 25, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam, White39 min
May 25, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton35 min
May 25, 2:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson4 hr
May 25, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland35 min
May 25, 2:36 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys39 min
May 25, 2:47 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman28 min
May 25, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb34 min
May 25, 3:13 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXMaury42 min
May 25, 4:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.