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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Nashville, TN

May 26, 2000Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2000, 6:18 PM CDT for Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 42 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 26, 2000, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Stewart County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 6:33 PM CDTTornado F1Dover, TNHomes damaged at East Fork Leatherwood Road.
May 26, 6:41 PM CDTTornado F1Dover, TNHomes were damaged on One tree was uprooted and fell on a house on Standing Rock Road.

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 26, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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 12:00Z on 2000-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
996 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 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.

033 
WFUS54 KOHX 262319
TORBNA
TNC161-270000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
618 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  STEWART COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOVER

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF     
  DOVER MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  DOVER AT 640 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND
COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR TENNESSEE.
$$
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JBW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 11:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery38 min
May 26, 12:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson31 min
May 26, 12:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson34 min
May 26, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson49 min
May 26, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton34 min
May 26, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart40 min
May 26, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys34 min
May 26, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Montgomery44 min
May 26, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman24 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.