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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Nashville, TN

July 5, 2001Davidson County, Sumner County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2001, 9:52 AM CDT for Davidson County, Sumner County, Tennessee. It was in force for 23 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
Jul 5, 2001, 9:52 AM CDT (14:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2001, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Davidson County, TN, Sumner County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 9:59 AM CDTHail 0.75Goodlettsville, TNDime size hail reported.
Jul 5, 10:16 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 ENashville, TNSpotter reported 60 mph wind gust in downtown Nashville.

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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 2001-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1166 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 12:00Z on 2001-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
1166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 051453
TORBNA

TNC037-165-051515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
952 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SOUTHWESTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT

* AT 949 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER GOODLETTSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
  A TORNADO WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH OF GREENBRIER AT 945 AM CDT. 
 
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  OVER LAKEWOOD AT 1005 AM CDT

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WI^NDS. LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG
BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW
SPOT.
$$
JBW
LAT...LON 3645 8670 3635 8689 3611 8660 3634 8649

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 9:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart43 min
Jul 5, 9:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner45 min
Jul 5, 9:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson39 min
Jul 5, 9:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston39 min
Jul 5, 9:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson30 min
Jul 5, 9:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson46 min
Jul 5, 9:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston46 min
Jul 5, 10:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner, Wilson29 min
Jul 5, 10:09 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilson21 min
Jul 5, 10:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Williamson44 min
Jul 5, 10:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford36 min
Jul 5, 10:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson31 min
Jul 5, 10:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury47 min
Jul 5, 10:47 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Maury, Williamson23 min
Jul 5, 10:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis, Perry, Wayne24 min
Jul 5, 11:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson39 min
Jul 5, 11:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall27 min
Jul 5, 11:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne40 min
Jul 5, 11:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford20 min
Jul 5, 11:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lincoln16 min
Jul 5, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles15 min
Jul 5, 11:54 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXLincoln36 min
Jul 5, 12:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne3 hr
Jul 5, 12:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford23 min
Jul 5, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles21 min
Jul 5, 12:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWayne3 hr
Jul 5, 12:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles3 hr
Jul 5, 3:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence3 hr
Jul 5, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Montgomery, Robertson42 min
Jul 5, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson40 min
Jul 5, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham40 min
Jul 5, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Houston40 min
Jul 5, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPickett24 min

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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.