Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2001, 10:47 AM CDT for Hickman County, Maury County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 23 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
- Jul 5, 2001, 10:47 AM CDT (15:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2001, 11:10 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hickman County, TN, Maury County, TN, Williamson County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:50 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Northeast Portion, TN | Law enforcement reported trees down in the northeast part of the county. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 64 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOHX 051548 TORBNA TNC081-119-187-051610- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1047 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE NORTHERN MAURY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1110 AM CDT * AT 1047 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF FAIRVIEW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... JUST WEST OF FAIRVIEW AT 1100 AM CDT DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. 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 3609 8729 3594 8740 3557 8683 3572 8679
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 9:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 9:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 9:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 9:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 9:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 10:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 10:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wilson | 21 min |
| Jul 5, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 10:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 24 min |
| Jul 5, 11:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall | 27 min |
| Jul 5, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 20 min |
| Jul 5, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 16 min |
| Jul 5, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 15 min |
| Jul 5, 11:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 12:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 21 min |
| Jul 5, 12:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Pickett | 24 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.