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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Nashville, TN

July 9, 2001Dickson County, Humphreys County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2001, 7:55 PM CDT for Dickson County, Humphreys County, Tennessee. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2001, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2001, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dickson County, TN, Humphreys County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2001-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3111 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 00:00Z on 2001-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson39 min
Jul 9, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCheatham39 min
Jul 9, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton67 min
Jul 9, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson51 min
Jul 9, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.