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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Nashville, TN

July 9, 2001Cheatham County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2001, 8:21 PM CDT for Cheatham County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 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, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Cheatham County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 100122
TORBNA

TNC021-100200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
821 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHEATHAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 817 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGSTON SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ASHLAND CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PEGRAM AND KINGSTON SPRINGS AT 830 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.

$$
BOYD
LAT...LON 3625 8715 3606 8717 3605 8705 3623 8699

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Humphreys50 min
Jul 9, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson39 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.