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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Nashville, TN

May 11, 2001Perry County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2001, 8:20 PM CDT for Perry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 25 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
May 11, 2001, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2001, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Perry County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2001-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 665 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 2001-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
665 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 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 120119
TORBNA

TNC135-120145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
820 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 819 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE       
  SPOTTERS HAVE SPOTTED A TORNADO IN WESTERN PERRY COUNTY NEAR       
  MOUSETAIL STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LOBELVILLE BY 835 PM CDT

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR
HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!

$$

LAT...LON 3576 8807 3568 8807 3564 8792 3568 8780
          3578 8769 3586 8782 3585 8795

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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.