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Tornado Warning 101, NWS Nashville, TN

July 28, 2003Montgomery County, Robertson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 2003, 6:10 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Robertson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2003, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2003, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Montgomery County, TN, Robertson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 2003-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1388 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2003-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
1388 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 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 282310
TORBNA
TNC125-147-282345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
606 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE
  WESTERN ROBERTSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 10 MILES NORTH OF CLARKSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 05 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR
  CLARKSVILLE AND ST BETHLEHEM AT 615 PM CDT
 

TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO A BASEMENT...AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

LAT...LON 3679 8698 3664 8743 3635 8733 3641 8684

$$
BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson45 min
Jul 28, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Pickett37 min
Jul 28, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith28 min
Jul 28, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson26 min
Jul 28, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson25 min
Jul 28, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford51 min
Jul 28, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren45 min
Jul 28, 4:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWilliamson2 hr
Jul 28, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence43 min
Jul 28, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford33 min
Jul 28, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson, Stewart87 min
Jul 28, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee29 min
Jul 28, 5:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCoffee2 hr
Jul 28, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLincoln40 min
Jul 28, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin50 min
Jul 28, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Montgomery, Robertson41 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.