Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 51, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2003, 12:31 PM CDT for Coffee County, Franklin County, Grundy County, Tennessee. It was in force for 59 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
- May 5, 2003, 12:31 PM CDT (17:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2003, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Coffee County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Grundy County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 8:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 5, 9:35 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 616 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 575 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 604 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
626 WFUS54 KOHX 051731 TORBNA TNC031-051-061-051830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1226 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINCHESTER GRUNDY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALTAMONT * UNTIL 130 PM CDT * AT 1222 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO IN NORTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTY...NEAR ESTILL SPRINGS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... ARNOLD ENGINEERING CENTER AT 1230 PM WOODS RESERVOIR AT 1235 PM PELHAM AT 1240 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO CONTINUING TO MOVE EAST THROUGH NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTIES AND WILL MOVE INTO GRUNDY COUNTY SHORTLY. TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO A BASEMENT...AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. && LAT...LON 3545 8620 3504 8624 3527 8558 3549 8563 $$ BOYD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 10:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 42 min |
| May 4, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 31 min |
| May 4, 11:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 60 min |
| May 4, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 16 min |
| May 4, 11:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 43 min |
| May 4, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 36 min |
| May 5, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 63 min |
| May 5, 12:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry | 44 min |
| May 5, 12:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 25 min |
| May 5, 12:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry | 38 min |
| May 5, 12:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry | 39 min |
| May 5, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston | 46 min |
| May 5, 12:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 56 min |
| May 5, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 20 min |
| May 5, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 41 min |
| May 5, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 34 min |
| May 5, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 20 min |
| May 5, 1:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 24 min |
| May 5, 1:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 35 min |
| May 5, 1:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson | 28 min |
| May 5, 1:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 31 min |
| May 5, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 28 min |
| May 5, 1:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 46 min |
| May 5, 2:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 28 min |
| May 5, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman | 35 min |
| May 5, 2:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 40 min |
| May 5, 2:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wilson | 24 min |
| May 5, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Trousdale | 44 min |
| May 5, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman | 48 min |
| May 5, 2:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 29 min |
| May 5, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 42 min |
| May 5, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 31 min |
| May 5, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 45 min |
| May 5, 3:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 5, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury | 44 min |
| May 5, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | White | 34 min |
| May 5, 3:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 48 min |
| May 5, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Wilson | 32 min |
| May 5, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam | 42 min |
| May 5, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon | 29 min |
| May 5, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee | 50 min |
| May 5, 3:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 48 min |
| May 5, 4:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 41 min |
| May 5, 4:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren, Warren | 52 min |
| May 5, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 33 min |
| May 5, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin | 47 min |
| May 5, 4:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cumberland, White | 3 hr |
| May 5, 5:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin | 19 min |
| May 5, 5:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 5, 5:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 50 min |
| May 5, 6:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 46 min |
| May 5, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 48 min |
| May 5, 6:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 25 min |
| May 5, 7:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Putnam | 30 min |
| May 5, 7:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 38 min |
| May 5, 7:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 29 min |
| May 5, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 51 min |
| May 5, 7:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 28 min |
| May 5, 7:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 27 min |
| May 5, 7:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 38 min |
| May 5, 8:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 14 min |
| May 5, 8:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Franklin, Grundy | 42 min |
| May 5, 8:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry | 51 min |
| May 5, 9:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry | 43 min |
| May 5, 9:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 46 min |
| May 5, 10:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 42 min |
| May 5, 10:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 40 min |
| May 5, 10:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 47 min |
| May 5, 11:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lincoln, Marshall, Moore | 44 min |
| May 5, 11:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 44 min |
| May 5, 11:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 41 min |
| May 5, 12:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford | 81 min |
| May 5, 12:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 51 min |
| May 5, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 26 min |
| May 5, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 54 min |
| May 5, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton | 57 min |
| May 5, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 38 min |
| May 5, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson | 46 min |
| May 5, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Humphreys | 52 min |
| May 5, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.