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Tornado Warning 78, NWS Nashville, TN

May 6, 2003Bedford County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2003, 5:53 AM CDT for Bedford County, Moore County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 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 6, 2003, 5:53 AM CDT (10:53 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2003, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bedford County, TN, Moore County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 1:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2003-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 968 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 2003-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 289 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
968 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
7.5

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The text

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

460 
WFUS54 KOHX 061053
TORBNA
TNC003-127-061130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
553 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  NORTHERN MOORE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 548 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF LEWISBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
RURAL NORTHWESTERN MOORE COUNTY AT 610 AM CDT
RURAL SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY AT 610 AM CDT
RURAL NORTHERN MOORE COUNTY AT 620 AM CDT

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER
NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO A BASEMENT...AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

&&

LAT...LON 3542 8671 3530 8670 3531 8629 3553 8627

$$

04

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson45 min
May 5, 7:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson3 hr
May 5, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson33 min
May 5, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford35 min
May 5, 8:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Wilson3 hr
May 5, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson32 min
May 5, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner, Wilson46 min
May 5, 9:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton, Cannon, Cheatham, Cumberland, Davidson, DeKalb and 9 more3 hr
May 5, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson41 min
May 6, 4:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis51 min
May 6, 4:32 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence28 min
May 6, 4:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne40 min
May 6, 4:56 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence34 min
May 6, 5:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury, Wayne3 hr
May 6, 5:18 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne42 min
May 6, 5:21 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXLincoln, Marshall39 min
May 6, 5:58 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence32 min
May 6, 6:32 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lincoln43 min
May 6, 6:37 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lincoln38 min
May 6, 6:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Coffee4 hr
May 6, 7:13 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXLincoln, Moore32 min
May 6, 7:16 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXLincoln, Moore29 min
May 6, 7:41 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCoffee34 min
May 6, 7:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLincoln, Moore3 hr
May 6, 7:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXFranklin3 hr
May 6, 8:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Marshall113 min
May 6, 8:17 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXGrundy28 min
May 6, 8:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGrundy, Warren2 hr
May 6, 9:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Marshall117 min
May 6, 10:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Lincoln, Moore118 min
May 6, 11:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXFranklin110 min
May 6, 12:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Grundy, Warren2 hr

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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.