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Tornado Warning 95, NWS Nashville, TN

May 11, 2003DeKalb County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2003, 4:13 AM CDT for DeKalb County, Tennessee. It was in force for 17 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 11, 2003, 4:13 AM CDT (09:13 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2003, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County DeKalb County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 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 11, 3:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 2003-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1200 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1200 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1378 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 110913
TORBNA
TNC041-110930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
413 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DE KALB COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SMITHVILLE

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 410 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SMITHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

&&

LAT...LON 3610 8613 3593 8606 3591 8568 3617 8572

$$

04

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart34 min
May 11, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton28 min
May 11, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry31 min
May 11, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Lewis, Perry27 min
May 11, 2:32 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman28 min
May 11, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Maury, Williamson32 min
May 11, 3:06 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson24 min
May 11, 3:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith, Wilson32 min
May 11, 3:32 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson28 min
May 11, 3:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale34 min
May 11, 3:49 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilson41 min
May 11, 3:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence40 min
May 11, 4:01 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXMacon29 min
May 11, 4:08 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCannon22 min
May 11, 4:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Overton, Putnam25 min
May 11, 4:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren29 min
May 11, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Franklin, Lincoln, Moore18 min
May 11, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Van Buren and 1 more31 min
May 11, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Franklin, Grundy30 min
May 11, 5:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland32 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.