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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Nashville, TN

May 31, 2004Bedford County, Coffee County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2004, 1:19 AM CDT for Bedford County, Coffee County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 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 31, 2004, 1:19 AM CDT (06:19 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2004, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bedford County, TN, Coffee County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:21 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 2004-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2491 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 2004-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 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
2491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.8
Supercell composite
16.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 310619
TORBNA
TNC003-031-310645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
119 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  COFFEE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANCHESTER

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 111 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  3 MILES NORTH OF MANCHESTER AT 140 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 3548 8652 3531 8645 3547 8583 3568 8592

$$

JLM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart60 min
May 30, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry27 min
May 30, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson50 min
May 30, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Sumner37 min
May 30, 10:19 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Perry26 min
May 30, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery51 min
May 30, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Humphreys38 min
May 30, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson20 min
May 30, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman30 min
May 30, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson39 min
May 30, 11:34 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson26 min
May 30, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale50 min
May 30, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury and 3 more40 min
May 30, 11:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson2 hr
May 30, 11:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHumphreys4 hr
May 30, 11:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson35 min
May 31, 12:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDickson4 hr
May 31, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Davidson, Giles, Lawrence and 6 more37 min
May 31, 12:27 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson33 min
May 31, 12:39 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles21 min
May 31, 12:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHickman4 hr
May 31, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Grundy and 5 more43 min
May 31, 1:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXRutherford4 hr
May 31, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Cumberland, Fentress, Grundy, Overton, Putnam and 3 more47 min
May 31, 1:49 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXGrundy26 min
May 31, 1:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Wilson4 hr
May 31, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXOverton4 hr

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.