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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Nashville, TN

June 13, 2004Benton County, Humphreys County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2004, 1:00 PM CDT for Benton County, Humphreys County, Tennessee. It was in force for 45 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
Jun 13, 2004, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2004, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benton County, TN, Humphreys County, TN

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 11:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2004-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1101 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 131800
TORBNA
TNC005-085-131845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1258 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SOUTHWESTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 1252 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO DEVELOPING 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW JOHNSONVILLE...OR ABOUT
  13 MILES SOUTH OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NEW JOHNSONVILLE AT 115 PM CDT
  HURRICANE MILLS AT 120 PM 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 3592 8822 3578 8805 3589 8766 3611 8794

$$
BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis42 min
Jun 12, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles34 min
Jun 12, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury45 min
Jun 13, 11:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Stewart56 min
Jun 13, 11:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys62 min
Jun 13, 12:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery61 min
Jun 13, 12:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton38 min
Jun 13, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Montgomery, Robertson61 min
Jun 13, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne46 min
Jun 13, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton55 min
Jun 13, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne61 min
Jun 13, 2:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBenton62 min
Jun 13, 3:01 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys59 min
Jun 13, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston63 min
Jun 13, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry45 min
Jun 13, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis45 min
Jun 13, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson51 min
Jun 13, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Maury, Williamson53 min
Jun 13, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham48 min
Jun 13, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson61 min
Jun 13, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner, Wilson46 min
Jun 13, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford37 min
Jun 13, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXTrousdale60 min
Jun 13, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner, Wilson43 min
Jun 13, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford60 min
Jun 13, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith58 min
Jun 13, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb50 min
Jun 13, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Putnam64 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.