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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Nashville, TN

July 13, 2004Sumner County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2004, 8:31 PM CDT for Sumner 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
Jul 13, 2004, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2004, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sumner County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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
Jul 13, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 2004-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2877 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 2004-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
2877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1306 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 140131
TORBNA
TNC165-140230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
830 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SUMNER COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GALLATIN

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 824 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES        
  NORTH OF PORTLAND...MOVING SOUTH AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PORTLAND BY 845 PM CDT
  GALLATIN BY 900 PM CDT
  
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3666 8624 3666 8652 3640 8671 3625 8660
      3635 8627

$$
05

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale65 min
Jul 13, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson58 min
Jul 13, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson49 min
Jul 13, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery52 min
Jul 13, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith65 min
Jul 13, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilson50 min
Jul 13, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson59 min
Jul 13, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham50 min
Jul 13, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford79 min
Jul 13, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam59 min
Jul 13, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson45 min
Jul 13, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton, Pickett67 min
Jul 13, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson50 min
Jul 13, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress59 min
Jul 13, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee74 min
Jul 13, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee73 min
Jul 13, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, White69 min
Jul 13, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery42 min
Jul 13, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren80 min
Jul 13, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall59 min
Jul 13, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury53 min
Jul 13, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy, Van Buren65 min
Jul 13, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson31 min
Jul 13, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman52 min
Jul 13, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury58 min
Jul 13, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry42 min
Jul 13, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne48 min
Jul 14, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Macon24 min
Jul 14, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner24 min
Jul 14, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford36 min
Jul 14, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner, Trousdale24 min
Jul 14, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith, Trousdale, Wilson34 min
Jul 14, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam32 min
Jul 14, 6:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Macon35 min
Jul 14, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Overton34 min
Jul 14, 7:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Pickett15 min
Jul 14, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Pickett15 min
Jul 14, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee45 min
Jul 14, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Maury, Williamson28 min
Jul 14, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Maury64 min
Jul 14, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy44 min
Jul 14, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence55 min
Jul 14, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne66 min
Jul 14, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles53 min
Jul 14, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence48 min
Jul 14, 3:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence2 hr
Jul 14, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne49 min
Jul 14, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne59 min

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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.