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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Nashville, TN

October 18, 2004Perry County, Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT for Perry County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 30 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
Oct 18, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Perry County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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
Oct 18, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2004-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 501 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 2004-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 558 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
501 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
558 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
651 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
16.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 190130
TORBNA
TNC135-181-190200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
829 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 822 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINDEN BY 855 PM CDT

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE 
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EVACUATE MOBILE
HOMES. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.


LAT...LON 3549 8814 3533 8804 3548 8759 3568 8771

$$

JLM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry, Wayne23 min
Oct 18, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart52 min
Oct 18, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Stewart63 min
Oct 18, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne30 min
Oct 18, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLewis, Maury45 min
Oct 18, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys55 min
Oct 18, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys65 min
Oct 18, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury29 min
Oct 18, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis, Perry, Wayne23 min
Oct 18, 10:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson48 min
Oct 18, 10:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery2 hr
Oct 18, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys48 min
Oct 18, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson32 min
Oct 18, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson47 min
Oct 18, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham55 min
Oct 18, 11:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson3 hr
Oct 18, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson60 min
Oct 19, 12:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHickman2 hr
Oct 19, 12:12 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Williamson33 min
Oct 19, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys56 min
Oct 19, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury, Rutherford, Williamson31 min
Oct 19, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson58 min
Oct 19, 12:38 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry22 min
Oct 19, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson50 min
Oct 19, 12:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWilliamson2 hr
Oct 19, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Hickman, Marshall, Maury and 3 more29 min
Oct 19, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford25 min
Oct 19, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury, Williamson22 min
Oct 19, 1:48 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXMaury27 min
Oct 19, 1:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXRutherford2 hr
Oct 19, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Rutherford29 min
Oct 19, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson38 min
Oct 19, 2:17 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXMarshall, Maury28 min
Oct 19, 2:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson3 hr
Oct 19, 2:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne3 hr
Oct 19, 2:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWilliamson115 min
Oct 19, 2:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence24 min
Oct 19, 2:56 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCoffee, Wayne34 min
Oct 19, 3:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHickman, Perry2 hr
Oct 19, 3:28 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles32 min
Oct 19, 3:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Coffee2 hr
Oct 19, 4:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGrundy2 hr
Oct 19, 4:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne25 min
Oct 19, 4:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles3 hr
Oct 19, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne32 min
Oct 19, 5:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne2 hr
Oct 19, 6:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Coffee2 hr
Oct 19, 6:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGrundy119 min
Oct 19, 7:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Giles, Grundy, Lawrence, Marshall and 1 more3 hr
Oct 19, 11:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence3 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.