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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Nashville, TN

October 18, 2004Benton County, Houston County, Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2004, 8:57 PM CDT for Benton County, Houston County, Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 63 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, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benton County, TN, Houston County, TN, Stewart County, TN

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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 190157
TORBNA
TNC005-083-161-190300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ERIN
  STEWART COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOVER

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 844 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADOES
  17 MILES WEST OF DOVER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MURRAY...MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF TORNADOES IN 
  ADJACENT COUNTIES TO THE WEST OF THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS INPACTED BY THE TORNADOES ARE...
  DOVER 
  BIG SANDY
  CAMDEN
  TENNESSEE RIDGE
  

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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3660 8764 3635 8757 3621 8759 3626 8776
      3625 8794 3613 8794 3612 8820 3612 8820
      3627 8807 3635 8809 3637 8799 3644 8804
      3662 8805

$$
BOYD

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, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPerry, Wayne30 min
Oct 18, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart52 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.