Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2004, 10:27 PM CDT for Dickson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 48 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, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2004, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Dickson County, TN
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KOHX 190327
TORBNA
TNC043-190415-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1023 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DICKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DICKSON
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 1016 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DICKSON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF ERIN...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VANLEER BY 1035 PM CDT
CHARLOTTE BY 1045 PM CDT
5 NORTH OF DICKSON BY 1050 PM CDT
WHITE BLUFF BY 1110 PM CDT
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 3631 8726 3632 8724 3630 8719 3631 8717
3601 8720 3604 8755 3616 8754 3620 8755
3623 8752 3633 8751
$$
BOYDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 23 min |
| Oct 18, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 30 min |
| Oct 18, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 52 min |
| Oct 18, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Stewart | 63 min |
| Oct 18, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 30 min |
| Oct 18, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lewis, Maury | 45 min |
| Oct 18, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 55 min |
| Oct 18, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 65 min |
| Oct 18, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury | 29 min |
| Oct 18, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 23 min |
| Oct 18, 10:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Oct 18, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 48 min |
| Oct 18, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 32 min |
| Oct 18, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson | 47 min |
| Oct 18, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 55 min |
| Oct 18, 11:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson | 3 hr |
| Oct 18, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 60 min |
| Oct 19, 12:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Hickman | 2 hr |
| Oct 19, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 33 min |
| Oct 19, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 56 min |
| Oct 19, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 31 min |
| Oct 19, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 58 min |
| Oct 19, 12:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 22 min |
| Oct 19, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 50 min |
| Oct 19, 12:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Williamson | 2 hr |
| Oct 19, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Hickman, Marshall, Maury and 3 more | 29 min |
| Oct 19, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 25 min |
| Oct 19, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 22 min |
| Oct 19, 1:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 27 min |
| Oct 19, 1:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 2 hr |
| Oct 19, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 29 min |
| Oct 19, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 38 min |
| Oct 19, 2:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury | 28 min |
| Oct 19, 2:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 3 hr |
| Oct 19, 2:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Oct 19, 2:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Williamson | 115 min |
| Oct 19, 2:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 24 min |
| Oct 19, 2:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Wayne | 34 min |
| Oct 19, 3:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry | 2 hr |
| Oct 19, 3:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 32 min |
| Oct 19, 3:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 2 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Grundy | 2 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 25 min |
| Oct 19, 4:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles | 3 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 32 min |
| Oct 19, 5:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Oct 19, 6:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 2 hr |
| Oct 19, 6:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Grundy | 119 min |
| Oct 19, 7:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Giles, Grundy, Lawrence, Marshall and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 19, 11:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 3 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.