Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2005, 1:28 PM CDT for Van Buren County, Warren County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 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 3, 2005, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2005, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1206 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KOHX 031829 SVROHX TNC175-177-031915- /O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0164.050703T1828Z-050703T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 128 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... VAN BUREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPENCER EASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCMINNVILLE * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 118 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCMINNVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CAMPAIGN BY 135 PM CDT ROCK ISLAND BY 140 PM CDT SPENCER BY 155 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 3583 8580 3559 8578 3559 8544 3579 8534 $$ BOYD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 3, 9:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 9:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 900 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 .DISCUSSION... SURFACE ANALYSIS/SOUNDING SHOWS VERY LITTLE HAS CHANGED FROM YESTERDAY. DEWPOINT GRADIENT FROM NW TO SE WITH HIER DEWPOINTS SE. SOUNDING AT BNA STILL FAIRLY UNSTABLE...WITH KI OF 35...SHOWALTER 0...LI -3...TT 47...AND CAPE 1434. MAY BE A ROGUE TSTM OR 2 W OF PLATEAU AGAIN TODAY. MAY HAVE TO UP POPS PLATEAU TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH MRX. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MAG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 5:30 AM CDT, 7 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-041030- BEDFORD-BENTON-CANNON-CHEATHAM-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON- DEKALB-DICKSON-FENTRESS-GILES-GRUNDY-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS- JACKSON-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-OVERTON-PERRY- PICKETT-PUTNAM-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE- VAN BUREN-WARREN-WAYNE-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- 530 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST EVERY DAY FROM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ROSE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:53 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1253 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 TNZ065-080-031830- VAN BUREN-WHITE- 1253 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER NORTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY UNTIL ABOUT 130 PM CDT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD TOTAL 2 INCHES ACROSS CANE CREEK BASIN AND MILLSTONE BRANCH IN NORTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTY. THIS MUCH RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME MAY CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE QUICKLY. BOYD
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:01 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 101 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 TNZ065-066-080-031830- CUMBERLAND-VAN BUREN-WHITE- 101 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS VAN BUREN COUNTY FROM SPENCER...BONE CAVE AREA INTO THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY AROUND THE BLEDSOE STATE FOREST. IN ADDITION... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AS THE MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. MOVE INDOORS WHEN STORMS APPROACH. BOYD 01
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:16 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 116 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 TNZ065-066-078-080-031845- CUMBERLAND-VAN BUREN-WARREN-WHITE- 116 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY THROUGH 145 PM CDT. THIS STORM PRODUCED PEA SIZED HAIL...4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCMINNVILLE AROUND 1 PM CDT. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CAMPAIGN AND ROCK ISLAND AREAS AROUND 130 PM CDT. BOYD 01
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren, White | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren, White | 17 min |
| Jul 3, 1:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 65 min |
| Jul 3, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Warren | 51 min |
| Jul 3, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.