Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 250, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2005, 5:13 PM CDT for Cheatham County, Dickson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 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
- Aug 15, 2005, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2005, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cheatham County, TN, Dickson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 549 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1119 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KOHX 152213
SVROHX
TNC021-043-152245-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0250.050815T2213Z-050815T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
513 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHEATHAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
EASTERN DICKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE BLUFF...OR
ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
KINGSTON SPRINGS BY 530 PM CDT
PEGRAM BY 545 PM CDT
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3626 8697 3614 8700 3611 8704 3605 8705
3607 8709 3607 8729 3609 8730 3624 8730
$$
13What 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 Aug 15, 2:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 2:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 240 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005 .DISCUSSION... LATEST ANALYSIS SHOWING MAIN FRONTAL BOUNDARY UP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN OH VALLEY...WITH ANOTHER WEAK PRE-FRONTAL OUTFLOW SITTING FROM NEAR BNA DOWN TO NEAR MEM. AIRMASS REMAINS QUITE UNSTABLE WITH DEWS AROUND 70. THUS...SCATTERED TSTMS DEVELOPING CWA-WIDE. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ALREADY ACROSS THE AREA AND WARM SECTOR AIRMASS WILL KEEP SCATTERED SHWRS/STRMS GOING INTO THE EVENING BUT THINGS LIKELY TO CALM DOWN SOME THIS EVENING WITH LOSS OF STRONG HEATING. WILL HOWEVER KEEP CHANCE IN TONIGHT. MEAN WHILE...MAIN LL BOUNDARY UP NORTH WILL BEGIN SLOW PUSH SOUTHWARD LATE TONIGHT AS UL SHORTWAVE DROPS INTO THE REGION. FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE NORTHERN CWA LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON...WITH DEEPER MOISTURE WELL IN PLACE JUST AHEAD. INSTABILITY ON TUESDAY LITTLE LESS THAN TODAY BUT WITH BETTER LL FORCING AND DEEPER MOISTURE ...WILL BUMP POPS INTO LIKELY CATEGORY. FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WITH VERY LITTLE UL SUPPORT...WILL WORK SLOWLY ACROSS THE CWA TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE MID-STATE SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE SOME DRYING NORTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOWEVER. AT THIS POINT...PLAN ON LEAVING SCATTERED POPS RUNNING THROUGH THAT PERIOD...GRADUALLY LEANING HIGHER POPS EAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 73 91 71 89 / 40 60 40 40 CLARKSVILLE 73 88 71 87 / 50 60 40 40 CROSSVILLE 69 86 67 83 / 30 60 50 50 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 07
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 5:30 AM CDT, 11 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-161030- 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 MON AUG 15 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... MODERATELY STRONG HEATING...WITH ASSIST FROM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES... WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY. AGAIN...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY. GIRODO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 229 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005 TNZ008-027-152025- DAVIDSON-SUMNER- 229 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST DAVIDSON COUNTY...MOVING INTO SUMNER COUNTY... AT ABOUT 225 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST DAVIDSON AND SUMNER COUNTY THROUGH 325 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25MPH. ORCHANIAN
Local storm report, Aug 15, 2:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
254 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 PM TSTM WND DMG FRANKLIN 35.93N 86.84W
08/15/2005 WILLIAMSON TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TREE DOWN.
0250 PM TSTM WND DMG LA VERGNE 36.00N 86.57W
08/15/2005 RUTHERFORD TN TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TREES DOWN IN LA VERGNE.
&&
ORCHANIANSpecial weather statement, Aug 15, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 335 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005 TNZ028-152105- WILSON- 335 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY... AT ABOUT 330 PM...THUNDERSTORMS APPEARED TO HAVE WEAKEN ACROSS CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER... EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH AND AFFECT TOWNS SUCH AS LEBANON AND WATERTOWN THROUGH 405 PM. ORCHANIAN
Local storm report, Aug 15, 3:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
346 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 PM TSTM WND DMG NASHVILLE 36.17N 86.78W
08/15/2005 DAVIDSON TN EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN ON OLD HICKORY BLVD IN NORTH CENTRAL DAVIDSON
COUNTY.
&&
ORCHANIANLocal storm report, Aug 15, 4:35 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
435 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0432 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 E ERIN 36.32N 87.61W
08/15/2005 HOUSTON TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ACROSS HWY 46 SOUTH
&&
31Local storm report, Aug 15, 4:47 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
447 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 PM HAIL 15 S JAMESTOWN 36.22N 84.94W
08/15/2005 0.75 INCH FENTRESS TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NEAR PENNY SIZE HAIL
&&
31The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 23 min |
| Aug 14, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Trousdale | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 40 min |
| Aug 15, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner | 23 min |
| Aug 15, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Trousdale, Wilson | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Humphreys | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 40 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.