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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Nashville, TN

November 6, 2005Putnam County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 6, 2005, 6:31 AM CST for Putnam County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 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: Nov 6, 2005, 6:31 AM CST (12:31 UTC)
Expired: Nov 6, 2005, 7:00 AM CST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Putnam County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:34 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 6, 3:55 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 317 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KOHX 061232
SVROHX
TNC141-061300-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0296.051106T1231Z-051106T1300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
631 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 700 AM CST

* AT 627 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH MOVING THROUGH EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY. THE LEADING EDGE 
  OF THE LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTEREY...OR ABOUT
  12 MILES EAST OF COOKEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTEREY BY 635 AM CST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3620 8532 3616 8522 3614 8510 3612 8514
      3612 8522 3606 8524 3604 8529 3621 8537
      3623 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 Nov 6, 3:13 AM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 3:13 AM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
313 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2005

.UPDATED DISCUSSION...
THE SVR TSTM WATCH FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TN HAS BEEN
REPLACED BY A TORNADO WATCH. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
CST.

FOR THE FCST...WILL INCLUDE AN EARLY MORNING PERIOD AND WILL LEAN
TOWARD THE CURRENT RADAR FOR ESTABLISHING POPS.
OTHERWISE...FOR TODAY...THE LOWEST POPS WILL BE ACROSS WESTERN
ZONES WITH HIGHER POPS TO THE EAST.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD EXIT THE ENTIRE MIDDLE TN AREA BY
LATE MORNING. CLEARING WILL THEN COMMENCE RATHER QUICKLY FROM
WEST TO EAST.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 117 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2005)

DISCUSSION...
1ST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE TO UPDATE THE ZONES AND INCLUDE THE
NEW SVR TSTM WATCH FOR THE FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE.
THIS WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST.

FOR THE UPCOMING FORECAST...POPS FOR TODAY WILL HINGE ON THE EXACT
PROXIMITY OF THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WHICH IS CURRENTLY
MOVING OUR WAY. THE BEST ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW IS FOR 20 POPS ACROSS
WESTERN AREAS AND 40-50 POPS ACROSS THE PLATEAU. THIS COULD CHANGE
HOWEVER AS THE PRODUCT TRANSMISSION TIME NEARS.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST...SKIES WILL CLEAR THIS AFTERNOON FROM
WEST TO EAST. TEMPS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL
ALTHOUGH NIGHTTIME LOWS WILL FALL BACK DOWN INTO THE 40S SUN NT.

RIDGING AND HEIGHT RISES WILL BE THE RULE ON MONDAY WITH TEMPS
APPROACHING RECORD LEVELS INTO THE LOWER 80S.

THROUGH THE EXTENDED...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS TO REMAIN WITH WEAK UPPER
RIDGING REMAINING. DESPITE THE UPPER RIDGING...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
WILL ATTEMPT TO APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. WILL THEREFORE
INCLUDE A 20-30 POP FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE

&&

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 6, 3:40 AM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
340 AM CST SUN NOV 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0308 AM     HAIL             3 W ERIN                36.32N 87.76W
11/06/2005  0.88 INCH        HOUSTON            TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            THREE REPORTS TO EMA OFFICIAL OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT
            GREYCROSSING...HWY147/49

&&

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Local storm report, Nov 6, 3:43 AM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
343 AM CST SUN NOV 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0311 AM     TSTM WND DMG     10 SSW DOVER            36.35N 87.91W
11/06/2005                   STEWART            TN   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 232

&&

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Local storm report, Nov 6, 5:41 AM CST, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
541 AM CST SUN NOV 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 AM     TSTM WND DMG     8 NW LEBANON            36.29N 86.42W
11/06/2005                   WILSON             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES DOWN ALONG HARTSVILLE PIKE AND RODGERS ROAD

&&

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Local storm report, Nov 6, 5:44 AM CST, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
544 AM CST SUN NOV 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 AM     TSTM WND DMG     NASHVILLE               36.17N 86.78W
11/06/2005                   DAVIDSON           TN   UTILITY COMPANY

            OVER 350 HOMES WITH OUT POWER IN NASHVILLE REPORTED BY
            NES

&&

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Local storm report, Nov 6, 6:06 AM CST, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
606 AM CST SUN NOV 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0505 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W GAINESBORO          36.36N 85.74W
11/06/2005                   JACKSON            TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POLICE OFFICER REPORTED LIMBS BLOCKING THE GRANDVILLE HWY

&&

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Local storm report, Nov 6, 6:20 AM CST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
620 AM CST SUN NOV 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CLARKSVILLE             36.56N 87.35W
11/06/2005                   MONTGOMERY         TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW TREES DOWN INSIDE CITY LIMITS. PIECES OF A METAL
            BARN STRUCTURE BLOWN ONTO STEELSTOCK ROAD HAD TO BE
            REMOVE.

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 6, 2:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Stewart	67 min
Nov 6, 2:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston	48 min
Nov 6, 2:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston, Stewart	40 min
Nov 6, 2:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	39 min
Nov 6, 3:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Montgomery	67 min
Nov 6, 3:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston	45 min
Nov 6, 3:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Montgomery	33 min
Nov 6, 3:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	60 min
Nov 6, 3:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Robertson	58 min
Nov 6, 4:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner	60 min
Nov 6, 4:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	67 min
Nov 6, 4:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Sumner, Wilson	66 min
Nov 6, 4:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner	28 min
Nov 6, 4:49 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Macon, Trousdale	41 min
Nov 6, 5:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith	41 min
Nov 6, 5:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Overton	57 min
Nov 6, 5:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Putnam	34 min
Nov 6, 5:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Pickett	44 min
Nov 6, 6:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress	40 min

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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.