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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS Nashville, TN

November 15, 2005Coffee County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 2005, 9:25 PM CST for Coffee County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 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 15, 2005, 9:25 PM CST (03:25 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2005, 10:00 PM CST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Coffee County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 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 15, 3:15 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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: 554 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 421 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 506 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 5.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KOHX 160325
SVROHX
TNC031-160400-
/O.NEW.KOHX.SV.W.0313.051116T0325Z-051116T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
925 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COFFEE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANCHESTER

* UNTIL 1000 PM CST

* AT 923 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF MANCHESTER...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

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 3551 8628 3537 8614 3543 8588 3562 8618

$$
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 15, 3:47 PM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 3:47 PM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
347 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

.DISCUSSION...
18Z RAOB SHOWED DRIER AIR OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE BELOW A MID LEVEL
CAP...THUS LIMITING MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON STORM DEVELOPMENT.
HOWEVER...TWO LINES OF STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION DEVELOPED
FURTHER WEST WITH A FEW CELLS EXHIBITED SUPERCELL STRUCTURES. THE
FIRST AND MORE INTENSE LINE IS TAPPING INTO MODERATE INSTABILITY
WITH ROTATING COUPLETS AT LOW ANGLES.

KOHX RADAR SHOWED THE FIRST OF THESE COUPLETS IN STEWART COUNTY
WITH MORE TO THE SOUTHWEST. H8 JET APPROACHING 60KTS JUST NORTH OF
HOPKINSVILLE IN THE NAM12 AT 16/00Z. VAD WINDS SUPPORT DAMAGING
SURFACE WINDS AS AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. SECONDARY LINE OF STORMS
MAY MERGE WITH THE FIRST LINE...AND THE SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL
CONTINUE WILL INTO THE EVENING. COLLOBRATED TORNADO WATCH 869 WAS
MERGED INTO HAZARD GRIDS AND IS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 PM CST.

EXTENDED LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT...AND KEPT THIS ADVISORY
ALL NIGHT IN THE PLATEAU. COULD SEE GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

GFS80 IS QUICKER WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT...MOVING
THROUGH METRO NASHVILLE SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT CST. THE FRONT
WILL PUSH THROUGH THE PLATEAU AFTER MIDNIGHT. MODELS SHOW THAT
MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FILTER IN LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. H8
TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW -6 C WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND MOS DOES
NOT HAVE ENOUGH CLOUDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

COOL AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. IN FACT THE
COOL TEMPERATURES LOOK TO CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK. THERE MAY BE A
COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE OR TWO...BUT MOISTURE IS TOO LIMITED TO
ADVERTISE A RAIN CHANCE AT THIS POINT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE    41  45  25  44 / 100  10  10  10
CLARKSVILLE  38  45  23  45 / 100   0  10  10
CROSSVILLE   42  44  23  40 / 100  30  10  10

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR MOST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST FOR THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU

&&

04

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 8:03 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
803 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-161130-
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-
803 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORNADOES...OCCURRING ACROSS THE
MID-STATE WILL END SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS THE COLD FRONT
RESPONSIBLE MOVES INTO EAST TENNESSEE.

WINDS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE 15 TO
30 MPH RANGE THROUGH TONIGHT...THUS A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS
IN AFFECT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
THE RISK OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH EARLY MORNING.

07

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 15, 7:45 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
745 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

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

0745 PM     HAIL             2 N LEBANON             36.24N 86.32W
11/15/2005  1.00 INCH        WILSON             TN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

MED

Local storm report, Nov 15, 7:50 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
750 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

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

0725 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E HENDERSONVILLE      36.29N 86.57W
11/15/2005                   SUMNER             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL 16 TO 24 INCH IN DIAMETER TREES BLOWN DOWN

&&

MED

Local storm report, Nov 15, 8:21 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
821 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

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

0455 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BIG SANDY               36.23N 88.09W
11/15/2005                   BENTON             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HOUSE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. COMBINE TURNED OVER. CATTLE
            KILLED. OUT BLDG DSTROYED.

&&

JCOHEN

Local storm report, Nov 15, 8:49 PM CST, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
849 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

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

0825 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S LAFAYETTE           36.45N 86.03W
11/15/2005                   MACON              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

0825 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE HARTSVILLE         36.42N 86.12W
11/15/2005                   TROUSDALE          TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

&&

JCOHEN

Special weather statement, Nov 15, 9:14 PM CST, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
914 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

TNZ010-011-031>034-065-066-160415-
CLAY-CUMBERLAND-FENTRESS-JACKSON-OVERTON-PICKETT-PUTNAM-WHITE-
914 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...
AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
WAS ENTERING WESTERN PICKETT...WESTERN OVERTON...AND CENTRAL
PUTNAM COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH.

FENTRESS...CUMBERLAND AND WHITE COUNTIES WILL BE AFFECTED THROUGH
10:15 MPH BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO FURTHER WEATHER
UPDATES.

ORCHANIAN

Local storm report, Nov 15, 9:22 PM CST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
922 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

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

0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N SMYRNA              36.01N 86.52W
11/15/2005                   RUTHERFORD         TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN AND DETACHED GARAGE DAMAGED

&&

JCOHEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 15, 6:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson	36 min
Nov 15, 6:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lawrence	34 min
Nov 15, 6:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Williamson	51 min
Nov 15, 6:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	60 min
Nov 15, 6:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	43 min
Nov 15, 6:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham	24 min
Nov 15, 6:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson	34 min
Nov 15, 6:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Maury	62 min
Nov 15, 6:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Wayne	55 min
Nov 15, 6:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lewis	51 min
Nov 15, 6:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Wilson	64 min
Nov 15, 7:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	67 min
Nov 15, 7:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Marshall	50 min
Nov 15, 7:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Macon	32 min
Nov 15, 7:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon, Trousdale	25 min
Nov 15, 7:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Marshall, Williamson	52 min
Nov 15, 7:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lawrence	34 min
Nov 15, 7:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles	41 min
Nov 15, 7:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale	46 min
Nov 15, 7:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Maury	45 min
Nov 15, 7:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Wilson	48 min
Nov 15, 8:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	49 min
Nov 15, 8:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Marshall	42 min
Nov 15, 8:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Jackson, Overton, Putnam, Smith	34 min
Nov 15, 8:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb	33 min
Nov 15, 8:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Rutherford	41 min
Nov 15, 9:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cannon	29 min
Nov 15, 9:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	DeKalb	24 min
Nov 15, 9:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Putnam, White	33 min
Nov 15, 9:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Warren, White	60 min
Nov 15, 9:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Warren	27 min
Nov 15, 10:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	White	45 min
Nov 15, 10:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Grundy, Van Buren	53 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.