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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 316, NWS Nashville, TN

November 15, 2005Cumberland County, Grundy County, Van Buren County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 2005, 10:07 PM CST for Cumberland County, Grundy County, Van Buren County, Tennessee. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 15, 2005, 10:07 PM CST (04:07 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2005, 11:00 PM CST
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cumberland County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Van Buren County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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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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, 9:50 PM CST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 9:50 PM CST, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 8:03 PM CST, 2 hours 4 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, 7:50 PM CST, 2 hours 17 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 46 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, 1 hour 18 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, 53 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, 45 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

Local storm report, Nov 15, 9:32 PM CST, 35 minutes before

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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 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, 9:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee	35 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

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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.