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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Nashville, TN

November 6, 2005Benton County, Houston County, Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 6, 2005, 2:35 AM CST for Benton County, Houston County, Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 6, 2005, 2:35 AM CST (08:35 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2005, 3:15 AM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benton County, TN, Houston County, TN, Stewart County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 6, 3:08 AM CSTHAIL 0.883 W Erin, TNTHREE REPORTS TO EMA OFFICIAL OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT GREYCROSSING...HWY147/49
Nov 6, 3:11 AM CSTTSTM WND DMG10 Ssw Dover, TNSEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 232

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 6, 2:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2005-11-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 101 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2005-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1315 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 060837
TOROHX
TNC005-083-161-060915-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0012.051106T0835Z-051106T0915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
235 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ERIN
  SOUTHERN STEWART COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOVER

* UNTIL 315 AM CST

* AT 230 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 24 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DOVER...OR ABOUT NEAR PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BIG SANDY BY 245 AM CST
  TENNESSEE RIDGE BY 300 AM CST
  ERIN BY 305 AM CST

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3620 8757 3626 8776 3625 8794 3614 8792
      3611 8820 3611 8820 3627 8807 3635 8809
      3637 8799 3644 8804 3657 8805 3664 8785
      3664 8768

$$
BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 6, 2:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Stewart67 min
Nov 6, 2:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston48 min
Nov 6, 2:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys39 min
Nov 6, 3:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Montgomery67 min
Nov 6, 3:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston45 min
Nov 6, 3:27 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery33 min
Nov 6, 3:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys60 min
Nov 6, 3:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Robertson58 min
Nov 6, 4:00 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner60 min
Nov 6, 4:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson67 min
Nov 6, 4:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner, Wilson66 min
Nov 6, 4:32 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXSumner28 min
Nov 6, 4:49 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale41 min
Nov 6, 5:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith41 min
Nov 6, 5:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Overton57 min
Nov 6, 5:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Putnam34 min
Nov 6, 5:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPickett44 min
Nov 6, 6:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress40 min
Nov 6, 6:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.