Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 6, 2005, 4:00 AM CST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report 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, 4:00 AM CST (10:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2005, 5:00 AM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Sumner County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 4:15 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Nw Nashville, TN | NASHVILLE OEM REPORTED SEVERAL ROOFS DAMAGED TREES DOWN AND OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED IN AN AREA ONE MILE WIDE FROM JOELTON TO RIDGETOP. SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN NORTHEAST DAVIDSON CO NEAR GOODLETTSVILLE. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 3:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOHX 061001 TOROHX TNC021-037-147-165-061100- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0014.051106T1000Z-051106T1100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 400 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEERN CHEATHAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHLAND CITY NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE SOUTHERN ROBERTSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD WESTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WHITE HOUSE * UNTIL 500 AM CST * AT 356 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ASHLAND CITY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... GREENBRIER AND SPRINGFIELD BY 410 AM CST RIDGETOP BY 415 AM CST GOODLETTSVILLE BY 425 AM CST WHITE HOUSE AND CROSS PLAINS BY 425 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 3648 8714 3621 8715 3623 8650 3658 8643 $$ BOYD
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KOHX 061021 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 418 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2005 TNC021-037-147-165-061100- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-051106T1100Z/ DAVIDSON TN-CHEATHAM TN-ROBERTSON TN-SUMNER TN- 418 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR WESTERN SUMNER...SOUTHERN ROBERTSON...NORTHEASTERN CHEATHAM AND NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTIES... AT 413 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RIDGETOP...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... INTERSTATE 65 JUST NORTH OF MILLERSVILLE BY 425 AM CST JUST SOUTH OF WHITE HOUSE BY 430 AM CST COTTONTOWN BY 435 AM CST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3648 8714 3621 8715 3623 8650 3658 8643 $$ BOYD
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, 4:08 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 |
| Nov 6, 6:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.