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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Nashville, TN

November 6, 2005Sumner County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 6, 2005, 4:32 AM CST for Sumner County, Tennessee. It was in force for 28 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, 4:32 AM CST (10:32 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2005, 5:00 AM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sumner County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 6, 5:00 AM CSTTSTM WND DMGGallatin, TNLONG HOLLOW PIKE AND HWY 109 TREES DOWN

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, 3:55 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 33 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°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 061035
TOROHX
TNC165-061100-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0015.051106T1032Z-051106T1100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SUMNER COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GALLATIN

* UNTIL 500 AM CST

* AT 425 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF GALLATIN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  3 MILES SOUTH OF GALLATIN BY 440 AM CST
 

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

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 3646 8665 3629 8662 3633 8627 3653 8626

$$
BOYD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KOHX 061047
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
444 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2005

TNC165-061100-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-051106T1100Z/
SUMNER TN-
444 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR
THE SOUTH HALF OF SUMNER COUNTY...

AT 436 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GALLATIN...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH. 

WIND GUSTS TO 46 MPH WERE MEASURED AT THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
IN NASHVILLE AROUND 430 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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING 
FOR TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3649 8657 3631 8655 3633 8627 3651 8624

$$
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, 2:35 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Stewart40 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, 4:49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.