Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Nashville, TN
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 5:00 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Gallatin, TN | LONG 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.
| 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, 10.5 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.
- 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 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.
| 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, 4:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 60 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, 4:49 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.