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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Nashville, TN

November 6, 2005Macon County, Trousdale County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 6, 2005, 4:49 AM CST for Macon County, Trousdale County, Tennessee. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 6, 2005, 4:49 AM CST (10:49 UTC)
Expired: Nov 6, 2005, 5:30 AM CST
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Macon County, TN, Trousdale County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 63 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: 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 061052
TOROHX
TNC111-169-061130-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0016.051106T1049Z-051106T1130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MACON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE
  TROUSDALE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HARTSVILLE

* UNTIL 530 AM CST

* AT 442 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
  HARTSVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR GALLATIN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HARTSVILLE BY 500 AM CST
  LAFAYETTE BY 510 AM CST
  RED BOILING SPRINGS BY 515 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 NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3661 8587 3644 8582 3643 8597 3641 8599
      3635 8627 3645 8625 3646 8622 3649 8624
      3650 8620 3662 8619 3663 8593

$$
BOYD

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Nov 6, 3:13 AM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 3:13 AM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
313 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2005

.UPDATED DISCUSSION...
THE SVR TSTM WATCH FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TN HAS BEEN
REPLACED BY A TORNADO WATCH. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
CST.

FOR THE FCST...WILL INCLUDE AN EARLY MORNING PERIOD AND WILL LEAN
TOWARD THE CURRENT RADAR FOR ESTABLISHING POPS.
OTHERWISE...FOR TODAY...THE LOWEST POPS WILL BE ACROSS WESTERN
ZONES WITH HIGHER POPS TO THE EAST.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD EXIT THE ENTIRE MIDDLE TN AREA BY
LATE MORNING. CLEARING WILL THEN COMMENCE RATHER QUICKLY FROM
WEST TO EAST.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 117 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2005)

DISCUSSION...
1ST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE TO UPDATE THE ZONES AND INCLUDE THE
NEW SVR TSTM WATCH FOR THE FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE.
THIS WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST.

FOR THE UPCOMING FORECAST...POPS FOR TODAY WILL HINGE ON THE EXACT
PROXIMITY OF THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WHICH IS CURRENTLY
MOVING OUR WAY. THE BEST ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW IS FOR 20 POPS ACROSS
WESTERN AREAS AND 40-50 POPS ACROSS THE PLATEAU. THIS COULD CHANGE
HOWEVER AS THE PRODUCT TRANSMISSION TIME NEARS.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST...SKIES WILL CLEAR THIS AFTERNOON FROM
WEST TO EAST. TEMPS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL
ALTHOUGH NIGHTTIME LOWS WILL FALL BACK DOWN INTO THE 40S SUN NT.

RIDGING AND HEIGHT RISES WILL BE THE RULE ON MONDAY WITH TEMPS
APPROACHING RECORD LEVELS INTO THE LOWER 80S.

THROUGH THE EXTENDED...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS TO REMAIN WITH WEAK UPPER
RIDGING REMAINING. DESPITE THE UPPER RIDGING...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
WILL ATTEMPT TO APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. WILL THEREFORE
INCLUDE A 20-30 POP FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE

&&

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 6, 2:50 AM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
250 AM CST SUN NOV 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0241 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CAMDEN                  36.06N 88.10W
11/06/2005                   BENTON             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN OVER HWY 192 AND BIRDSONG ROAD.

&&

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Local storm report, Nov 6, 3:40 AM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
340 AM CST SUN NOV 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0308 AM     HAIL             3 W ERIN                36.32N 87.76W
11/06/2005  0.88 INCH        HOUSTON            TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            THREE REPORTS TO EMA OFFICIAL OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT
            GREYCROSSING...HWY147/49

&&

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Local storm report, Nov 6, 3:43 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
343 AM CST SUN NOV 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0311 AM     TSTM WND DMG     10 SSW DOVER            36.35N 87.91W
11/06/2005                   STEWART            TN   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 232

&&

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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 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, 4:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner	28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.