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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Nashville, TN

November 15, 2005Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 2:49 PM CST for Stewart 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 15, 2005, 2:49 PM CST (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2005, 3:30 PM CST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stewart County, TN

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 15, 7:42 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 12:00Z on 2005-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 257 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 152050
TOROHX
TNC161-152130-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0017.051115T2049Z-051115T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
249 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  STEWART COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOVER

* UNTIL 330 PM CST

* AT 246 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 26 MILES WEST OF
  DOVER...OR ABOUT NEAR PARIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER BY 320 PM CST

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 3667 8788 3664 8785 3664 8764 3638 8760
      3635 8774 3634 8798 3644 8804 3668 8806
      3668 8806

$$
STEIGERWALDT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KOHX 152116
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
311 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

TNC161-152130-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-051115T2130Z/
STEWART TN-
315 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR STEWART
COUNTY...

AT 312 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF 
DOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER BY 320 PM CST

THE STEWART COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER HAS RECEVIED REPORTS THAT THIS 
STORM HAD PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR PARIS, TENNESSEE. 

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED 
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3667 8788 3664 8785 3664 8764 3638 8760
      3635 8774 3634 8798 3644 8804 3668 8806
      3668 8806

$$
STEIGERWALDT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 8:12 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryOHXBedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more22 hr
Nov 15, 3:13 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton47 min
Nov 15, 3:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart59 min
Nov 15, 3:43 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHouston47 min
Nov 15, 3:46 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWayne44 min
Nov 15, 3:50 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys25 min
Nov 15, 4:04 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart56 min
Nov 15, 4:26 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWayne34 min
Nov 15, 4:29 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys61 min
Nov 15, 4:39 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXLewis36 min
Nov 15, 4:53 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXRobertson37 min
Nov 15, 5:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry53 min
Nov 15, 5:16 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDickson44 min
Nov 15, 5:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman55 min
Nov 15, 5:29 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys49 min
Nov 15, 5:39 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXPerry51 min
Nov 15, 5:46 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson44 min
Nov 15, 5:51 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHickman39 min
Nov 15, 5:53 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXLewis, Maury52 min
Nov 15, 5:57 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXPerry63 min

Nearby

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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.