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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 3:13 PM CST for Benton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min. 4 reports 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 15, 2005, 3:13 PM CST (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2005, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Benton County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 3:35 PM CST | TORNADO | 6 Nw Camden, TN | F1 TORNADO DAMAGED A HOME. |
| Nov 15, 3:38 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 Nne Camden, TN | F2 TORNADO DESTROYED A HOME. |
| Nov 15, 3:45 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 10 N Camden, TN | HOUSES DAMAGED...TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF THE COUNTY. |
| Nov 15, 4:05 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Camden, TN |
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 15, 7:42 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KOHX 152114
TOROHX
TNC005-152200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0018.051115T2113Z-051115T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
313 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN
* UNTIL 400 PM CST
* AT 312 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES WEST OF
CAMDEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
CAMDEN BY 330 PM 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 500 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM
CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3619 8795 3614 8792 3609 8797 3599 8820
3612 8820 3617 8815 3626 8809 3632 8801
3632 8797
$$
311 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KOHX 152136
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
335 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
TNC005-152200-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-051115T2200Z/
BENTON TN-
335 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR BENTON
COUNTY...
AT 333 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED WEST OF CAMDEN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL EASTERN BENTON COUNTY AT 350 PM CST
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM
CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3619 8795 3614 8792 3609 8797 3599 8820
3612 8820 3617 8815 3626 8809 3632 8801
3632 8797
$$
31The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 8:12 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | OHX | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more | 22 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Stewart | 41 min |
| Nov 15, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 59 min |
| Nov 15, 3:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Houston | 47 min |
| Nov 15, 3:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 3:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 25 min |
| Nov 15, 4:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 56 min |
| Nov 15, 4:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 34 min |
| Nov 15, 4:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys | 61 min |
| Nov 15, 4:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lewis | 36 min |
| Nov 15, 4:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 37 min |
| Nov 15, 5:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry | 53 min |
| Nov 15, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 5:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 55 min |
| Nov 15, 5:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 49 min |
| Nov 15, 5:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry | 51 min |
| Nov 15, 5:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 5:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman | 39 min |
| Nov 15, 5:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lewis, Maury | 52 min |
| Nov 15, 5:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry | 63 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.