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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 3:43 PM CST for Houston County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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, 3:43 PM CST (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2005, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Houston County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 4:05 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 W Erin, TN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN TENNESSE RIDGE ALONG HWY 13S POSSIBLE TORNADO |
| Nov 15, 4:10 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 Sse Erin, TN | F0 TORNADO ON BATEMAN BRANCH ROAD SNAPPED TREES. |
| Nov 15, 4:10 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 Sse Erin, TN | F1 TORNADO DID CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO OUT BUILDINGS NEAR HIGHWAY 13. |
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 |
| Nov 15, 3:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 152144
TOROHX
TNC083-152230-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0019.051115T2143Z-051115T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
343 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HOUSTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ERIN
* UNTIL 430 PM CST
* AT 340 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TENNESSEE RIDGE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF CAMDEN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
TENNESSEE RIDGE AND ERIN BY 355 PM CST
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 3633 8752 3623 8754 3620 8757 3621 8765
3626 8776 3625 8794 3634 8797 3636 8796
3633 8791 3633 8776 3636 8772 3636 8759
$$
STEIGERWALDT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KOHX 152206
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
406 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
TNC083-152230-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-051115T2230Z/
HOUSTON TN-
406 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR HOUSTON
COUNTY...
AT 359 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR TENNESSEE RIDGE...OR ABOUT NEAR ERIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM
CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3633 8752 3623 8754 3620 8757 3621 8765
3626 8776 3625 8794 3634 8797 3636 8796
3633 8791 3633 8776 3636 8772 3636 8759
$$
21The 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, 3:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton | 47 min |
| Nov 15, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 59 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.