Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 4:26 PM CST for Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 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, 4:26 PM CST (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2005, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wayne County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 152226 TOROHX TNC181-152300- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0023.051115T2226Z-051115T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 426 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WAYNE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO * UNTIL 500 PM CST * AT 422 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... WAYNESBORO BY 435 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. LAT...LON 3539 8801 3514 8776 3525 8755 3551 8767 $$ BOYD
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KOHX 152235 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 435 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 TNC181-152300- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-051115T2300Z/ WAYNE TN- 435 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR WAYNE COUNTY... AT 431 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS TORNADO...TAKE COVER NOW. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3539 8801 3514 8776 3525 8755 3551 8767 $$ BOYD
The 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, 3:43 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, 4:29 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 |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.