Tornado Warning 25, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Nov 15, 2005, 4:39 PM CST (22:39 UTC)

Expired

Nov 15, 2005, 5:15 PM CST

In force

36 min

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lewis County, TN

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS54 KOHX 152240
TOROHX
TNC101-152315-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0025.051115T2239Z-051115T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOHENWALD

* UNTIL 515 PM CST

* AT 435 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF HOHENWALD...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. TAKE COVER NOW...THIS IS A DANGEROUS
  TORNADO.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HOHENWALD BY 455 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 3542 8759 3548 8766 3550 8771 3553 8768
      3555 8768 3562 8760 3552 8726 3547 8733
      3547 8745 3541 8753

$$
BOYD

000 
WWUS54 KOHX 152246 RRA
SVSOHX

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

TNC101-152315-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-051115T2315Z/
LEWIS TN-
444 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR LEWIS
COUNTY...

AT 440 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HOHENWALD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE WAYNESBORO AREA
AS THIS STORM PASSED THROUGH. A BARN ROOF WAS DAMAGED AND A FUNNEL CLOUD
SIGHTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOHENWALD BY 450 PM 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 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 3542 8759 3548 8766 3550 8771 3553 8768
      3555 8768 3562 8760 3552 8726 3547 8733
      3547 8745 3541 8753

$$
BOYD

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