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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Nashville, TN

November 15, 2005Benton County, Humphreys County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 5:29 PM CST for Benton County, Humphreys County, Tennessee. It was in force for 49 min. 5 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, 5:29 PM CST (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2005, 6:18 PM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benton County, TN, Humphreys County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 15, 5:40 PM CSTHAIL 114 S Camden, TN
Nov 15, 5:45 PM CSTHAIL 1.7514 S Camden, TN
Nov 15, 5:50 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGNew Johnsonville, TNLONG STREET AND STATE ROAD 1 NEAR NEW JOHNSONVILLE...NUMEROUS BUILDINGS DAMAGED...METAL BUILDINGS BLOWN INTO ROADWAY...DEBRIS EVERYWHERE...POWER POLES SNAPPED AND LYING ON BUILDINGS...POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Nov 15, 5:50 PM CSTTORNADO3 S New Johnsonville, TNPUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO
Nov 15, 5:55 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG3 Ne New Johnsonville, TNTREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 15, 3:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 152331
TOROHX
TNC005-085-160030-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0028.051115T2329Z-051116T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAVERLY

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 526 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 26 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF NEW JOHNSONVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW JOHNSONVILLE BY 600 PM CST
  WAVERLY BY 610 PM CST
  MCEWEN BY 625 PM CST

LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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 3587 8821 3585 8802 3588 8771 3598 8756
      3616 8754 3623 8772 3601 8810

$$
STEIGERWALDT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KOHX 152352
SVSOHX

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

TNC005-085-160030-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-051116T0030Z/
BENTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
552 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR HUMPHREYS
AND SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTIES...

AT 547 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
NEW JOHNSONVILLE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF WAVERLY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MCEWEN.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3587 8821 3585 8802 3588 8771 3598 8756
      3616 8754 3623 8772 3601 8810

$$

21
000 
WWUS54 KOHX 160018
SVSOHX

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

TNC005-085-160027-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-051116T0030Z/
BENTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
617 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HUMPHREYS AND SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR TENNESSEE.

THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED...AS SEVERE STORMS 
HAVE MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3587 8821 3585 8802 3588 8771 3598 8756
      3616 8754 3623 8772 3601 8810

$$
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, 2:49 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXStewart41 min
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, 5:39 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

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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.