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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Nashville, TN

November 15, 2005Cheatham County, Davidson County, Robertson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 5:46 PM CST for Cheatham County, Davidson County, Robertson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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, 5:46 PM CST (23:46 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2005, 6:30 PM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Robertson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 15, 6:05 PM CSTTORNADO10 Sw Springfield, TNF0 TORNADO SNAPPED A FEW TREES AND BROUGH DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS NEAR INTERSECTION OF I-24 AND HIGHWAY 49.
Nov 15, 6:15 PM CSTTORNADO4 Nnw Nashville, TNF0 TORNADO BROKE TWO UTILITY POLES AT 3205 AND 3225 WHITES CREEK PIKE IN NASHVILLE. REPORT RECEIVED BY NASHVILLE ELECTRIC SERVICE.

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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 152347
TOROHX
TNC021-037-147-160030-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0030.051115T2346Z-051116T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHEATHAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHLAND CITY
  NORTHWESTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SOUTHERN ROBERTSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 542 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF KINGSTON SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF
  DICKSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ASHLAND CITY BY 600 PM CST
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD BY 615 PM CST
  GREENBRIER AND RIDGETOP BY 620 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.

LAT...LON 3654 8697 3644 8673 3634 8673 3621 8681
      3605 8705 3607 8717 3615 8717 3627 8716
      3635 8727 3646 8712

$$
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, 5:29 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys49 min
Nov 15, 5:39 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXPerry51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.