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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Nashville, TN

November 15, 2005Dickson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 6:09 PM CST for Dickson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 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, 6:09 PM CST (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2005, 6:45 PM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dickson County, TN

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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 00:00Z on 2005-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 554 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2005-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 421 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
554 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
421 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
506 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 160010
TOROHX
TNC043-160045-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0034.051116T0009Z-051116T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DICKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DICKSON

* UNTIL 645 PM CST

* AT 606 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DICKSON...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  CENTERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  DICKSON BY 620 PM CST
  BURNS BY 625 PM CST
  WHITE BLUFF BY 630 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 3601 8754 3598 8738 3599 8718 3619 8717
      3615 8753

$$
STEIGERWALDT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 6:11 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXLawrence34 min
Nov 15, 6:24 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson51 min
Nov 15, 6:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson60 min
Nov 15, 6:32 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner43 min
Nov 15, 6:36 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham24 min
Nov 15, 6:41 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson34 min
Nov 15, 6:43 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Maury62 min
Nov 15, 6:50 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWayne55 min
Nov 15, 6:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis51 min
Nov 15, 6:56 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson64 min
Nov 15, 7:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence67 min
Nov 15, 7:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall50 min
Nov 15, 7:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon32 min
Nov 15, 7:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon, Trousdale25 min
Nov 15, 7:23 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMarshall, Williamson52 min
Nov 15, 7:26 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXLawrence34 min
Nov 15, 7:34 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXGiles41 min
Nov 15, 7:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale46 min
Nov 15, 7:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury45 min
Nov 15, 7:57 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson48 min
Nov 15, 8:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence49 min
Nov 15, 8:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall42 min
Nov 15, 8:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Overton, Putnam, Smith34 min
Nov 15, 8:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb33 min
Nov 15, 8:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Rutherford41 min
Nov 15, 9:01 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCannon29 min
Nov 15, 9:06 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDeKalb24 min
Nov 15, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee35 min
Nov 15, 9:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Putnam, White33 min
Nov 15, 9:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren, White60 min
Nov 15, 9:48 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWarren27 min
Nov 15, 10:00 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXWhite45 min
Nov 15, 10:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Grundy, Van Buren53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.