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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 6:43 PM CST for Giles County, Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 62 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, 6:43 PM CST (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2005, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Giles County, TN, Maury County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOHX 160045 TOROHX TNC055-119-160145- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0040.051116T0043Z-051116T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 643 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN GILES COUNTY IN TENNESSEE MAURY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBIA * UNTIL 745 PM CST * AT 637 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT PLEASANT...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAWRENCEBURG... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. TAKE COVER NOW. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... COLUMBIA BY 700 PM CST IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. 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 8730 3531 8708 3561 8679 3575 8716 $$ BOYD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KOHX 160102 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 701 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 TNC055-160111- /O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-051116T0145Z/ GILES TN- 701 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GILES COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3549 8725 3543 8704 3561 8679 3575 8716 $$ BOYD TNC119-160145- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-051116T0145Z/ MAURY TN- 701 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR MAURY COUNTY... AT 655 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT PLEASANT...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAWRENCEBURG. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. 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 1100 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3549 8725 3543 8704 3561 8679 3575 8716 $$ BOYD
000 WWUS54 KOHX 160122 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 721 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 TNC119-160145- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-051116T0145Z/ MAURY TN- 721 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR MAURY COUNTY... AT 717 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3549 8725 3543 8704 3561 8679 3575 8716 $$ 21
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 6:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson | 36 min |
| Nov 15, 6:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 34 min |
| Nov 15, 6:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Williamson | 51 min |
| Nov 15, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 60 min |
| Nov 15, 6:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 43 min |
| Nov 15, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 24 min |
| Nov 15, 6:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson | 34 min |
| Nov 15, 6:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 55 min |
| Nov 15, 6:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis | 51 min |
| Nov 15, 6:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 64 min |
| Nov 15, 7:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 67 min |
| Nov 15, 7:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall | 50 min |
| Nov 15, 7:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon | 32 min |
| Nov 15, 7:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Trousdale | 25 min |
| Nov 15, 7:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall, Williamson | 52 min |
| Nov 15, 7:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 34 min |
| Nov 15, 7:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 41 min |
| Nov 15, 7:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 46 min |
| Nov 15, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury | 45 min |
| Nov 15, 7:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 48 min |
| Nov 15, 8:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 49 min |
| Nov 15, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall | 42 min |
| Nov 15, 8:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam, Smith | 34 min |
| Nov 15, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 33 min |
| Nov 15, 8:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Rutherford | 41 min |
| Nov 15, 9:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon | 29 min |
| Nov 15, 9:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 24 min |
| Nov 15, 9:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee | 35 min |
| Nov 15, 9:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, White | 33 min |
| Nov 15, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren, White | 60 min |
| Nov 15, 9:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Warren | 27 min |
| Nov 15, 10:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | White | 45 min |
| Nov 15, 10:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Grundy, Van Buren | 53 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.