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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT for Giles County, Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 30 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
- Sep 25, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2005, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 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), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 11:05 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOHX 252219 TOROHX TNC055-119-252245- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0007.050925T2217Z-050925T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 515 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL GILES COUNTY IN TENNESSEE EASTERN MAURY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBIA * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 513 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO IN W WESTERN GILES COUNTY...AROUND 15 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBIA...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF PULASKI...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... COLUMBIA BY 530 PM CDT 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 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3537 8719 3530 8698 3569 8681 3576 8701 $$ 04
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KOHX 252239 SVSOHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 537 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 TNC055-119-252245- /O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050925T2245Z/ MAURY TN-GILES TN- 537 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN GILES AND EASTERN MAURY COUNTIES... AT 534 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED ON RADAR 10 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. THE CELL IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BUT MAY STILL CONTAIN A SMALL TORNADO NEAR COLUMBIA. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3537 8719 3530 8698 3569 8681 3576 8701 $$ 04
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 24 min |
Nearby
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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.