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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Nashville, TN

September 25, 2005Giles County, Maury County, Tennessee

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 25, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2005-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2005-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles24 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.