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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2006, 1:39 PM CDT for Benton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 min. 5 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
- Apr 7, 2006, 1:39 PM CDT (18:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2006, 2:12 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Benton County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 1:53 PM CDT | TORNADO 2 | 12 Ssw Camden, TN | F2 TORNADO STRUCK FROM 153 TO 200 PM IN SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY FROM 12.2 SSW CAMDEN TO 12.1 SSE CAMDEN, WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 6 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 50 YDS. DAMAGE INCLUDED A HOME ON CONLEY ROAD THAT LOST ITS ENTIRE ROOF. NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED O |
| Apr 7, 1:53 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Ssw Camden, TN | TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR HOLLADAY AT HWY 192 AND LIBERTY CHURCH ROAD |
| Apr 7, 1:53 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Ssw Camden, TN | TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR HOLLADAY. HWY 192 AND LIBERTY CHURCH ROAD |
| Apr 7, 1:53 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Ssw Camden, TN | TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR HOLLADAY. HWY 192 AND LIBERTY CHURCH ROAD. SCHOOL IN HOLLADAY WAS DAMAGED |
| Apr 7, 2:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Se Camden, TN | NUMEROUS BUILDINGS DESTROYED AND OTHER DAMAGE DUE TO POSSIBLE TORNADO. REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 10:20 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -263 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 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 071839
TOROHX
TNC005-071915-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0039.060407T1839Z-060407T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
139 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT
* AT 135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HUNTINGDON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER...
SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY THROUGH 215 PM CDT
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3595 8802 3593 8798 3594 8793 3582 8798
3582 8801 3587 8805 3585 8821 3596 8820
3598 8817 3601 8800
$$
132 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KOHX 071904
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
202 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006
TNC005-071915-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060407T1915Z/
BENTON TN-
202 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY...
AT 201 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
BENTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF BENTON
COUNTY...AS IT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER SHORTLY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3595 8802 3593 8798 3594 8793 3582 8798
3582 8801 3587 8805 3587 8809 3597 8812
3600 8807 3601 8800
$$
STEIGERWALDT000
WWUS54 KOHX 071912
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
210 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006
TNC005-071920-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060407T1915Z/
BENTON TN-
210 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO HAS MOVED ACROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER AND INTO THE SOUTH
PART OF HUMPHREYS COUNTY.
NO ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST OR SOUTHWEST OF
BENTON COUNTY AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
800 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3595 8802 3593 8798 3594 8793 3582 8798
3582 8801 3587 8805 3587 8809 3597 8812
3600 8807 3601 8800
$$
STEIGERWALDTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 10:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 43 min |
| Apr 7, 12:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton | 33 min |
| Apr 7, 12:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 36 min |
| Apr 7, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 45 min |
| Apr 7, 12:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 37 min |
| Apr 7, 12:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton | 42 min |
| Apr 7, 1:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston | 41 min |
| Apr 7, 1:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery | 12 min |
| Apr 7, 1:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 28 min |
| Apr 7, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson | 33 min |
| Apr 7, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson | 27 min |
| Apr 7, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry | 39 min |
| Apr 7, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 37 min |
| Apr 7, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 46 min |
| Apr 7, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 36 min |
| Apr 7, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 49 min |
| Apr 7, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson | 43 min |
| Apr 7, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry | 40 min |
| Apr 7, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Trousdale | 60 min |
| Apr 7, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury | 41 min |
| Apr 7, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Williamson | 55 min |
| Apr 7, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson | 53 min |
| Apr 7, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson | 49 min |
| Apr 7, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 50 min |
| Apr 7, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Overton, Pickett | 59 min |
| Apr 7, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 26 min |
| Apr 7, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 54 min |
| Apr 7, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wilson | 43 min |
| Apr 7, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay | 33 min |
| Apr 7, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman | 46 min |
| Apr 7, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 41 min |
| Apr 7, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 36 min |
| Apr 7, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman | 33 min |
| Apr 7, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Stewart | 27 min |
| Apr 7, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 11 min |
| Apr 7, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Warren | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Williamson | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 43 min |
| Apr 7, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 48 min |
| Apr 7, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, White | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 32 min |
| Apr 7, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Williamson | 13 min |
| Apr 7, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 28 min |
| Apr 7, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 41 min |
| Apr 7, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 37 min |
| Apr 7, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 36 min |
| Apr 7, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Overton, Putnam | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 18 min |
| Apr 7, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 21 min |
| Apr 7, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Warren | 36 min |
| Apr 7, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 38 min |
| Apr 7, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 27 min |
| Apr 7, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Warren | 38 min |
| Apr 7, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford | 43 min |
| Apr 7, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 23 min |
| Apr 7, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | White | 52 min |
| Apr 7, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 48 min |
| Apr 7, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall | 26 min |
| Apr 7, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 52 min |
| Apr 7, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 33 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.