Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2006

Tornado Warning 40, NWS Nashville, TN

April 7, 2006Dickson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2006, 1:42 PM CDT for Dickson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 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
Apr 7, 2006, 1:42 PM CDT (18:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2006, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
33 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
Apr 7, 10:20 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2006-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 12:00Z on 2006-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 071842
TOROHX
TNC043-071915-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0040.060407T1842Z-060407T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
142 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DICKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 140 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF VANLEER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ERIN...MOVING
  EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  VANLEER AND CHARLOTTE BY 150 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3630 8714 3626 8719 3622 8719 3619 8715
      3616 8719 3610 8754 3620 8755 3623 8752
      3629 8751 3632 8742 3632 8724

$$

13
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KOHX 071856
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
154 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

TNC043-071915-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-060407T1915Z/
DICKSON TN-
154 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
DICKSON COUNTY...

AT 152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VANLEER...OR ABOUT
10 MILES NORTH OF DICKSON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TOWN OF CHARLOTTE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 

IF YOU LEVE IN THE CHARLOTTE AREA...SEEK SHELTER NOW WHILE YOU STILL
CAN.

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.

LAT...LON 3631 8717 3626 8719 3617 8718 3608 8719
      3609 8734 3608 8754 3620 8755 3623 8752
      3633 8751 3632 8742 3632 8724

$$
STEIGERWALDT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 10:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart43 min
Apr 7, 12:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBenton33 min
Apr 7, 12:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart36 min
Apr 7, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys45 min
Apr 7, 12:38 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys37 min
Apr 7, 12:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBenton42 min
Apr 7, 1:04 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Houston41 min
Apr 7, 1:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys34 min
Apr 7, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Montgomery12 min
Apr 7, 1:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCheatham28 min
Apr 7, 1:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBenton33 min
Apr 7, 1:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson27 min
Apr 7, 1:51 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPerry39 min
Apr 7, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson37 min
Apr 7, 1:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys46 min
Apr 7, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCheatham36 min
Apr 7, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner49 min
Apr 7, 2:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson43 min
Apr 7, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLewis, Perry40 min
Apr 7, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale60 min
Apr 7, 2:49 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Maury41 min
Apr 7, 2:50 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Williamson55 min
Apr 7, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner34 min
Apr 7, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXClay, Jackson53 min
Apr 7, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson49 min
Apr 7, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson50 min
Apr 7, 3:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXOverton, Pickett59 min
Apr 7, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPerry29 min
Apr 7, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton26 min
Apr 7, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson54 min
Apr 7, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilson43 min
Apr 7, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXClay33 min
Apr 7, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman46 min
Apr 7, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress41 min
Apr 7, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCannon, Rutherford36 min
Apr 7, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman33 min
Apr 7, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Stewart27 min
Apr 7, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson11 min
Apr 7, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDeKalb, Warren25 min
Apr 7, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson35 min
Apr 7, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne43 min
Apr 7, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith, Wilson48 min
Apr 7, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDeKalb, White47 min
Apr 7, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb32 min
Apr 7, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson13 min
Apr 7, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne35 min
Apr 7, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam31 min
Apr 7, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland28 min
Apr 7, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford41 min
Apr 7, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles37 min
Apr 7, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland36 min
Apr 7, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton, Putnam34 min
Apr 7, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence18 min
Apr 7, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland21 min
Apr 7, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Warren36 min
Apr 7, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb38 min
Apr 7, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Marshall27 min
Apr 7, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWarren38 min
Apr 7, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford43 min
Apr 7, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury, Williamson23 min
Apr 7, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWhite52 min
Apr 7, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXVan Buren48 min
Apr 7, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall26 min
Apr 7, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles52 min
Apr 7, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson33 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2006Every tornado warning in 2006Tornadoes in 2006

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.