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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2006, 3:59 PM CDT for Hickman County, Tennessee. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2006, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hickman County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 4:40 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | Centerville, TN |
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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 072059 TOROHX TNC081-072145- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0059.060407T2059Z-060407T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 359 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 26 MILES WEST OF CENTERVILLE...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOHENWALD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... CENTERVILLE BY 425 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE AND DESTRUCTIVE OUTFLOW WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR A STORM SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE STRUCTURE IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY...ROOM OR 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. LAT...LON 3585 8774 3564 8768 3570 8725 3594 8721 $$ DMG
The 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, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton | 33 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, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.