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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Nashville, TN

April 7, 2006Warren County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2006, 7:42 PM CDT for Warren 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, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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
Apr 7, 10:20 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 310 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 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
310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1354 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 080042
TOROHX
TNC177-080115-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0076.060408T0042Z-060408T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCMINNVILLE

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MCMINNVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MCMINNVILLE BY 750 PM CDT

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 3557 8592 3565 8596 3577 8561 3570 8558
      3568 8559 3558 8556 3554 8568 3554 8576
      3552 8581

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford25 min
Apr 7, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCoffee41 min
Apr 7, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland47 min
Apr 7, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles22 min
Apr 7, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGrundy40 min
Apr 7, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren39 min
Apr 7, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren31 min
Apr 7, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford19 min
Apr 7, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery36 min
Apr 8, 1:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.