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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Nashville, TN

May 3, 2006Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2006, 7:37 PM CDT for Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 23 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: May 3, 2006, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2006, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stewart County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 3, 7:43 PM CDT	TORNADO	14 W Clarksville, TN	POSSIBLE TORNADO ON GROUND 3 MI SW OF OAKWOOD BY THP. THE TORNADO DID NOT DO ANY DAMAGE.

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
May 3, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1235 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 040037
TOROHX
TNC161-040100-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0077.060504T0037Z-060504T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
737 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN STEWART COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CUMBERLAND CITY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  DOVER...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE IN...
  RURAL EASTERN STEWART COUNTY AT 750 PM CDT

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3638 8786 3633 8764 3661 8752 3666 8779

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence	48 min
May 3, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	24 min
May 3, 7:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Lawrence	50 min
May 3, 7:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Montgomery	29 min
May 3, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry	30 min
May 3, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Houston	20 min
May 3, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Maury	17 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.