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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Nashville, TN

May 3, 2006Perry County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2006, 8:00 PM CDT for Perry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 30 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, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2006, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Perry County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 3, 8:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 Wsw Lobelville, TN	TREES DOWN NEAR PINE VIEW.

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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 040100
TOROHX
TNC135-040130-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0079.060504T0100Z-060504T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PERRY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LINDEN

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 759 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINDEN BY 805 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 3566 8811 3553 8797 3568 8768 3582 8777

$$

04

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KOHX 040125
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
825 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

TNC135-040130-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-060504T0130Z/
PERRY TN-
825 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PERRY
COUNTY...

AT 824 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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 3566 8811 3553 8797 3568 8768 3582 8777

$$

04

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, 7:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Stewart	23 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, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Houston	20 min
May 3, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Maury	17 min

Nearby

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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.