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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Nashville, TN

March 31, 2006Dickson County, Hickman County, Humphreys County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2006, 6:32 PM CST for Dickson County, Hickman County, Humphreys County, Tennessee. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports 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: Mar 31, 2006, 6:32 PM CST (00:32 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2006, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dickson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Humphreys County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 31, 6:45 PM CST	HAIL 1	15 Ne Centerville, TN
Mar 31, 6:54 PM CST	HAIL 1	7 S Dickson, 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
Mar 31, 4:53 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 82 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: 419 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 1.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 010034
TOROHX
TNC043-081-085-010115-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0008.060401T0032Z-060401T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
632 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DICKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DICKSON
  NORTHERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  EASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 630 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF MCEWEN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DICKSON...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  DICKSON BY 645 PM CST
  BURNS BY 650 PM CST

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.

LAT...LON 3610 8770 3585 8769 3593 8720 3622 8726

$$
BOYD

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KOHX 010101
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
701 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006

TNC085-010111-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060401T0115Z/
HUMPHREYS TN-
701 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3621 8725 3595 8720 3586 8768 3592 8768
      3594 8757 3600 8752 3604 8755 3605 8754
      3615 8754

$$

TNC043-081-010115-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060401T0115Z/
HICKMAN TN-DICKSON TN-
701 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR DICKSON 
AND NORTHERN HICKMAN COUNTIES...

AT 700 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF
BURNS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.

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.

LAT...LON 3621 8725 3595 8720 3586 8768 3592 8768
      3594 8757 3600 8752 3604 8755 3605 8754
      3615 8754

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 6:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Maury, Williamson	36 min
Mar 31, 6:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson	34 min
Mar 31, 7:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury, Williamson	32 min
Mar 31, 7:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Bedford, Rutherford	40 min
Mar 31, 7:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury	46 min
Mar 31, 7:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford	36 min
Mar 31, 8:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Bedford	32 min
Mar 31, 8:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Coffee	35 min
Mar 31, 8:58 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Maury	2 hr

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.