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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Nashville, TN

May 3, 2006Houston County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2006, 8:10 PM CDT for Houston County, Tennessee. It was in force for 20 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: May 3, 2006, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2006, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Houston County, TN

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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 040109
TOROHX
TNC083-040145-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0080.060504T0110Z-060504T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ERIN

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ERIN...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY AT 820 PM CDT

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 3633 8777 3619 8763 3633 8747 3644 8759

$$

04

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KOHX 040130
SVSOHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
830 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

TNC083-040140-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-060504T0145Z/
HOUSTON TN-
830 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

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

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

LAT...LON 3633 8777 3619 8763 3633 8747 3644 8759

$$

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, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry	30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.