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Tornado Warning 82, NWS Nashville, TN

May 25, 2006Rutherford County, Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2006, 10:44 AM CDT for Rutherford County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 19 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 25, 2006, 10:44 AM CDT (15:44 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2006, 11:03 AM CDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Rutherford County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 10:44 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	11 Ne Murfreesboro, TN	LACASSAS TN AREA ALONG HWY 96....FRONT PORCH DESTROYED AND SOME ROOF DAMAGE...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

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 25, 9:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 38 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: 1538 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 975 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 251544
TOROHX
TNC149-189-251615-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0082.060525T1544Z-060525T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1044 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 1042 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  MURFREESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY AT 1100 AM 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 600 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3604 8635 3587 8635 3594 8602 3603 8603

$$

04

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KOHX 251603
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1101 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

TNC149-189-251611-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-060525T1615Z/
RUTHERFORD TN-WILSON TN-
1101 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILSON AND EAST CENTRAL
RUTHERFORD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED BASEBALL SIZED HAIL IN SMYRNA 
AND STRONG ROTATION HAS MOVED EAST INTO CANNON AND DEKALB COUNTIES. 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT 
THURSDAY EVENING FOR TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3604 8635 3587 8635 3594 8602 3603 8603

$$

04

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 9:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	25 min
May 25, 10:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford	26 min
May 25, 10:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb	31 min
May 25, 11:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Warren	23 min
May 25, 11:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Rutherford	24 min
May 25, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	29 min
May 25, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton	26 min
May 25, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	24 min
May 25, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Perry	23 min
May 25, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Perry	25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.