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Tornado Warning 87, NWS Nashville, TN

September 22, 2006Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Sep 22, 2006, 8:43 PM CDT for Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 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
Sep 22, 2006, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2006, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stewart County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2006-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1397 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2006-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 321 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1397 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
321 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
437 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.9
Supercell composite
14.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 230145
TOROHX
TNC161-230215-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0087.060923T0143Z-060923T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
843 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME
  NORTHWESTERN STEWART COUNTY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  DOVER...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL MOVE OVER THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES AROUND
  850 PM CDT...THEN PASS THROUGH THE BUMPUS MILLS AREA AROUND
  905 PM CDT.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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.

LAT...LON 3668 8809 3647 8805 3649 8759 3671 8761

$$
BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart57 min
Sep 22, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart56 min
Sep 22, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery39 min
Sep 23, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart44 min
Sep 23, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart44 min
Sep 23, 3:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart24 min
Sep 23, 3:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery31 min
Sep 23, 4:00 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery14 min
Sep 23, 4:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchOHXBenton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Cumberland, Davidson and 23 more23 hr
Sep 23, 4:05 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Robertson25 min
Sep 23, 4:16 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXRobertson29 min
Sep 23, 4:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson36 min
Sep 23, 4:37 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner23 min
Sep 23, 4:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner32 min
Sep 23, 5:01 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner29 min
Sep 23, 5:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson44 min
Sep 23, 5:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale49 min
Sep 23, 5:51 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXSmith24 min
Sep 23, 6:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson33 min
Sep 23, 6:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXStewart2 hr
Sep 23, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson25 min
Sep 23, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon, Smith29 min
Sep 23, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner28 min
Sep 23, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson, Wilson23 min
Sep 23, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford31 min
Sep 23, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford28 min
Sep 23, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren, White43 min
Sep 23, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren, White35 min
Sep 23, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb30 min
Sep 23, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress13 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.