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Tornado Warning 92, NWS Nashville, TN

September 23, 2006Sumner County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Sep 23, 2006, 5:01 AM CDT for Sumner County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 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 23, 2006, 5:01 AM CDT (10:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2006, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sumner County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 23, 12:59 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 29 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°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 231003
TOROHX
TNC165-231030-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0092.060923T1001Z-060923T1030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
501 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SUMNER COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GALLATIN

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 459 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GALLATIN...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 258...WEST OF GALLATIN...AND
  WILL PASS THROUGH AREAS AROUND GALLATIN AND CASTALIAN SPRINGS
  BY 530 AM.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3640 8668 3632 8665 3635 8631 3646 8631

$$

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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, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXStewart32 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, 5:16 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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.