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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Nashville, TN

February 5, 2008Benton County, Houston County, Humphreys County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2008, 11:10 PM CST for Benton County, Houston County, Humphreys County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 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: Feb 5, 2008, 11:10 PM CST (05:10 UTC)
Expired: Feb 5, 2008, 11:45 PM CST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Benton County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys 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
Feb 5, 7:19 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 100 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: 706 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 300 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 3.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 060510
TOROHX
TNC005-083-085-060545-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0017.080206T0510Z-080206T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1110 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ERIN...
  NORTHERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAVERLY...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CST

* AT 1108 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
  WAVERLY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAVERLY BY 1115 PM CST...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TENNESSEE RIDGE BY 1130 PM CST...
  ERIN BY 1135 PM CST...

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.

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 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3624 8752 3620 8756 3613 8754 3596 8792
      3618 8805 3635 8785 3634 8775 3637 8772
      3637 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 0510Z 238DEG 38KT 3613 8791

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KOHX 060528
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1127 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

TNC085-060537-
/O.CAN.KOHX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080206T0545Z/
HUMPHREYS TN-
1127 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3624 8752 3619 8756 3620 8765 3626 8777
      3624 8794 3626 8795 3634 8786 3634 8775
      3637 8772 3637 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 0527Z 238DEG 38KT 3623 8773

$$

TNC083-060545-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080206T0545Z/
HOUSTON TN-
1127 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR HOUSTON
COUNTY...

AT 1125 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
TENNESSEE RIDGE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ERIN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3624 8752 3619 8756 3620 8765 3626 8777
      3624 8794 3626 8795 3634 8786 3634 8775
      3637 8772 3637 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 0527Z 238DEG 38KT 3623 8773

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 5, 7:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton	30 min
Feb 5, 7:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	36 min
Feb 5, 7:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart	35 min
Feb 5, 8:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	35 min
Feb 5, 8:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart	31 min
Feb 5, 8:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson	25 min
Feb 5, 8:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton, Humphreys	33 min
Feb 5, 8:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson	33 min
Feb 5, 9:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson	28 min
Feb 5, 9:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	35 min
Feb 5, 10:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Macon, Sumner, Trousdale	39 min
Feb 5, 10:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton	27 min
Feb 5, 11:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Humphreys, Perry	30 min
Feb 5, 11:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	37 min
Feb 5, 11:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys	35 min
Feb 5, 11:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	34 min
Feb 6, 12:02 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson	28 min
Feb 6, 12:06 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Montgomery	24 min
Feb 6, 12:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson	26 min
Feb 6, 12:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	28 min
Feb 6, 12:47 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson	21 min
Feb 6, 1:03 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis	27 min
Feb 6, 1:05 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner	25 min
Feb 6, 1:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Williamson	24 min
Feb 6, 1:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Maury, Williamson	33 min
Feb 6, 1:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner	13 min
Feb 6, 1:53 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Williamson	37 min
Feb 6, 1:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford	31 min
Feb 6, 2:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury	29 min
Feb 6, 2:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Wilson	28 min
Feb 6, 3:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam and 1 more	37 min
Feb 6, 4:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Overton, Putnam	25 min
Feb 6, 5:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Grundy	28 min
Feb 6, 11:59 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	OHX	Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more	6 hr

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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.