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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Nashville, TN

February 6, 2008Hickman County, Lewis County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2008, 1:03 AM CST for Hickman County, Lewis County, Tennessee. It was in force for 27 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 6, 2008, 1:03 AM CST (07:03 UTC)
Expired
Feb 6, 2008, 1:30 AM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hickman County, TN, Lewis County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2008-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 706 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 2008-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 300 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 060703
TOROHX
TNC081-101-060730-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0025.080206T0703Z-080206T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
103 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE...
  NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOHENWALD...

* UNTIL 130 AM CST

* AT 1259 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  HOHENWALD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CENTERVILLE BY 115 AM 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 500 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3584 8720 3583 8722 3577 8723 3550 8763
      3556 8768 3557 8765 3561 8765 3565 8770
      3594 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 0703Z 229DEG 59KT 3562 8757

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 7:30 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton30 min
Feb 5, 7:39 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXPerry, Wayne36 min
Feb 5, 7:55 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart35 min
Feb 5, 8:10 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne35 min
Feb 5, 8:29 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart31 min
Feb 5, 8:35 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson25 min
Feb 5, 8:42 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys33 min
Feb 5, 8:57 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson33 min
Feb 5, 9:17 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Williamson28 min
Feb 5, 9:40 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Wilson35 min
Feb 5, 10:06 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale39 min
Feb 5, 10:48 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton27 min
Feb 5, 11:10 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys35 min
Feb 5, 11:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys, Perry30 min
Feb 5, 11:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart37 min
Feb 5, 11:40 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys35 min
Feb 5, 11:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery34 min
Feb 6, 12:02 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDickson28 min
Feb 6, 12:06 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery24 min
Feb 6, 12:19 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson26 min
Feb 6, 12:32 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXPerry, Wayne28 min
Feb 6, 12:47 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson21 min
Feb 6, 1:05 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXSumner25 min
Feb 6, 1:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Williamson24 min
Feb 6, 1:27 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMaury, Williamson33 min
Feb 6, 1:32 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXSumner13 min
Feb 6, 1:53 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson37 min
Feb 6, 1:59 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Rutherford31 min
Feb 6, 2:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury29 min
Feb 6, 2:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson28 min
Feb 6, 3:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam and 1 more37 min
Feb 6, 4:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton, Putnam25 min
Feb 6, 5:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy28 min
Feb 6, 11:59 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryOHXBedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.