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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Nashville, TN

May 2, 2008Benton County, Humphreys County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2008, 4:27 PM CDT for Benton County, Humphreys County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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 2, 2008, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Benton County, TN, Humphreys County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 2, 4:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	12 Ssw Camden, TN	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 192 AND KELLY RD. PUBLIC OBSERVED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
May 2, 4:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	15 Ssw Camden, TN	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 192 AND KELLY RD. PUBLIC OBSERVED A FUNNEL CLOUD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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: 20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -353 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 259 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 022129
TOROHX
TNC005-085-022200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0049.080502T2127Z-080502T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
427 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  WESTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A TORNADO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW JOHNSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST 
  AT 49 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW JOHNSONVILLE BY 455 PM 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.

LAT...LON 3599 8771 3583 8804 3584 8821 3586 8824
      3592 8824 3594 8822 3598 8822 3618 8786
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 237DEG 43KT 3583 8828

$$

JLM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys	30 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.