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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Nashville, TN

June 1, 2008Robertson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2008, 1:28 AM CDT for Robertson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 17 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
Jun 1, 2008, 1:28 AM CDT (06:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2008, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Robertson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 2008-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2788 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2788 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 010629
TOROHX
TNC147-010645-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0060.080601T0628Z-080601T0645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
128 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ROBERTSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 127 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SPRINGFIELD AT 140 AM 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 3654 8665 3639 8687 3660 8705 3666 8695
      3666 8694 3666 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 0628Z 310DEG 36KT 3656 8688

$$

BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart48 min
Jun 1, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart36 min
Jun 1, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Stewart30 min
Jun 1, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson31 min
Jun 1, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner23 min
Jun 1, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson47 min
Jun 1, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson37 min
Jun 1, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Jackson, Rutherford, Smith, Williamson, Wilson36 min
Jun 1, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Rutherford, Williamson19 min
Jun 1, 4:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson25 min
Jun 1, 4:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Wilson26 min
Jun 1, 8:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Maury31 min
Jun 1, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence36 min
Jun 1, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury29 min
Jun 1, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall26 min
Jun 1, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles15 min
Jun 1, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford26 min
Jun 1, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Smith, Trousdale28 min
Jun 1, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam, White25 min
Jun 1, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys35 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.