2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 15, 3:47 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 347 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 .DISCUSSION... 18Z RAOB SHOWED DRIER AIR OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE BELOW A MID LEVEL CAP...THUS LIMITING MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON STORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...TWO LINES OF STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION DEVELOPED FURTHER WEST WITH A FEW CELLS EXHIBITED SUPERCELL STRUCTURES. THE FIRST AND MORE INTENSE LINE IS TAPPING INTO MODERATE INSTABILITY WITH ROTATING COUPLETS AT LOW ANGLES. KOHX RADAR SHOWED THE FIRST OF THESE COUPLETS IN STEWART COUNTY WITH MORE TO THE SOUTHWEST. H8 JET APPROACHING 60KTS JUST NORTH OF HOPKINSVILLE IN THE NAM12 AT 16/00Z. VAD WINDS SUPPORT DAMAGING SURFACE WINDS AS AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. SECONDARY LINE OF STORMS MAY MERGE WITH THE FIRST LINE...AND THE SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL CONTINUE WILL INTO THE EVENING. COLLOBRATED TORNADO WATCH 869 WAS MERGED INTO HAZARD GRIDS AND IS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 PM CST. EXTENDED LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT...AND KEPT THIS ADVISORY ALL NIGHT IN THE PLATEAU. COULD SEE GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. GFS80 IS QUICKER WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT...MOVING THROUGH METRO NASHVILLE SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT CST. THE FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE PLATEAU AFTER MIDNIGHT. MODELS SHOW THAT MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FILTER IN LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. H8 TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW -6 C WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND MOS DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH CLOUDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. COOL AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. IN FACT THE COOL TEMPERATURES LOOK TO CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK. THERE MAY BE A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE OR TWO...BUT MOISTURE IS TOO LIMITED TO ADVERTISE A RAIN CHANCE AT THIS POINT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 41 45 25 44 / 100 10 10 10 CLARKSVILLE 38 45 23 45 / 100 0 10 10 CROSSVILLE 42 44 23 40 / 100 30 10 10 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR MOST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST FOR THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU && 04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-161130- BEDFORD-BENTON-CANNON-CHEATHAM-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON- DEKALB-DICKSON-FENTRESS-GILES-GRUNDY-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS- JACKSON-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-OVERTON-PERRY- PICKETT-PUTNAM-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE- VAN BUREN-WARREN-WAYNE-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- 530 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE AIR MASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BE MOIST AND UNSTABLE, WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR. THIS WILL PROVIDE A GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED SUPERCELLS THIS AFTERNOON, ACCOMPANIED BY ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM AREAS, WINDS AT THE SURFACE WILL BE 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR TODAY, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MILES AN HOUR. CAUTION IS THEREFORE ADVISED ON AREA LAKES. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN TONIGHT IN THE FORM OF AN ORGANIZED SQUALL LINE. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BECOME SEVERE, WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARDS BEING DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS, LARGE HAIL, AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. IN ADDITION, THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNDER A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE HIGH RISK AREA LIES WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM WHITE HOUSE, TO NASHVILLE, TO FAIRVIEW, TO HOHENWALD, TO WAYNESBORO. AREAS FARTHER EAST, INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LAFAYETTE, LEBANON, MURFREESBORO, COLUMBIA, AND PULASKI ARE UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE REMAINDER OF THE MID STATE AND CUMBERLAND PLATEAU IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE RISK OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ROSE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
546 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM HAIL 14 S CAMDEN 35.86N 88.10W
11/15/2005 1.00 INCH BENTON TN TRAINED SPOTTER
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MEDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
549 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM HAIL 14 S CAMDEN 35.86N 88.10W
11/15/2005 1.75 INCH BENTON TN TRAINED SPOTTER
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MEDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
559 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 N DICKSON 36.16N 87.38W
11/15/2005 DICKSON TN TRAINED SPOTTER
HOUSES AND BARNS DAMAGED...POSSIBLE TORNADO
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JCOHENPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
613 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 N CAMDEN 36.21N 88.10W
11/15/2005 BENTON TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
HOUSES DAMAGED...TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE
NORTH HALF OF THE COUNTY.
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JCOHENPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
622 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM TORNADO 3 S NEW JOHNSONVILLE 35.97N 87.96W
11/15/2005 HUMPHREYS TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO
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JCOHENPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
623 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0555 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NE NEW JOHNSONVILLE 36.05N 87.92W
11/15/2005 HUMPHREYS TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN
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JCOHENThe Nashville radar (KOHX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:25 UTC.
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Trained spotter observed a tornado. This storm moved into Williamson County and was later observed in Williamson County as another tornado by a NWS Co-op observer.
NWS Cooperative observer reported a tornado. No damage was reported from this storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Tennessee, 2005Warnings in Tennessee, November 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5481498, 5481499.