Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 1989, 5:10 PM CST for Coffee County, Franklin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 1989, 5:10 PM CST (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 1989, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Coffee County, TN, Franklin County, TN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 5:30 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Coffee, TN | |
| Nov 15, 5:35 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Franklin, TN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBNA 152314
TORBNA
TNC031-051-177-185-152345-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
510 PM CST WED NOV 15 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
...COFFEE...FRANKLIN...EASTERN WARREN...SOUTHERN WHITE
THE WARREN COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST NORTH
OF MCMINNVILLE AT 500 PM. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH
AND WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST WARREN AND SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY. THE
TOWNS OF ROCK ISLAND AND SPARTA WOULD BE AFFECTED.
RADAR ALSO SHOWS A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WARREN
COUNTY THROUGH COFFEE COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH,
AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL. THE
TOWNS OF MANCHESTER AND WINCHESTER ARE AFFECTED.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.' GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 1:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury | 50 min |
| Nov 15, 1:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 49 min |
| Nov 15, 5:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Warren, White | 35 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.