Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 1991, 7:53 PM CST for DeKalb County, Putnam County, Tennessee. It was in force for 67 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
- Mar 22, 1991, 7:53 PM CST (01:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 1991, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeKalb County, TN, Putnam County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 8:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Dekalb, TN | |
| Mar 22, 8:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Putnam, 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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 581 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1260 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 582 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBNA 230159 SVRBNA TNC041-141-230300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 753 PM CST FRI MAR 22 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...DEKALB COUNTY...PUTNAM COUNTY AT 750 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WESTERN DEKALB COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 55 MILES AN HOUR. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS DEKALB COUNTY AND INTO PUTNAM COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. A FUNNEL CLOUD AND WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY FROM THIS SAME THUNDERSTORM HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WERE ALSO REPORTED NEAR ALEXANDRIA, TENNESSEE. TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 4:40 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
TNZ010-011-222345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 438 PM CST FRI MAR 22 1991 AT 430 PM CST...THE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN NASHVILLE INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..SEVERAL WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE NEAR CLARKSVILLE AND DOVER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN LAKE BARKLEY..HOPKINSVILLE AND BOWLING GREEN..AND.. IN WEST TENNESSEE FROM PARIS TO HUNTINGDON AND JACKSON. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN..THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOU+R AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. ALSO...PERSONS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEEE ARE REMINDED THAT TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 56 IS EFFECT TILL 9 PM CST.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 5:46 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
TNZ009-010-011-230045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 543 PM CST FRI MAR 22 1991 AT 530 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN NASHVILLE INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM DOVER AND CLARKSVILLE..SOUTHWEST TO WAVERLY AND LINDEN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN..THESE STORMS CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ..POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY FROM LAKE BARKLEY TO BOWLING GREEN..AND..IN WEST TENNESSEE BETWEEN PARIS..CAMDEN AND SAVANNAH. ..TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 56 IS IN EFFECT FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 9 PM.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 6:46 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
TNZ007-008-009-010-011-230145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 644 PM CST FRI MAR 22 1991 AT 630 PM CST...NASHVILLE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BETWEEN NASHVILLE... DICKSON...AND COLUMBIA IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO JUST SOUTHWEST OF FORT CAMPBELL AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHNING...THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO...SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. ...THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 56 IS IN EFFECT FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 9 PM.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 7:49 PM CST, 4 minutes before
TNZ007-008-009-010-011-230245-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
746 PM CST FRI MAR 22 1991
AT 730 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN NASHVILLE INDICATED A LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING BETWEEN
LEBANON...COLUMBIA...AND LAWRENCEBERG IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ANOTHER
THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN GLASGOW AND
CAMPBELLSVILLE.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR.
IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...THESE THUNDERSTOMS
MAY HAVE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR.
SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE ALSO CONTINUING OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND
SOUTH C{ENTRAL KENTUCKY.
A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Williamson | 40 min |
| Mar 22, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury | 40 min |
| Mar 22, 6:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson | 44 min |
| Mar 22, 6:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall | 44 min |
| Mar 22, 7:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Rutherford | 40 min |
| Mar 22, 7:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 40 min |
| Mar 22, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 47 min |
| Mar 22, 8:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 68 min |
| Mar 22, 8:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 51 min |
| Mar 22, 10:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 53 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991
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.