Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1991, 8:13 PM CST for Franklin County, Lincoln County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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 27, 1991, 8:13 PM CST (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1991, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 8:15 PM CST | Hail 1 | 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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBNA 280213 TORBNA TNC051-103-280300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 813 PM CST WED MAR 27 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...FRANKLIN COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST LINCOLN COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF FLINTVILLE BY THE FAYETTEVILLE TENNESSEE SHERIFFS OFFICE AT 805 PM CST. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 27, 2:41 PM CST, 5 hours 32 minutes before
TNZ007-008-009-010-011-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 238 PM CST WED MAR 27 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE... AT 230 PM CST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM EAST OF HOPKINSVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE TO NORTH OF SAVANNAH IN MIDDLTENNESSEE. THUNDERSTORMS3 WERE ALSO SCATTERED ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 3:39 PM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
TNZ007-008-009-010-011-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 330 PM CST WED MAR 27 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE... AT 330 PM CST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY FROM LINDEN TENNESSEE TO NEAR BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SCATTERED ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE REPORTED IN ROBERTSON COUNTY DURING THE LAST FEW MINUTES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 4:39 PM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
TNZ007-008-009-010-011-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 430 PM CST WED MAR 27 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE... AT 430 PM CST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM FRANKLIN THROUGH THE NASHVILLE AREA TO NEAR BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND THE WESTERN HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 6:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford | 57 min |
| Mar 27, 6:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren, White | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 6:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 6:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 48 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.