Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1992, 9:10 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Lewis County, Tennessee. It was in force for 65 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
- May 12, 1992, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 1992, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Lewis, 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 114 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
- 1081 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 902 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBNA 130211 SVRBNA TNC099-101-130315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 910 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...LAWRENCE COUNTY...SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 905 PM CDT SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY...5 MILES SOUTH OF HOHENWALD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AND THROUGH LEWIS COUNTY AND WILL ENTER NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. z
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, May 12, 4:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, May 12, 5:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-130000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 551 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN RESPONSE TO UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 545 PM CDT CONTINUED TO SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST THROUGH STEWART COUNTY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 5 MILES EAST OF DOVER TENNESSEE AT 545 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STEWART COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG CONTINUED OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY FROM HOPKINSVILE TO MADISONVILLE AND IN WEST TENNESSEE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON TO 10 MILES NORTH OF CAMDEN. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENENSSEE FROM HUNTSVILLE TO FAYETTEVILLE.
Special weather statement, May 12, 6:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-130100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 651 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992 AT 645 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ONE WAS LOCATED OVER WAVERLY IN HUMPHREYS COUNTY AND THE OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY SOUTH AND EAST OF CLARKSVILLE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN NORTHWES$T MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
Special weather statement, May 12, 7:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-130145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 750 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992 WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 745 PM CDT INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY THROUGH THE NASHVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA TO CENTERVILLE IN WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS WEAKENED DURING THE LAST 30 MINUTES. HOWEVER THE ENVIRONMENT OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE REMAINS UNSTABLE AND INTENSITIFICATION COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 12, 8:58 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-130300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 857 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992 AT 845 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WATERTOWN IN SOUTHEAST WILSON COUNTY ACROSS MURFREESBORO TO COLUMBIA TO NEAR HOHENWALD TENNESSEE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN NORTHWEST WAYNE COUNTY. 3 FUNNEL SIGHTINGS WERE REPORTED BY THE TENNESSEE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AS THIS STORM PASSED THROUGH HENDERSON AND DECATUR COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE. THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE. PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS SHOULD THEY BECOME NECESSARY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 69 min |
| May 12, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 58 min |
| May 12, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 43 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.