Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1992, 5:48 PM CDT for Davidson County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 57 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
- Aug 27, 1992, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Davidson County, TN, Williamson County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 6:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Williamson, 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 876 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 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 272250 SVRBNA TNC037-187-272345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 548 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...DAVIDSON COUNTY...WILLIAMSON COUNTY AT 545 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKLIN TENNESSEE MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. 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 ROObM 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.
1 follow-up statement
000 TTAA00 KBNA 272248 RRA SVRBNA TNC037-051-272345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 548 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...DAVIDSON COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY AT 545 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKLIN TENNESSEE MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. 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, Aug 27, 12:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-271845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1250 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 1240 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WEST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN KENTUCKY ALONG WITH NORTH ALABAMA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING IN WEST TENNESSEE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON TO PARIS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER FROM EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO 25 MILES NORTH OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 1:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-271945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 150 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 145 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE... ACROSS ALL OF WEST TENNESSEE...NORTH ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN THIRD OF KENTUCKY. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING FROM DRESDEN IN WEST TENNESSEE NORTH INTO KENTUCKY AROUND THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES AND EAST TO HOPKINSVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT NOON THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ANDREW WERE LOCATED NEAR COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI AND MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-271945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 245 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 240 PM CDT...SEVERAL THUNDRSTORMS ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD RAIN WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE WESTERN HALVES OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...MOST OF WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH ALABAMA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEREV OCCURRING ALONG THE TENNESSEE AND ALABAMA STATE LINE SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG AND FAYETTEVILLE. WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 3:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 349 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 9 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT... AT 340 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SOLID AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE... WEST TENNESSEE...WESTERN THIRD OF KENTUCKY AND NORTH ALABAMA. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE INTO SOUTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE AS FAR EAST AS LEWISBURG. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 5:22 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-272330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 522 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 9 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE FOR TONIGHT... AT 515 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SOLID AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...COVERING ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...PART OF WEST TENNESSEE...THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...THE WEST HALF OF KENTUCKY AND NORTH ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 5:43 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-272345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 540 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 9 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE FOR TONIGHT... AT 535 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...COVERING ALL OF MIDDLRE TENNESSEE...PART OF WEST TENNESSEE...THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...THE WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND NORTH ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 52 min |
| Aug 27, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 69 min |
| Aug 27, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wilson | 64 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.