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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Nashville, TN

March 29, 1992Houston County, Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1992, 11:25 PM CST for Houston County, Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 1992, 11:25 PM CST (05:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 1992, 12:15 AM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Houston County, TN, Stewart County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1992-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1992-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 271 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 300525
SVRBNA
TNC083-161-300615-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1125 PM CST SUN MAR 29 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...HOUSTON COUNTY...SOUTHERN STEWART COUNTY
 
AT 1120 PM CST...NASHVILLE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
INTO HOUSTON AND SOUTHERN STEWART COUNTIES. STRONG WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND HAIL MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.
 
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DEST^RUCTIVE 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.

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.