Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1992, 5:16 PM CDT for Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 59 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, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stewart County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 5:45 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Stewart, 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
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 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 122217 SVRBNA TNC161-122315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 516 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...STEWART COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN STEWART COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE AT 510 PM CDT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS STEWART COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES IN ITS PATH. IF YOU LIVE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AS A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. 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.
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, 22 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 59 min |
| May 12, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 61 min |
| May 12, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Humphreys | 36 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.