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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN

May 12, 1992Perry County, Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 12, 1992, 8:32 PM CDT for Perry County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 1992, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Perry County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 1992-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1081 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 130134
TORBNA
TNC135-181-130230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
832 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY
 
3 FUNNEL SIGHTINGS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN HENDERSON AND DECATUR
COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE.
 
AT 825 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING THE FUNNELS
IS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE AND WILL
CROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER INTO SOUTHWEST PERRY COUNTY
AND NORTHWEST WAYNE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
 
DOWNED POWER LINES WERE REPORTED AROUND CHESTERFIELD IN
HENDERSON COUNTY.
 
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner69 min
May 12, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis65 min
May 12, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.