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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Nashville, TN

July 3, 1992Lincoln County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 1992, 5:47 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Tennessee. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1992, 5:47 AM CDT (10:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1992, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 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 1992-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3554 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3554 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 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 031048
TORBNA
TNC103-031115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
547 AM CDT FRI JUL 3 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 545 AM CDT...THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD SOUTH
OF FAYETTEVILLE IN LINCOLN COUNTY. REPORTS WERE OF THE FUNNEL
CLOUD MOVING NORTHEAST INTO A HEAVY RAIN AREA...WHERE IT COULD NOT
BE SEEN.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson54 min
Jul 3, 4:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson3 hr
Jul 3, 4:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXSumner, Wilson3 hr
Jul 3, 7:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Wilson3 hr

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.