Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 1992, 7:13 PM CDT for Sumner County, Trousdale County, Tennessee. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1992, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 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 280014 TORBNA TNC037-165-169-280115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 713 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...DAVIDSON COUNTY...SUMNER COUNTY...TROUSDALE AT 710 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE TORNADOES IN THESE AREAS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION. THE TORNADOES WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. 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 AV6AILABLE...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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 1:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 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, 4 hours 27 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, 3 hours 24 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, 1 hour 51 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, 1 hour 30 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.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 6:45 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-280045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 645 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 TONIGHT... AT 640 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SOLID AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE... THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...THE WEST HALF OF 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, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson | 62 min |
| Aug 27, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith | 62 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.