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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Nashville, TN

August 27, 1992Macon County, Smith County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 1992, 8:28 PM CDT for Macon County, Smith County, Tennessee. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 1992, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Macon County, TN, Smith County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 1992-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 255 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1992-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 280129
TORBNA
TNC111-159-280230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
828 PM CDT THU AUG 27 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
 
   ...MACON COUNTY...SMITH COUNTY
 
AT 825 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTAINING TORNADOES MOVING INTO MACON AND SMITH COUNTIES FROM
THE WEST IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.
 
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 SHrELTER 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
Aug 27, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner, Trousdale62 min
Aug 27, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson62 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.