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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Nashville, TN

May 18, 1993Giles County, Marshall County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1993, 5:02 PM CDT for Giles County, Marshall County, Tennessee. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1993, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1993, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Giles County, TN, Marshall County, TN

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 18, 2:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 18, 2:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 18, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-182200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
352 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS
OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 6 PM CDT...

AT 335 PM CDT...ADJACENT WEATHER RADARS INDICATED AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES EAST OF LEBANON TENNESSEE AND AN ISOLATED
SHOWER NEAR MONTEREY.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 45 MILES AN HOUR.

THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE.  STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS
SHOULD THEY BECOME NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, May 18, 3:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-182200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
352 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS
OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 6 PM CDT...

AT 335 PM CDT...ADJACENT WEATHER RADARS INDICATED AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES EAST OF LEBANON TENNESSEE AND AN ISOLATED
SHOWER NEAR MONTEREY.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 45 MILES AN HOUR.

THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE.  STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS
SHOULD THEY BECOME NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, May 18, 4:37 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-182245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
437 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS
OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 6 PM CDT...

AT 435 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT
MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM COLLINWOOD TO LEWISBURG AND FROM WATERTOWN
TO THE DALE HOLLOW LAKE AREA.

MOVEMENT EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE AND SEVERE WEATHER COULD
DEVELOPE RAPIDLY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND
WARNINGS SHOULD THEY BECOME NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, May 18, 4:38 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-182245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
437 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS
OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 6 PM CDT...

AT 435 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT
MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM COLLINWOOD TO LEWISBURG AND FROM WATERTOWN
TO THE DALE HOLLOW LAKE AREA.

MOVEMENT EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE AND SEVERE WEATHER COULD
DEVELOPE RAPIDLY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND
WARNINGS SHOULD THEY BECOME NECESSARY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman63 min
May 18, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry, Wayne63 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.