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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Nashville, TN

February 21, 1993Putnam County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 21, 1993, 1:58 PM CST for Putnam County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 1993, 1:58 PM CST (19:58 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 1993, 2:30 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Putnam County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 12:00Z on 1993-02-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1993-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 442 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
442 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
498 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 212000
TORBNA
TNC141-212030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
158 PM CST SUN FEB 21 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...PUTNAM COUNTY
 
AT 1:55 PM THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN COOKEVILLE REPORTS SEVERAL TORNADOES
ON THE GROUND JUST WEST OF COOKEVILLE. TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE DANGEROUS STORMS.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 11:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman69 min
Feb 21, 12:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson40 min
Feb 21, 12:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford60 min
Feb 21, 12:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury60 min
Feb 21, 1:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall43 min
Feb 21, 1:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson48 min
Feb 21, 1:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Putnam, Smith47 min
Feb 21, 1:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee43 min
Feb 21, 2:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren, White66 min
Feb 21, 2:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLincoln56 min
Feb 21, 3:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee69 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.