Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 1:37 PM CDT for Rutherford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 1:37 PM CDT (18:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rutherford County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 1649 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.7
- Supercell composite
- 13.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBNA 151838 SVRBNA TNC149-151945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 137 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...RUTHERFORD COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER RADAR MOVING INTO RUTHERFORD COUNTY AT 130 PM CDT. THIS STORM CONTAINS DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Apr 15, 9:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-151555- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 950 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL NOON AND FOR THE REMAINDER OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 3 PM CDT... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AT 930 AM CDT. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF ELKTON IN TODD COUNTY KENTUCKY. THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL ENTER NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE WITHIN THE HOUR. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN EASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM WOODBURY TO SPARTA AND SOUTHEAST TOWARD CHATTANOOGA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR THAT IS CONDUCIVE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. IF YOU LIVE IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE KEY A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEAT0HER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 10:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-151700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1055 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 3 PM CDT... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY TO JUST NORTH OF NASHVILLE TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON IN WEST TENNESSEE. REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL WERE RECEIVED FROM THE CLARKSVILLE AREA DURING THE LAST HALF HOUR. THE ENVIRONMENT OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH THE LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD FAVORABLE FOR ENHANCEMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND DEVELOPEMENT OF TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS( SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 11:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 11:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 66 min |
| Apr 15, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 58 min |
| Apr 15, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 1:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Wilson | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.