Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1994, 2:30 PM CST for Humphreys County, Tennessee. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1994, 2:30 PM CST (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1994, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Humphreys County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -232 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 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 072031 SVRBNA TNC085-072115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 230 PM CST MON MAR 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...HUMPHREYS COUNTY AT 230 PM CST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER RADAR 5 MILES WEST OF WAVERLY TENNESSEE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE SEVERE THUNDESTORM WILL MOVE OVER THE CITY OF WAVERLY DURING THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE8 TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Mar 7, 1:41 PM CST, 49 minutes before
TNZ005-006-007-008-009-010-023-024-025-026-027-028-029-030-031- 032-033-056-057-058-059-060-061-062-063-064-065-075-076-077-078- 093-094-095-096-097-072045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 141 PM CST MON MAR 7 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... AT 130 PM CST...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...BETWEEN CLARKSVILLE AND SPRINGFIELD. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE REST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...EXTENDING OVER WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE LIVING IN ROBERTSON COUNTY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. THE STORM NEAR SPRINGFIELD WILL BRING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING ...AND SMALL HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN THE STORM HITS.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 1:41 PM CST, 49 minutes before
TNZ005-006-007-008-009-010-023-024-025-026-027-028-029-030-031- 032-033-056-057-058-059-060-061-062-063-064-065-075-076-077-078- 093-094-095-096-097-072045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 141 PM CST MON MAR 7 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... AT 130 PM CST...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...BETWEEN CLARKSVILLE AND SPRINGFIELD. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE REST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...EXTENDING OVER WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE LIVING IN ROBERTSON COUNTY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. THE STORM NEAR SPRINGFIELD WILL BRING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING ...AND SMALL HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN THE STORM HITS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 1:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 57 min |
| Mar 7, 3:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson | 66 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.