Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1994, 11:24 AM CDT for Macon County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 11:24 AM CDT (16:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Macon County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 151626 TORBNA TNC111-151700- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1124 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...MACON COUNTY AT 1120 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN THE NORTHERN PART OF MACON COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH MACON COUNTY. 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. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 1 hour 28 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, 28 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, 11:39 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, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 68 min |
| Apr 15, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 60 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.