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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Nashville, TN

June 26, 1994Davidson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1994, 4:33 PM CDT for Davidson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1994, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1994, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Davidson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 1994-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 301 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 254 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
301 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-209 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
995 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 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 262135
TORBNA
TNC037-262230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
433 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...DAVIDSON COUNTY
 
AT 430 PM A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER RADAR IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF DAVIDSON COUNTY...IN THE MADISON AND GOODLETTSVILLE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
 
 
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart63 min
Jun 26, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson60 min
Jun 26, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner, Wilson60 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 1994Every tornado warning in 1994Tornadoes 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.