Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1994, 8:20 PM CDT for Franklin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1994, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1994, 9:27 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Keith Springs Mountai, TN | A tornado touched down near Keith Springs Mountain. A house and a barn was damaged. Several trees and power lines were knocked down. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 271 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
- 2789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.3
- Supercell composite
- 19.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBNA 270129 TORBNA TNC051-270227- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 820 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...FRANKLIN COUNTY WINCHESTER POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN THE CITY LIMITS OF WINCHESTER AT 820 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDCATED OVER WINCHESTER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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 BUILDI9NG. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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, Jun 26, 3:02 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-262105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 302 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADAR AT 305 PM CDT INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARKSVILLE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN CHEATHAM COUNTY AND THEN NORTHEAST ACROSS SPRINGFIELD TENNESSEE TO FRANKLIN KENTUCKY AND THEN EAST TO SCOTTSVILLE KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. POORLY DRAINED STREETS AND AREAS THAT COLLECT WATER RAPIDLY ARE LIKELY TO FLOOD AS THESE STORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WERE OVER WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN THE NASHVILLE AREA. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:07 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-262105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 302 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADAR AT 305 PM CDT INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARKSVILLE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN CHEATHAM COUNTY AND THEN NORTHEAST ACROSS SPRINGFIELD TENNESSEE TO FRANKLIN KENTUCKY AND THEN EAST TO SCOTTSVILLE KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. POORLY DRAINED STREETS AND AREAS THAT COLLECT WATER RAPIDLY ARE LIKELY TO FLOOD AS THESE STORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WERE OVER WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN THE NASHVILLE AREA. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-262155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 352 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE... AT 345 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM CLARKSVILLE...ASHLAND CITY...BETHPAGE TO LAFAYETTE TENNESSEE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN WEST TENNESSEE NEAR TRENTON NORTH OF JACKSON. SCATTERED THUNDRSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED FROM FRANKLIN TENNESSEE SOUTWHEST TO HOHENWALD. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM SHELBYVILLE TO JUST SOUTH OF SMITHVILLE TENNESSEE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE ENVIRONMENT OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AND SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-262155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 352 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE... AT 345 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM CLARKSVILLE...ASHLAND CITY...BETHPAGE TO LAFAYETTE TENNESSEE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN WEST TENNESSEE NEAR TRENTON NORTH OF JACKSON. SCATTERED THUNDRSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED FROM FRANKLIN TENNESSEE SOUTWHEST TO HOHENWALD. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM SHELBYVILLE TO JUST SOUTH OF SMITHVILLE TENNESSEE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE ENVIRONMENT OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AND SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICALS APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:20 PM CDT, 4 hours before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-262225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 420 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 11 PM CDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CHEATHAM...DAVIDSON SUMNER AND WILSON COUNTIES IN NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 415 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF ASHLAND CITY TO HENDERSONVILLE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED THAT INCLUDES THE NASHVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA UNTIL 515 PM CDT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN WEST TENNESSEE NEAR TRENTON NORTH OF JACKSON. SCATTERED THUNDRSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED FROM FRANKLIN TENNESSEE SOUTWHEST TO HOHENWALD. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM SHELBYVILLE TO JUST SOUTH OF SMITHVILLE TENNESSEE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE ENVIRONMENT OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AND SEVERE WEATHER REAL POSSIBILITY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. MAURY MOORE PERRY WAYNE TNC027-041-051-061-087-141-159-177-270400- ...PLATEAU... CLAY DEKALB FRANKLIN GRUNDY JACKSON PUTNAM SMITH WARREN TNC115-270400- ...SOUTHERN EAST... MARION WWUS32KMEM ."WWUS32 KMEM 262100
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-262225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 420 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 11 PM CDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CHEATHAM...DAVIDSON SUMNER AND WILSON COUNTIES IN NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 415 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF ASHLAND CITY TO HENDERSONVILLE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED THAT INCLUDES THE NASHVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA UNTIL 515 PM CDT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN WEST TENNESSEE NEAR TRENTON NORTH OF JACKSON. SCATTERED THUNDRSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED FROM FRANKLIN TENNESSEE SOUTWHEST TO HOHENWALD. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM SHELBYVILLE TO JUST SOUTH OF SMITHVILLE TENNESSEE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE ENVIRONMENT OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AND SEVERE WEATHER REAL POSSIBILITY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.