Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 20, 1995, 6:40 PM CST for Rutherford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 1995, 6:40 PM CST (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 1995, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rutherford County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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
- 541 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBNA 210042 RRA SVRBNA TNC149-210145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 640 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...RUTHERFORD COUNTY AT 635 PM CST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN THE CITY OF SMYRNA TENNESSEE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECT*ION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 20, 1:14 PM CST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-202015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 114 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995 AT 105 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CLARKSVILLE TO JUST WEST OF CENTERVILLE. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO FROM GALLATIN TO COLUMBIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE CURRENTLY LOCATED NEAR COLUMBIA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY SOME HAIL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM CELINA TO WOODLAWN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 1:16 PM CST, 5 hours 24 minutes before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-202015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 114 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995 AT 105 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CLARKSVILLE TO JUST WEST OF CENTERVILLE. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO FROM GALLATIN TO COLUMBIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE CURRENTLY LOCATED NEAR COLUMBIA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRFONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY SOME HAIL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM CELINA TO WOODLAWN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 1:51 PM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-202055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 151 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 6 PM CST... ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS STILL IN NASHVILLE AREA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS MEANS CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR THE FORMATION OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE. AT 140 PM CST...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS COVERED PARTS OF DAVIDSON COUNTY AND CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS THE METRO NASHVILLE AREA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED SOUTHWARD TOWARDS CENTERVILLE AND FRANKLIN. ALSO A NARROW LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR WATERTOWN IN WILSON COUNTY TO LAWRENCEBURG. ELSEWHERE RAIN COVERED A LARGE PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE EAST OF LINE FROM SPRINGFIELD TO WAYNESBORO. THE RAIN SHOULD TAPER OFF OVER WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY 4 PM AND BE MOSTLY EAST OF NASHVILLE BY RUSH HOUR. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 1:52 PM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-202055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 151 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 6 PM CST... ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS STILL IN NASHVILLE AREA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS MEANS CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR THE FORMATION OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE. AT 140 PM CST...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS COVERED PARTS OF DAVIDSON COUNTY AND CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS THE METRO NASHVILLE AREA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED SOUTHWARD TOWARDS CENTERVILLE AND FRANKLIN. ALSO A NARROW LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR WATERTOWN IN WILSON COUNTY TO LAWRENCEBURG. ELSEWHERE RAIN COVERED A LARGE PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE EAST OF LINE FROM SPRINGFIELD TO WAYNESBORO. THE RAIN SHOULD TAPER OFF OVER WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY 4 PM AND BE MOSTLY EAST OF NASHVILLE BY RUSH HOUR. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 4:27 PM CST, 2 hours 13 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- 093-094-095-096-097-202330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 427 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE... AT 420 PM CST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM JUST NORTH OF WAVERLY TO DOVER. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES TO CENTRAL CITY TO OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN COVERED THE EASTERN PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury | 68 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.