Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Nashville, TN

April 20, 1995Montgomery County, Robertson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1995, 1:15 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Robertson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 1995, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 1995, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Montgomery County, TN, Robertson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 200617
SVRBNA
TNC125-147-200645-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
115 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...ROBERTSON COUNTY
 
AT 115 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF
CLARKSVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
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.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren38 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.