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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Nashville, TN

March 7, 1995Rutherford County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 1995, 3:33 PM CST for Rutherford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 1995, 3:33 PM CST (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 1995, 4:30 PM CST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Rutherford County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 85 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 1995-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 326 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
85 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
355 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 072134
TORBNA
TNC149-072230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
333 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...RUTHERFORD COUNTY
 
AT 330 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR
EAGLEVILLE. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD COUTNY.
 
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 1:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner43 min
Mar 7, 1:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXSumner30 min
Mar 7, 2:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Maury57 min
Mar 7, 4:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson58 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.