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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Nashville, TN

May 18, 1995DeKalb County, Smith County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 7:38 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Smith County, Tennessee. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties DeKalb County, TN, Smith County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 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 1995-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1185 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 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
1185 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
460 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.0
Supercell composite
17.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 190039
TORBNA
TNC041-159-190145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
738 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...DE KALB COUNTY...SMITH COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR LEBANON. A WALL CLOUD
WAS OBSERVED IN THE SAME AREA BY SPOTTERS.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
END/ORCHANIAN/N.W.S.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall68 min
May 18, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence63 min
May 18, 7:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson3 hr
May 18, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton57 min
May 18, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith57 min
May 18, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam43 min
May 18, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Coffee54 min
May 18, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPutnam54 min
May 18, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence50 min
May 18, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWarren52 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.