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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Nashville, TN

July 28, 1995Hickman County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 1995, 10:42 AM CDT for Hickman County, Tennessee. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 1995, 10:42 AM CDT (15:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1995, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Hickman County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 1995-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 595 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 1995-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
595 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 281541
TORBNA
TNC081-281630-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1042 AM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...HICKMAN COUNTY
 
AT 1040 AM CDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED OVER HICKMAN COUNTY...5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF ONLY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 12:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGrundy118 min
Jul 28, 9:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Maury49 min
Jul 28, 11:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Decatur, Humphreys, Perry44 min
Jul 28, 11:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis, Maury42 min
Jul 28, 11:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne42 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.