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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Nashville, TN

May 14, 1995Cheatham County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1995, 5:58 PM CDT for Cheatham County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Cheatham County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-332 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 142257
TORBNA
TNC021-142345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
558 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...CHEATHAM COUNTY
 
AT 553 PM A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED SOUTHEAST OFD CLARKSVILLE. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT
NORTHERN CHEATHAM COUNTY BY 620 PM.
 
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
May 14, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart32 min
May 14, 3:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Montgomery41 min
May 14, 3:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Robertson68 min
May 14, 3:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Humphreys68 min
May 14, 4:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner50 min
May 14, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale, Wilson50 min
May 14, 4:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Smith38 min
May 14, 4:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Humphreys42 min
May 14, 4:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham42 min
May 14, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson32 min
May 14, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton43 min
May 14, 5:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson3 hr
May 14, 5:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham3 hr
May 14, 5:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Putnam43 min
May 14, 5:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Putnam63 min
May 14, 5:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford63 min
May 14, 6:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson45 min
May 14, 6:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart64 min
May 14, 6:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWhite63 min
May 14, 7:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry66 min
May 14, 7:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson2 hr
May 14, 7:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson69 min
May 14, 7:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne60 min
May 14, 8:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson3 hr
May 14, 8:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, White3 hr
May 14, 8:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren41 min
May 14, 9:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin66 min
May 14, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Stewart40 min
May 14, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery65 min
May 14, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Stewart30 min
May 14, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson58 min
May 14, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham68 min
May 14, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson50 min
May 14, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston53 min
May 14, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson49 min
May 14, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Williamson63 min

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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.