Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Jun 30, 1997, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)

Expired

Jun 30, 1997, 3:00 PM CDT

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Montgomery County, TN

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 301922 RRA
SVRBNA
TNC125-302000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
223 PM CDT MON JUN 30 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
AT 220 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CLARKSVILLE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE CITIES OF CLARKSVILLE AND ST
BETHLEHEM.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 30, 2:20 PM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
220 PM CDT MON JUN 30 1997

LARGE AREA OF SHWRS/TSTMS MOVG INTO WRN SXNS OF MID TN ATTM. AREA OF
CONVECTION ALIGNS QUITE WELL WITH MAX INSTABILITY AXIS. CONVECTN WL
OVRSPRD MUCH OF MID TN AND PLATEAU THIS AFTN AND THIS EVE AS H5 S/W
CROSSES RGN. XPCT CONVECTN TO DWINDLE OVR WRN SXNS BY 23Z AND OVR
BNA/COLUMBIA/PULASKI/SHELBYVILLE BY 01-02Z...AND PLATEAU SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WOULD PREFER POPS ABV GUID THIS EVE.

LWR-UPR RDG AMPLIFIES OVR LWR MS VLY TUE IN RESPONSE TO STRONG S/W MOVG
INTO CNTRL/NRN PLAINS. ASSOCIATED SUBSIDENCE SHOULD LIMIT AFTN CONVECTN
COMPARED TO PAST COUPLE OF DAYS BUT BLV SOME TSTMS WL FIRE ESP ALONG
FAVORED OROGRAPHIC AREAS DUE TO RESIDUAL LOW LVL MSTR/AFTN HEATG.

ATTM BLV POPS ARE TOO LOW FOR WED. OUTFLOW FROM XPCTD MCS DVLPMNT TUE
AFTN SHOULD LIE ACRS SRN IL/CNTRL IN BY WED AM. GRIDDED DATA DEPICTS
AXIS OF MDT INSTABILITY EXTDG FM SRN IL SEWD ACRS MID TN. FLOW ARD RDG
AXIS ALONG MS RVR WOULD FAVOR CONT SEWD MOVMENT OF BNDRY. EXTRAPOLATION
WOULD PLACE BNDRY IN VCNTY OF NRN MID TN DURG MAX HEATG. ATTENDANT MSTR
WITH THE RMNS OF THE MCS ALONG WITH LOW LVL MSTR ALREADY IN PLACE OVR
OUR RGN SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW FOR DVLPMNT OD SCT CNVTN IN VCNTY
OF BNDRY.
09

BNA 69/87/70/90 62-4

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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