Tornado Warning 29, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Mar 1, 1997, 1:04 AM CST (07:04 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 1997, 1:30 AM CST

In force

26 min

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Wayne County, TN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

927 
WFUS1 KBNA 010706 RRA
TORBNA
TNC181-010730-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
104 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 104 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO JUST SOUTHWEST
OF WAYNESBORO MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS TORNADO
WILL MOVE NEAR THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO.
 
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.

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.