Tornado Warning 37, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Mar 1, 1997, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 1997, 4:30 AM CST

In force

35 min

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Benton County, TN, Decatur 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.

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TTAA00 KBNA 010958 RRA
TORBNA
TNC005-039-011030-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
355 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY...NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY
 
AT 355 AM CST A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR
BETWEEN HOLIDAY AND PARSONS ALONG THE TENNESSEE RIVER. THE
TORNADO IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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 SHELTFER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
BOYD

Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 1997Every tornado warning in 1997Tornadoes in 1997

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.