Tornado Warning 38, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Mar 1, 1997, 3:59 AM CST (09:59 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 1997, 5:00 AM CST

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Humphreys 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 011001 RRA
TORBNA
TNC085-011100-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
359 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...HUMPHREYS COUNTY
 
AT 400 AM CST A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ON
THE TENNESSEE RIVER JUST NORTHEAST OF SUGAR TREE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.  THE TORNADO WILL PASS NEAR HURRICANE MILLS
AND SOUTH OF WAVERLY BY 430 AM CST.
 
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 BASEMEPNT 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.
 
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.