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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Nashville, TN

March 1, 1997Hickman County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 1997, 7:21 AM CST for Hickman County, Tennessee. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 1997, 7:21 AM CST (13:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 1997, 8:15 AM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Hickman County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 1, 7:50 AM CSTHail 0.88Centerville, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 1997-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1238 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1997-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 334 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
1238 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
334 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.0
Supercell composite
13.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 011323 RRA
TORBNA
TNC081-011415-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
721 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...HICKMAN COUNTY
 
AT 720 AM CST A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LINDEN TENNESSEE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
THE TORNADO WILL ENTER SOUTHWEST HICKMAN COUNTY BY 730 AM CST AND
PASS NEAR PLEASANTVILLE IN SOUTHWEST HICKMAN COUNTY.
 
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.
 
BOYD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 7:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson38 min
Mar 1, 12:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne54 min
Mar 1, 1:04 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXWayne26 min
Mar 1, 1:13 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis47 min
Mar 1, 1:41 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMaury49 min
Mar 1, 2:13 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson47 min
Mar 1, 2:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart41 min
Mar 1, 2:53 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson52 min
Mar 1, 2:55 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson65 min
Mar 1, 2:58 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXWayne62 min
Mar 1, 3:34 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXLawrence56 min
Mar 1, 3:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner28 min
Mar 1, 3:55 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Decatur35 min
Mar 1, 3:59 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys61 min
Mar 1, 4:09 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Sumner36 min
Mar 1, 4:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson61 min
Mar 1, 4:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDecatur42 min
Mar 1, 4:37 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton3 hr
Mar 1, 5:11 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXDickson, Humphreys3 hr
Mar 1, 5:11 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXDecatur3 hr
Mar 1, 5:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson26 min
Mar 1, 6:12 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Robertson, Sumner3 hr
Mar 1, 6:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry65 min
Mar 1, 7:10 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXPerry50 min
Mar 1, 7:17 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDecatur43 min
Mar 1, 8:05 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson40 min
Mar 1, 10:24 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXStewart3 hr
Mar 1, 1:11 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXStewart3 hr
Mar 1, 1:26 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXMontgomery3 hr

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.