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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Nashville, TN

March 1, 1997Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 1997, 8:53 PM CST for Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 1997, 8:53 PM CST (02:53 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 1997, 9:45 PM CST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Stewart County, TN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 1, 2:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 00:00Z on 1997-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 769 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1997-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
769 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1269 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

828 
WFUS1 KBNA 020256 RRA
TORBNA
TNC161-020345-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
853 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...STEWART COUNTY
 
AT 853 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
DOVER MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL PASS VERY
CLOSE TO DOVER.
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 8:49 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXStewart3 hr
Mar 1, 9:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXMontgomery3 hr
Mar 1, 9:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery35 min
Mar 1, 9:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton33 min
Mar 1, 9:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys45 min
Mar 1, 9:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Robertson51 min
Mar 1, 10:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Robertson4 hr
Mar 1, 10:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys4 hr
Mar 1, 10:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXSumner4 hr
Mar 1, 10:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Decatur46 min
Mar 1, 10:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner67 min
Mar 1, 10:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys53 min
Mar 1, 11:04 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDecatur41 min
Mar 1, 11:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton32 min
Mar 1, 11:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys, Perry51 min
Mar 1, 11:41 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXStewart6 hr
Mar 1, 11:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman43 min
Mar 1, 11:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXSumner6 hr
Mar 1, 11:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXMontgomery6 hr
Mar 2, 12:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry48 min
Mar 2, 12:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson6 hr
Mar 2, 2:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXDecatur4 hr
Mar 2, 2:09 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart6 hr
Mar 2, 2:09 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Robertson6 hr
Mar 2, 3:04 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton6 hr
Mar 2, 10:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 1 more8 hr
Mar 2, 10:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Macon, Robertson, Sumner8 hr
Mar 2, 10:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton, Decatur, Perry8 hr
Mar 2, 10:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXStewart8 hr
Mar 2, 10:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Wayne8 hr
Mar 2, 10:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury8 hr
Mar 2, 10:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson8 hr
Mar 2, 10:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Moore8 hr
Mar 2, 5:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson12 hr
Mar 2, 5:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne12 hr
Mar 2, 5:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Lincoln, Marshall, Moore12 hr
Mar 2, 5:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart12 hr
Mar 2, 5:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Macon, Sumner12 hr
Mar 2, 5:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXHickman, Williamson12 hr
Mar 2, 5:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXHumphreys, Perry12 hr

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.