Tornado Warning 45, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Mar 1, 1997, 11:04 PM CST (05:04 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 1997, 11:45 PM CST

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

County 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 020506 RRA
TORBNA
TNC039-020545-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1104 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...DECATUR COUNTY
 
AT 1100 PM CST A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR
NEAR LEXINGTON IN WEST TENNESSEE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL PASS THROUGH THE PARSONS AREA BY 1135 PM 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 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

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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.