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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 1997, 7:01 PM CST for Benton County, Decatur County, Tennessee. It was in force for 44 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 28, 1997, 7:01 PM CST (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1997, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, TN, Decatur County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:16 PM CST | Hail 1 | Parsons, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBNA 290103 RRA TORBNA TNC005-039-290145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 701 PM CST FRI MAR 28 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST TENNESSEE ...SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY...NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY AT 702 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO ALONG THE BENTON-DECATUR COUNTY LINE NEAR SUGARTREE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH...AND WILL MOVE TO THE TENNESSEE RIVER ALONG THE BORDER OF THESE COUNTIES BY 730 PM. YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEIDATELY. 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. TT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 6:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 6:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 6:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 6:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 6:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Decatur | 56 min |
| Mar 28, 6:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 6:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Humphreys | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 7:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 7:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 7:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 8:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 8:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Trousdale | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 8:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 8:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 8:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 9:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 9:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Smith | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 9:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Jackson | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 9:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Wilson | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 9:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 9:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Overton | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 9:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford | 27 min |
| Mar 28, 10:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 10:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Putnam | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 10:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Franklin, Lincoln | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 10:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 10:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sequatchie | 65 min |
| Mar 28, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marion | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 11:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bledsoe | 44 min |
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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.