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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Nashville, TN

May 26, 1997Bedford County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1997, 4:09 PM CDT for Bedford County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 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
May 26, 1997, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1997, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bedford County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 1997-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1016 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 12:00Z on 1997-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1016 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

307 
WFUS1 KBNA 262110 RRA
TORBNA
TNC003-103-127-262145-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
409 PM CDT MON MAY 26 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY...NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY
   ...MOORE COUNTY
 
AT 407 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SHELBYVILLE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL TREK
CLOSE TO OR NORTH OF HIGHWAY 129 IN NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AND SHOULD
BE NEAR LYNCHBURG BY 445 PM.
 
 
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
May 25, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson60 min
May 26, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart47 min
May 26, 9:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton28 min
May 26, 9:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys33 min
May 26, 10:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys50 min
May 26, 10:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham38 min
May 26, 11:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson58 min
May 26, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury45 min
May 26, 12:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford43 min
May 26, 12:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Williamson51 min
May 26, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson45 min
May 26, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Rutherford47 min
May 26, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne50 min
May 26, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall28 min
May 26, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Lincoln, Moore42 min
May 26, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence29 min
May 26, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin, Lincoln35 min
May 26, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles43 min

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.