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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Nashville, TN

June 13, 1997Benton County, Houston County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1997, 7:44 PM CDT for Benton County, Houston County, Tennessee. It was in force for 46 min. 4 reports 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
Jun 13, 1997, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1997, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Benton County, TN, Houston County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jun 13, 8:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Erin, TNA few trees were blown down.
Jun 13, 8:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Erin, TNA few trees were blown down.
Jun 13, 8:29 PM CDTHail 0.75Camden, TNDime size hail reported.
Jun 13, 8:35 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Camden, TNA few power lines were down.

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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 1997-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 752 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 1997-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 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
752 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 140047 RRA
TORBNA
TNC005-083-140130-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
744 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY AND HOUSTON COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR BIG
SANDY IN NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL APPROACH TENNESSEE RIDGE AND ERIN BY 830 PM. TAKE COVER NOW.
 
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
Jun 13, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson54 min
Jun 13, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner62 min
Jun 13, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart42 min
Jun 13, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson56 min
Jun 13, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman36 min
Jun 13, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale46 min
Jun 13, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson55 min
Jun 13, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys43 min
Jun 13, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford65 min
Jun 13, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson59 min
Jun 13, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson49 min
Jun 13, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson42 min
Jun 13, 11:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Williamson3 hr
Jun 13, 11:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson3 hr
Jun 13, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson42 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.