Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 80, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 1, 1997, 1:07 PM CST for Lincoln County, Tennessee. It was in force for 53 min. 2 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
- Nov 1, 1997, 1:07 PM CST (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 1, 1997, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 1:25 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Fayetteville, TN | Dime size hail was reported by local law enforcement on Highway 231 south. |
| Nov 1, 1:27 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Fayetteville, TN | Dime size hail was reported by local law enforcement. |
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 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBNA 011908 RRA TORBNA TNC103-012000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 107 PM CST SAT NOV 1 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...LINCOLN COUNTY AT 107 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE NEAR BLANCHE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH...AND WILL REACH THE BELLEVIEW AREA BY 120 PM AND FLINTVILLE BY 140 PM. YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURRNITURE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 12:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 54 min |
| Nov 1, 12:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Nov 1, 12:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Moore | 49 min |
| Nov 1, 1:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin | 43 min |
| Nov 1, 1:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marion | 44 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.