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Tornado Warning 81, NWS Nashville, TN

November 30, 1997Davidson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 30, 1997, 2:56 PM CST for Davidson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 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
Nov 30, 1997, 2:56 PM CST (20:56 UTC)
Expired
Nov 30, 1997, 3:30 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Davidson County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 30, 2:58 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50Nashville, TNNWS employee reported a billboard sign was blown down. The location was about 2 miles west of the Stones River on the north side of Interstate 40.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 30, 11:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 1997-11-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 194 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 1997-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
194 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
496 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 302056
TORBNA
TNC037-302130-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
256 PM CST SUN NOV 30 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...DAVIDSON COUNTY
 
AT 255 PM CST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO IN EASTERN
DAVIDSON COUNTY IN THE EAST NASHVILLE...HERMITAGE AREA.
 
THE TORNADO IS MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 15 MPH.
 
 
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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 30, 8:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton34 min
Nov 30, 11:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis41 min
Nov 30, 11:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Maury60 min
Nov 30, 11:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson62 min
Nov 30, 12:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis56 min
Nov 30, 12:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall61 min
Nov 30, 12:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry57 min
Nov 30, 12:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence67 min
Nov 30, 12:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles55 min
Nov 30, 12:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Maury63 min
Nov 30, 12:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson55 min
Nov 30, 1:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson69 min
Nov 30, 1:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall59 min
Nov 30, 1:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson59 min
Nov 30, 1:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee69 min
Nov 30, 1:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson63 min
Nov 30, 2:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin58 min
Nov 30, 2:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford58 min
Nov 30, 2:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarion56 min
Nov 30, 3:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Warren58 min
Nov 30, 3:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson58 min
Nov 30, 3:10 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson2 hr
Nov 30, 3:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy62 min
Nov 30, 3:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBledsoe45 min
Nov 30, 4:07 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXWilson3 hr

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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.