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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Nashville, TN

May 25, 1998Van Buren County, White County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1998, 10:17 PM CDT for Van Buren County, White County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 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 25, 1998, 10:17 PM CDT (03:17 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 1998, 10:50 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Van Buren County, TN, White County, TN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 25, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1955 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1180 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.1

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The text

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

562 
WUUS1 KBNA 260318 RRA
SVRBNA
TNC175-185-260350-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1017 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE
  WHITE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 1050 PM CDT

* AT 1016 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPARTA OR 2
  MILES NORTHWEST OF WALLING MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DOYLE AT 1020 PM CDT
  SPARTA AT 1025 PM CDT
  BON AIR AT 1035 PM CDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

TT

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 25, 8:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 8:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
834 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1998

AMS LOADED THIS MRNG. SUPERCELLS CURNTLY RACING THRU SRN KY. MID TN HAS
BEEN SPARED THUS FAR. CURNT ZFP LOOKS OK FOR MID TN...ALTHO WUD REMOVE
MENTION OF MRNG FOG IN UPDATE. NO OTHER CHANGES RECOMMENDED.

08

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 8:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
830 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0810 PM    FREE HILL                 TN   WIMD DAMAGE
05/25/98   CLAY                           LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
                                          REPORTED FEW TREES AND
                                          POWER LINES DOWN.

TT

Local storm report, May 25, 8:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
840 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0839 PM    WEST NASHVILLE            TN   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/98   DAVIDSON                       METRO EOC REPORTED DIME
                                          SIZE HAIL.

TT

Local storm report, May 25, 9:25 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
925 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 PM    DICKSON                   TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/25/98   DICKSON                        LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
                                          A FEW TREES DOWN.

0850 PM    MCEWEN                    TN   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/98   HUMPHREYS                      LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL.

TT

Local storm report, May 25, 9:25 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
925 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 PM    DICKSON                   TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/25/98   DICKSON                        LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
                                          A FEW TREES DOWN.

0850 PM    MCEWEN                    TN   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/98   HUMPHREYS                      LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL.

TT

Local storm report, May 25, 9:37 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
937 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0900 PM    HERMITAGE SPRINGS         TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/25/98   CLAY                           LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
                                          A FEW LARGE LIMBS DOWN.

TT

Local storm report, May 25, 9:37 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
937 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0900 PM    HERMITAGE SPRINGS         TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/25/98   CLAY                           LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
                                          A FEW LARGE LIMBS DOWN.

TT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	46 min
May 25, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	48 min
May 25, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner	47 min
May 25, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay	36 min
May 25, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson	50 min
May 25, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Macon	49 min
May 25, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	35 min
May 25, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	48 min
May 25, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay	35 min
May 25, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Williamson	32 min
May 25, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Pickett	33 min
May 25, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Overton	32 min
May 26, 8:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson	2 hr
May 26, 8:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Sumner, Wilson	2 hr
May 26, 10:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Houston	92 min
May 26, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence	50 min
May 26, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles	50 min
May 26, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lincoln	47 min
May 26, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lincoln	35 min
May 26, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Franklin	46 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.