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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Nashville, TN

June 2, 1998Bledsoe County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 4:44 AM CDT for Bledsoe County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 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
Jun 2, 1998, 4:44 AM CDT (09:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1998, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Bledsoe County, TN

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 2, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 1998-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1998-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-459 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

262 
WUUS1 KBNA 020941 RRA
SVRBNA
TNC007-021015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
444 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BLEDSOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 440 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PIKEVILLE NEAR HIGHWAY
  127.... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

CBD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys33 min
Jun 2, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson49 min
Jun 2, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson64 min
Jun 2, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson33 min
Jun 2, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson47 min
Jun 2, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford50 min
Jun 2, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon50 min
Jun 2, 3:04 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCannon, Rutherford51 min
Jun 2, 3:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee33 min
Jun 2, 3:42 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCoffee33 min
Jun 2, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy, Warren50 min
Jun 2, 3:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Warren48 min
Jun 2, 4:20 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXWarren35 min
Jun 2, 4:32 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXGrundy33 min
Jun 2, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSequatchie34 min
Jun 2, 4:53 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXSequatchie32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.