Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 301, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1998, 7:13 PM CDT for Macon County, Tennessee. It was in force for 62 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
- Jun 10, 1998, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1998, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Macon County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Countywide, TN | Sheriff's office reported trees were blown down countywide. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 1331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
835 WUUS1 KBNA 110014 RRA SVRBNA TNC111-110115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 713 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MACON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 711 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF LAYFATTE OR 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF SILOAM MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EULIA AT 725 PM CDT GREEN GROVE AT 730 PM CDT BRATTONTOWN AT 735 PM CDT HILLSDALE AT 745 PM CDT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS ORCHANIAN
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 Jun 10, 1:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 1:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 150 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998 LOOKS AS THOUGH WE WL REMAIN HOT AND MUGGY AS MARITIME TROPICAL AIR MASS REMAINS ANCHORED OVR FA. W/ LACK OF FOCUSING MECHANISM...WUD ONLY SUGGEST SLGT POPS NEXT COUPLE OF AFTERNOONS TO COVER ANY ISLD CONVECTION. SW FLOW WL REMAIN IN PLACE AND XPCT GUD INSTABILITY TO PERSIST AT LEAST THRU PD 4. W/ RELATIVELY TIGHT SFC PRES GRADIENT IN PLACE OVR FA DURG NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...FWC WIND SPEED VALUES NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF LINE. THINK SUSTAINED 15 MPH LOOKS GUD FOR PD 2...AND MIGHT EVEN THROW IN BREEZY IN ZFP WORDING. OTRW...IT LOOKS LIKE P/C DAYS W/ TEMPS RUNNING NEAR FWC GUIDANCE VALUES. 72/90/72/91 1212 08
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 10, 4:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
422 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0300 PM TN WIND DAMAGE
06/10/98 MAURY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
REPORTED TREES DOWN
COUNTYWIDE. SHERIFFS
OFFICE SAID TREES WERE
DOWN IN COLUMBIA.Local storm report, Jun 10, 4:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
445 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0415 PM HOHENWALD TN WIND DAMAGE
06/10/98 LEWIS 911 CENTER REPORTED TREES
DOWN AND A TRAILER TIPPED
OVER IN HOHENWALD.
END/ORCHANIANLocal storm report, Jun 10, 4:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
445 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0415 PM HOHENWALD TN WIND DAMAGE
06/10/98 LEWIS 911 CENTER REPORTED TREES
DOWN AND A TRAILER TIPPED
OVER IN HOHENWALD.
END/ORCHANIANSpecial weather statement, Jun 10, 5:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
TNZ005>011-022>033-055>065-075>082-093>098-110300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 508 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED UP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. MORE THUNDERSTORMS OVER KENTUCKY ARE EXPECTED TO DRIFT SOUTHWARD INTO TENNESSEE ONCE AGAIN AFTER DARK AND BRING A THREAT OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES IN SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ABOUT 3/4 INCH PER HOUR MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA. THE GROUND HAS BEEN SATURATED FROM RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED YESTERDAY AND TODAY. FOLKS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS OR NOAA WEATHER RA DIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. END/ORCHANIAN
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
TNZ005>011-022>033-055>065-075>082-093>098-110300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 508 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED UP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. MORE THUNDERSTORMS OVER KENTUCKY ARE EXPECTED TO DRIFT SOUTHWARD INTO TENNESSEE ONCE AGAIN AFTER DARK AND BRING A THREAT OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES IN SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ABOUT 3/4 INCH PER HOUR MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA. THE GROUND HAS BEEN SATURATED FROM RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED YESTERDAY AND TODAY. FOLKS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS OR NOAA WEATHER RA DIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. END/ORCHANIAN
Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
557 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0515 PM NASHVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
06/10/98 DAVIDSON LOCAL EMA OFFICIAL
REPORTED SCATTERED TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN IN
THE WESTERN PART OF THE
CITY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 8:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Smith | 3 hr |
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.