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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Nashville, TN

June 14, 1998Maury County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1998, 3:47 AM CDT for Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 48 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 14, 1998, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1998, 4:35 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Maury County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 4:00 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Countywide, TNColumbia electric reported trees and power lines down around the county.

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
Jun 14, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 1998-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 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.

599 
WUUS1 KBNA 140848 RRA
SVRBNA
TNC119-140935-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
347 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 435 AM CDT

* AT 345 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE OR 4
  MILES WEST OF WILLIAMSPORT MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CROSS BRIDGES AT 346 AM CDT
  WILLIAMSPORT AT 345 AM CDT
  FLY   AT 355 AM CDT
  SANTA FE AT 355 AM CDT
  COLUMBIA AT 400 AM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton50 min
Jun 14, 2:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys64 min
Jun 14, 3:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman47 min
Jun 14, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Marshall62 min
Jun 14, 4:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLincoln48 min
Jun 14, 10:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Robertson, Sumner48 min
Jun 14, 10:37 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner33 min
Jun 14, 10:50 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXMacon35 min
Jun 14, 11:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXTrousdale35 min
Jun 14, 11:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson49 min
Jun 14, 11:15 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXSmith, Trousdale20 min
Jun 14, 11:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton, Pickett48 min
Jun 14, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam48 min
Jun 14, 12:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWhite33 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.