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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1998, 6:42 PM CST for Sumner County, Tennessee. It was in force for 48 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
- Apr 3, 1998, 6:42 PM CST (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1998, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sumner County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 12:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Apr 3, 1:04 PM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 1:04 PM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED FOR CCF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 104 PM CST FRI APR 3 1998 WM FNT CONTS TO LIFT NWD. THIS COUPLED W/ A LITTLE SUNSHINE THIS AFTN SHUD GET THINGS HOPPING EVEN MORE. SOME DISCREPANCY BETWEEN ETA/NGM REGARDING STRENGTH OF SFC LO...BUT NGM APPRS TO BE ON TRACK ATTM. XPCT LO TO PASS OVR BNA VICINITY ARND 00Z W/ WIDESPREAD LO LVL CLDS & SOME LGT PCPN LINGERING INTO THE NIGHT. STG NW WIND SHUD DROP TEMPS LIKE A ROCK. PD 1 FCST LOOKS OK...ALTHO WUD INCRS POPS FOR BNA TO 50. FOR PD 2...WUD INCRS TEMP TO UPR 50S AS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN FWC/FAN. PDS 3 AND 4 SHUD BE MOSTLY CLEAR AS HI PRES DROPS ANCHOR OVR FA. NASHVILLE 45/58/38/65 5000 08
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 3, 1:32 PM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
132 PM CST FRI APR 03 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0119 PM WAVERLY TN 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 HUMPHREYS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED THE HAIL 4 TO 5
N OF WAVERLY
0123 PM FAYETTEVILLE TN 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 LINCOLN SPOTTER REPORTED THE HAIL
6 SE FAYETTEVILLE
STEIGERWALDTLocal storm report, Apr 3, 1:32 PM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
132 PM CST FRI APR 03 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0119 PM WAVERLY TN 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 HUMPHREYS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED THE HAIL 4 TO 5
N OF WAVERLY
0123 PM FAYETTEVILLE TN 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 LINCOLN SPOTTER REPORTED THE HAIL
6 SE FAYETTEVILLE
STEIGERWALDTLocal storm report, Apr 3, 2:05 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
205 PM CST FRI APR 03 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0143 PM CARLISLE TN .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 STEWART REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0158 PM CLARKSVILLE TN 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 MONTGOMERY SPOTTER REPORTED THE HAIL
4 TO 5 N OF CUMBERLAND
FURNACE
STEIGERWALDTLocal storm report, Apr 3, 2:05 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
205 PM CST FRI APR 03 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0143 PM CARLISLE TN .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 STEWART REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0158 PM CLARKSVILLE TN 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 MONTGOMERY SPOTTER REPORTED THE HAIL
4 TO 5 N OF CUMBERLAND
FURNACE
STEIGERWALDTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 6:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 6:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.