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Tornado Warning 110, NWS Nashville, TN

April 16, 1998Bedford County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 1998, 7:27 PM CDT for Bedford County, Moore 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 16, 1998, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 1998, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Bedford County, TN, Moore 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
Apr 16, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 249 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: 1586 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 270 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 336 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.6
Supercell composite: 16.9

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The text

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

590 
WFUS1 KBNA 170028 RRA
TORBNA
TNC003-127-170115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
727 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BEDFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  MOORE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 726 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF LYNCHBURG OR 6 MILES WEST OF NEW HERMAN
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  FLAT CREEK AT 730 PM CDT
  RAUS  AT 735 PM CDT
  NORMANDY AT 740 PM CDT

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

TT

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Apr 16, 2:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 2:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
215 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998

FEW SPRCELLS CURRNTLY CROSSG FA THIS AFTN.  LATEST SFC ANAL PLACES
CDFNT MEM VCNTY DOWN TO NR SHV.  AMS RMNS PLENTY CONDUCIVE FOR ADDTNL
SVR WX WELL INTO ERY EVENG.  DO HWEVR XPCT FOCUS TO SHIFT TO SRN CNTYS
AND DOWN INTO NRN MS/AL AS EVNG PROGRESSES.  ALL MDLS AGREE CDNFT SHUD
E OF CWA BY 12Z FRI.  IN THE MEAN TIME COMBIND WITH PSBLTY OF MORE
SVR TSTMS...FLASH FLDG MAY ALSO BECM PROBLEM.  PWS RMN 1-1.5 THRU 12Z
AND W/ CDFNT JUST SQUEEKG ALONG...TRAING AFFECT MAY OCCUR AS CNVCTN
FM S IS STEERD UP ALNG FNTL BNDRY.  FFA WUD BE A GUD IDEA TNGT.

MN MSTR AXIS WL MOV S AND E OF FA FRI AND LO-LVL RDG BHND SHUD KEEP
MST OF MRNG AND AFTN DRY.  MAY BE A FEW LINGR SHWRS BFO 14-15Z BUT
RMNDR OF DAY SHUD BE SETTLD.  DO XPCT SKIES TO RMN MSTLY CLDY/CLDY
HWEVR.

LOS FORMG OFF TX COAST FRI AFTN WL BEGIN FUNNELG DEEP MSTR BACK INTO THE
PLAINS WHICH WL SPRD INTO RGN FRI NGT/SAT.  DYNAMICS NOT AS IMPRESSIVE AS
CURRNT SYSTM AT THIS TIME BUT PSBLTY OF TSTMS WILL BECM BETTR LATE SAT
AS SFC LO ADVANCES TWRD FA.  ATTM...MAYBE MRNG POPS NEEDD FRI...CHC
POPS FRI NGT AND AT LEAST GOOD CHC/LKLY SAT. 07

BNA 55/63/48/65 7136

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 16, 5:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
534 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998

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

0515 PM    NASHVILLE                 TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   DAVIDSON                       COUNTY EMA CONFIRMED
                                          TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS AT 12TH
                                          AND CHARLOTTE AND 6TH AND
                                          UNION IN NASHVILLE

0450 PM    PLEASANT SHADE            TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/16/98   SMITH                          REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF

0500 PM    LUTTS                     TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   WAYNE                          COUNTY SHERIFF CONFIRMED
                                          THE TORNADO
0520 PM    MADISON                   TN   1 INCH HAIL
04/16/98   DAVIDSON                       REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR

STEIGERWALDT

Local storm report, Apr 16, 5:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
534 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998

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

0515 PM    NASHVILLE                 TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   DAVIDSON                       COUNTY EMA CONFIRMED
                                          TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS AT 12TH
                                          AND CHARLOTTE AND 6TH AND
                                          UNION IN NASHVILLE

0450 PM    PLEASANT SHADE            TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/16/98   SMITH                          REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF

0500 PM    LUTTS                     TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   WAYNE                          COUNTY SHERIFF CONFIRMED
                                          THE TORNADO
0520 PM    MADISON                   TN   1 INCH HAIL
04/16/98   DAVIDSON                       REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR

STEIGERWALDT

Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:40 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
640 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998

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

0530 PM    DEERFIELD                 TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   LAWRENCE                       LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
                                          CONFIRMED TORNADO.

0530 PM    EASTERN WAYNE             TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   WAYNE                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATORS

0535 PM    2E MOUNT JULIET           TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   WILSON                         REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT
0540 PM    GREEN HILLS               TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   WILSON                         REPORTED BY LOCAL ELECTRIC
                                          COMPANY

0550 PM   DICKSON                    TN   NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
04/16/98  DICKSON                         REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

TROUTMAN

Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:45 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
645 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998

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

0550 PM    DICKSON                   TN   FLOODING
04/16/98   DICKSON                        WIDESPREAD FLOODING. REPORTED
                                          BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0555 PM    NRN CHEATHAM              TN   FLOODING
04/16/98   CHEATHAM                       NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED.
                                          REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0600 PM    4S COLUMBIA               TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   MAURY                          SHERIFF CONFIRMED TORNADO WITH
                                          DAMAGE AND 60 MPH WIND GUST.
0608 PM   2E OLD HICKORY             TN   NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
04/16/98  WILSON                          REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0615 PM   GAINESBORO                 TN   SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
04/16/98  JACKSON                         REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

TROUTMAN

Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:45 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
645 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998

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

0550 PM    DICKSON                   TN   FLOODING
04/16/98   DICKSON                        WIDESPREAD FLOODING. REPORTED
                                          BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0555 PM    NRN CHEATHAM              TN   FLOODING
04/16/98   CHEATHAM                       NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED.
                                          REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0600 PM    4S COLUMBIA               TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   MAURY                          SHERIFF CONFIRMED TORNADO WITH
                                          DAMAGE AND 60 MPH WIND GUST.
0608 PM   2E OLD HICKORY             TN   NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
04/16/98  WILSON                          REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0615 PM   GAINESBORO                 TN   SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
04/16/98  JACKSON                         REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

TROUTMAN

Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:57 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
657 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998

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

0615 PM    GAINESBORO                TN   1 INCH HAIL
04/16/98   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

TROUTMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 7:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	32 min
Apr 16, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles	49 min
Apr 16, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Coffee, Franklin	49 min
Apr 16, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lincoln	51 min
Apr 16, 7:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Maury	46 min
Apr 16, 7:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Grundy	46 min
Apr 16, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Warren	35 min
Apr 16, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Marshall	48 min
Apr 16, 7:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sequatchie	47 min
Apr 16, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Franklin	46 min
Apr 16, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lincoln	50 min
Apr 16, 8:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Moore	32 min
Apr 16, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Van Buren	46 min
Apr 16, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Bledsoe	47 min
Apr 16, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Bedford, Coffee	48 min
Apr 16, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Marion	66 min
Apr 16, 8:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Grundy	47 min
Apr 16, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Grundy	40 min
Apr 16, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Franklin	21 min
Apr 16, 9:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Marion, Sequatchie	35 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.