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Tornado Warning 129, NWS Nashville, TN

April 27, 1998Hickman County, Lewis County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1998, 8:22 PM CDT for Hickman County, Lewis County, Tennessee. It was in force for 63 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 27, 1998, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1998, 9:25 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hickman County, TN, Lewis County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 27, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 1998-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1998-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 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.

896 
WFUS1 KBNA 280123 RRA
TORBNA
TNC081-101-280225-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
822 PM CDT MON APR 27 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 925 PM CDT

* AT 820 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 3 MILES EAST OF LINDEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SHUBERT AT 840 PM CDT
  HOHENWALD AT 840 PM CDT
  RIVERSIDE AT 845 PM CDT
  NAPIER AT 855 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.



IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY STURDY
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT...
DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. BEWARE
THE THREAT OF RISING WATER.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPerry62 min
Apr 27, 8:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDecatur2 hr
Apr 27, 8:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXPerry2 hr
Apr 28, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne46 min
Apr 28, 5:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDecatur, Hickman, Lewis, Perry2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.