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Tornado Warning 147, NWS Nashville, TN

June 3, 1998Clay County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1998, 12:24 AM CDT for Clay County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 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 3, 1998, 12:24 AM CDT (05:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1998, 12:55 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Clay County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 12:34 AM CDTHail 1.75Celina, TNSKYWARN Spotter reorted golf ball size hail.

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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 1998-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3179 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
3179 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
6.0

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The text

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

567 
WFUS1 KBNA 030521 RRA
TORBNA
TNC027-030555-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1224 AM CDT WED JUN 3 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 1255 AM CDT

* AT 1218 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CELINA OR IN THE
  VICINITY OF MOSS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CELINA AT 1228 AM CDT
  DALE HOLLOW LAKE AT 1235 AM CDT
  FAIRVIEW AT 1240 AM CDT

ABANDON MOBILE HOMES GO IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST
RESORT LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 12:36 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXOverton34 min
Jun 3, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPickett35 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes in 1998

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.