Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 148, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1998, 12:36 AM CDT for Overton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 min. 4 reports 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, 12:36 AM CDT (05:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1998, 1:10 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Overton County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 12:45 AM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Livingston, TN | SKYWARN Spotter reported walnut size hail. |
| Jun 3, 12:50 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Livingston, TN | EMA Director reported widespread structural damage with numerous roofs blown off buildings. Roads were blocked by trees and downed power lines. About 15 to 20 homes were affected by the storm. |
| Jun 3, 12:50 AM CDT | Hail 4.5 | Allons, TN | SKYWARN Spotter reported soft ball size hail which dmaged his truck and nearby structures. |
| Jun 3, 12:52 AM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Livingston, TN | SKYWARN Spotter reported baseball size hail that damaged the windshield to his car and truck. Newspaper article reported other damages to cars and homes in the area. |
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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBNA 030536 RRA TORBNA TNC133-030610- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1236 AM CDT WED JUN 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... OVERTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE * UNTIL 110 AM CDT * AT 1236 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CELINA OR IN THE VICINITY OF STANDING STONE STATE PARK MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... ALLONS AT 1240 AM CDT LIVINGSTON AT 1245 AM CDT MONROE AT 1250 AM CDT ALPINE AT 1250 AM CDT ALLRED AT 1255 AM CDT CRAWFORD AT 100 AM CDT VINE RIDGE AT 100 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 12:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Pickett | 35 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.