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Tornado Warning 151, NWS Nashville, TN

June 9, 1998Franklin County, Marion County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1998, 4:36 PM CDT for Franklin County, Marion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 49 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
Jun 9, 1998, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1998, 5:25 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, TN, Marion County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-09Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 585 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
585 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
571 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 092136 RRA
TORBNA
TNC051-115-092225-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
436 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 525 PM CDT

* AT 430 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 11 MILES EAST OF WINCHESTER OR IN THE VICINITY OF
  SEWANEE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  JASPER AT 450 PM CDT
  SEQUATCHIE AT 455 PM CDT
  VICTORIA AT 455 PM CDT
  MT. OLIVE AT 500 PM CDT
  WHITWELL AT 500 PM CDT
  SULPHUR SPRINGS AT 500 PM CDT
  PORWELLS CROSSROADS AT 505 PM CDT

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

SW/DM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner2 hr
Jun 9, 9:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXTrousdale2 hr
Jun 9, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCannon, Coffee62 min
Jun 9, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBledsoe, Sequatchie47 min
Jun 9, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne48 min
Jun 9, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence47 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.