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Tornado Warning 152, NWS Nashville, TN

June 9, 1998Bledsoe County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1998, 5:03 PM CDT for Bledsoe County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 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 9, 1998, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1998, 5:50 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 5:04 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Cagle, TNTrees and power lines were down in the Cagle Mountain 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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.

279 
WFUS1 KBNA 092204 RRA
TORBNA
TNC007-153-092250-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BLEDSOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE
  NORTHERN SEQUATCHIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 550 PM CDT

* AT 502 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF DUNLAP OR 4 MILES WEST OF PAILO MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SMITHTOWN AT 505 PM CDT
  BRAYTON AT 510 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, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXFranklin, Marion49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.