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Tornado Warning 154, NWS Nashville, TN

June 10, 1998Bedford County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 1998, 3:49 PM CDT for Bedford County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It was in force for 51 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 10, 1998, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1998, 4:40 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bedford County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 1998-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3323 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 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
3323 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
8.0

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The text

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

517 
WFUS1 KBNA 102050 RRA
TORBNA
TNC003-103-127-102140-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
349 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  MOORE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 440 PM CDT

* AT 349 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEWISBURG OR 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF
  RICHMOND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RICHMOND AT 352 PM CDT
  CHESTNUT RIDGE AT 400 PM CDT
  NEW HERMAN AT 415 PM CDT
  FLAT CREEK AT 415 PM CDT
  LYNCHBURG AT 425 PM CDT

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

BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall20 min
Jun 9, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford48 min
Jun 9, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb30 min
Jun 10, 8:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Montgomery, Robertson46 min
Jun 10, 9:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson33 min
Jun 10, 9:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner, Wilson46 min
Jun 10, 9:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart2 hr
Jun 10, 9:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner2 hr
Jun 10, 10:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Putnam, Smith46 min
Jun 10, 10:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWhite46 min
Jun 10, 10:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDeKalb, Putnam, White3 hr
Jun 10, 10:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXMacon, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson3 hr
Jun 10, 10:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson3 hr
Jun 10, 10:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXJackson3 hr
Jun 10, 10:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson46 min
Jun 10, 10:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner, Wilson34 min
Jun 10, 10:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam36 min
Jun 10, 11:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson49 min
Jun 10, 11:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson51 min
Jun 10, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Coffee31 min
Jun 10, 12:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren48 min
Jun 10, 12:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXBledsoe, Sequatchie, Van Buren, Warren2 hr
Jun 10, 12:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy2 hr
Jun 10, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy52 min
Jun 10, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin, Marion, Sequatchie62 min
Jun 10, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman34 min
Jun 10, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury44 min
Jun 10, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall65 min
Jun 10, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMarshall32 min
Jun 10, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford48 min
Jun 10, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis48 min
Jun 10, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Maury49 min
Jun 10, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Marshall47 min
Jun 10, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson48 min
Jun 10, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner50 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.