Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 1998, 12:25 PM CDT for Giles County, Lawrence County, Tennessee. It was in force for 50 min. 3 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
- Apr 8, 1998, 12:25 PM CDT (17:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 1998, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 12:25 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Fallriver, TN | Local EMA reported one quarter size hail. |
| Apr 8, 12:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Lawrenceburg, TN | Local law enforcement reported large limbs were blown down. |
| Apr 8, 12:47 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Pulaski, TN | Local law enforcement reported dime 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBNA 081725 RRA TORBNA TNC055-099-081815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1225 PM CDT WED APR 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...GILES COUNTY...EASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 1225 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR THE TOWNS OF LEOMA AND FALL RIVER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO NEAR GOODSPRING BY 1240 PM AND TARPLEY BY 1250 PM. YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson | 53 min |
| Apr 8, 4:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Overton | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | White | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 10:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Decatur | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 11:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 11:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 11:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 39 min |
| Apr 8, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Overton | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Overton | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 44 min |
| Apr 8, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin, Moore | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy, Warren | 39 min |
| Apr 8, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sequatchie, Van Buren | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bledsoe | 52 min |
| Apr 8, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bledsoe, Van Buren | 43 min |
| Apr 8, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Decatur, Perry, Wayne | 64 min |
| Apr 8, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury | 69 min |
| Apr 8, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 61 min |
| Apr 8, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall | 64 min |
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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.