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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Nashville, TN

March 19, 1998Warren County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 1998, 10:49 PM CST for Warren County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 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
Mar 19, 1998, 10:49 PM CST (04:49 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 1998, 11:15 PM CST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Warren County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 00:00Z on 1998-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 68 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 00:00Z on 1998-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 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
68 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1008 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
358 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

814 
WFUS1 KBNA 200450 RRA
TORBNA
TNC177-200515-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1049 PM CST THU MAR 19 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY
 
AT 1049 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF
MCMINNVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL PASS
NEAR STEPPSVILLE.
 
 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 9:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin53 min
Mar 19, 10:35 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXGrundy40 min
Mar 19, 11:05 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXVan Buren55 min
Mar 19, 11:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin50 min
Mar 19, 11:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarion50 min
Mar 19, 11:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSequatchie45 min
Mar 20, 12:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBledsoe60 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.