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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Nashville, TN

April 8, 1998Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 1998, 5:45 PM CDT for Wayne 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, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 1998, 6:35 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 8, 6:00 PM CDTHail 1.5Waynesboro, TNStorm spotter reported walnut size hail.
Apr 8, 6:35 PM CDTHail 1.75East Portion, TNLocal EMA official reported widespread golf ball size hail.
Apr 8, 6:35 PM CDTHail 1.75South Portion, TNLocal EMA official reported widespread golf ball 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 8, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 1998-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 1998-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 082245 RRA
TORBNA
TNC181-082335-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
545 PM CDT WED APR 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE TN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 635 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

   ...NORTHWESTERN WAYNE
 
AT 545 PM CST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO IN NORTHWEST
WAYNE COUNTY NEAR CLIFTON.  MOVEMENT IS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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 SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.


BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson38 min
Apr 8, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson35 min
Apr 8, 3:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson49 min
Apr 8, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson53 min
Apr 8, 4:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence38 min
Apr 8, 4:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton33 min
Apr 8, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWhite45 min
Apr 8, 10:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDecatur46 min
Apr 8, 11:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton29 min
Apr 8, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne49 min
Apr 8, 11:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart34 min
Apr 8, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith, Wilson48 min
Apr 8, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman33 min
Apr 8, 11:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery29 min
Apr 8, 11:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence39 min
Apr 8, 12:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis27 min
Apr 8, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson51 min
Apr 8, 12:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton28 min
Apr 8, 12:25 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence50 min
Apr 8, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton36 min
Apr 8, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson44 min
Apr 8, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLincoln45 min
Apr 8, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin, Moore48 min
Apr 8, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy, Warren39 min
Apr 8, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSequatchie, Van Buren31 min
Apr 8, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBledsoe52 min
Apr 8, 2:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBledsoe, Van Buren43 min
Apr 8, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDecatur, Perry, Wayne64 min
Apr 8, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis45 min
Apr 8, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury69 min
Apr 8, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne61 min
Apr 8, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence34 min
Apr 8, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles45 min
Apr 8, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall64 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.