Tornado Warning 31, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Apr 8, 1998, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)

Expired

Apr 8, 1998, 7:15 PM CDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Lawrence County, TN

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.

503 
WFUS1 KBNA 082340 RRA
TORBNA
TNC099-090015-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE TN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

   ...LAWRENCE
 
AT 640 PM CDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO JUST SOUTH
OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG NEAR WEST POINT MOVING 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.

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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.