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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Nashville, TN

April 16, 1998Rutherford County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 1998, 1:21 PM CDT for Rutherford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 19 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
Apr 16, 1998, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1998, 1:40 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Rutherford County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 16, 10:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 1998-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 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 1998-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 161821 RRA
TORBNA
TNC149-161840-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
121 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 140 PM CDT

* AT 118 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO JUST EAST OF LASCASSASS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO ARFFECT MILTON AT 130 PM CDT

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 4:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart32 min
Apr 16, 4:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston34 min
Apr 16, 4:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Montgomery34 min
Apr 16, 5:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson48 min
Apr 16, 5:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton35 min
Apr 16, 5:41 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXRobertson34 min
Apr 16, 5:45 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXBenton35 min
Apr 16, 5:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson36 min
Apr 16, 6:00 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner35 min
Apr 16, 6:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson50 min
Apr 16, 6:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson33 min
Apr 16, 6:11 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCheatham34 min
Apr 16, 6:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson2 hr
Apr 16, 6:19 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson36 min
Apr 16, 6:22 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson48 min
Apr 16, 6:34 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner, Trousdale46 min
Apr 16, 6:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith, Wilson51 min
Apr 16, 6:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson47 min
Apr 16, 7:27 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson48 min
Apr 16, 7:39 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDeKalb, Smith, Wilson31 min
Apr 16, 7:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson2 hr
Apr 16, 7:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXSmith, Wilson2 hr
Apr 16, 8:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson86 min
Apr 16, 8:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb34 min
Apr 16, 8:12 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson33 min
Apr 16, 8:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam33 min
Apr 16, 8:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWhite46 min
Apr 16, 8:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson50 min
Apr 16, 8:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXPutnam, White3 hr
Apr 16, 8:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith47 min
Apr 16, 8:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam32 min
Apr 16, 9:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart48 min
Apr 16, 9:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery47 min
Apr 16, 9:53 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford32 min
Apr 16, 10:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, Rutherford47 min
Apr 16, 10:18 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery32 min
Apr 16, 10:22 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXRobertson48 min
Apr 16, 10:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Decatur47 min
Apr 16, 10:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys47 min
Apr 16, 10:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren33 min
Apr 16, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner40 min
Apr 16, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman59 min
Apr 16, 11:31 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman49 min
Apr 16, 11:38 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner17 min
Apr 16, 11:42 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXMacon48 min
Apr 16, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Williamson75 min
Apr 16, 11:51 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson49 min
Apr 16, 12:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson63 min
Apr 16, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson50 min
Apr 16, 12:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson2 hr
Apr 16, 1:01 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilson44 min
Apr 16, 1:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCannon31 min
Apr 16, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb61 min
Apr 16, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Decatur44 min
Apr 16, 1:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDeKalb32 min
Apr 16, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys63 min
Apr 16, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson61 min
Apr 16, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDecatur46 min
Apr 16, 2:19 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPerry51 min
Apr 16, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys35 min
Apr 16, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson50 min
Apr 16, 2:49 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman46 min
Apr 16, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCheatham48 min
Apr 16, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson61 min
Apr 16, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys48 min
Apr 16, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDecatur, Perry50 min
Apr 16, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPerry51 min
Apr 16, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton46 min
Apr 16, 3:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner, Wilson63 min
Apr 16, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery64 min
Apr 16, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson46 min
Apr 16, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne46 min
Apr 16, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman65 min
Apr 16, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson50 min
Apr 16, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson47 min
Apr 16, 3:53 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXTrousdale62 min
Apr 16, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson46 min
Apr 16, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCheatham32 min
Apr 16, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDecatur50 min
Apr 16, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXSmith65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.