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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Nashville, TN

April 16, 1998Macon County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 1998, 4:23 PM CDT for Macon County, Tennessee. It was in force for 62 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, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 1998, 5:25 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Whole counties

County Macon County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 16, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 69 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

387 
WFUS1 KBNA 162124 RRA
TORBNA
TNC111-162225-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MACON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 525 PM CDT

* AT 422 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO IN THE VICINITY OF HARTSVILLE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HILLSDALE AT 430 PM CDT
  UNION CAMP AT 440 PM CDT
  WILLETTE AT 435 PM CDT
  RED BOILING SPRINGS AT 440 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 4:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	32 min
Apr 16, 4:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston	34 min
Apr 16, 4:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Montgomery	34 min
Apr 16, 5:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson	48 min
Apr 16, 5:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton	35 min
Apr 16, 5:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Robertson	34 min
Apr 16, 5:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton	35 min
Apr 16, 5:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson	36 min
Apr 16, 6:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner	35 min
Apr 16, 6:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wilson	50 min
Apr 16, 6:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	33 min
Apr 16, 6:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham	34 min
Apr 16, 6:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Davidson	2 hr
Apr 16, 6:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson	36 min
Apr 16, 6:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Wilson	48 min
Apr 16, 6:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner, Trousdale	46 min
Apr 16, 6:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith, Wilson	51 min
Apr 16, 6:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	47 min
Apr 16, 7:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Williamson	48 min
Apr 16, 7:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Smith, Wilson	31 min
Apr 16, 7:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Williamson	2 hr
Apr 16, 7:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Smith, Wilson	2 hr
Apr 16, 8:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Davidson	86 min
Apr 16, 8:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb	34 min
Apr 16, 8:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	33 min
Apr 16, 8:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Putnam	33 min
Apr 16, 8:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	White	46 min
Apr 16, 8:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wilson	50 min
Apr 16, 8:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Putnam, White	3 hr
Apr 16, 8:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith	47 min
Apr 16, 8:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Putnam	32 min
Apr 16, 9:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	48 min
Apr 16, 9:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	47 min
Apr 16, 9:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Bedford	32 min
Apr 16, 10:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford	47 min
Apr 16, 10:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Montgomery	32 min
Apr 16, 10:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Robertson	48 min
Apr 16, 10:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Decatur	47 min
Apr 16, 10:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	47 min
Apr 16, 10:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Van Buren, Warren	33 min
Apr 16, 11:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner	40 min
Apr 16, 11:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman	59 min
Apr 16, 11:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman	49 min
Apr 16, 11:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner	17 min
Apr 16, 11:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Macon	48 min
Apr 16, 11:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Williamson	75 min
Apr 16, 11:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Williamson	49 min
Apr 16, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	63 min
Apr 16, 12:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	50 min
Apr 16, 12:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Davidson, Williamson	2 hr
Apr 16, 1:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Wilson	44 min
Apr 16, 1:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cannon	31 min
Apr 16, 1:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Rutherford	19 min
Apr 16, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb	61 min
Apr 16, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Decatur	44 min
Apr 16, 1:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	DeKalb	32 min
Apr 16, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	63 min
Apr 16, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson	61 min
Apr 16, 2:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Decatur	46 min
Apr 16, 2:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry	51 min
Apr 16, 2:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Humphreys	35 min
Apr 16, 2:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson	50 min
Apr 16, 2:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman	46 min
Apr 16, 2:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham	48 min
Apr 16, 3:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson	61 min
Apr 16, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	48 min
Apr 16, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Decatur, Perry	50 min
Apr 16, 3:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry	51 min
Apr 16, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton	46 min
Apr 16, 3:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner, Wilson	63 min
Apr 16, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	64 min
Apr 16, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Williamson	46 min
Apr 16, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wayne	46 min
Apr 16, 3:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman	65 min
Apr 16, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson	50 min
Apr 16, 3:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Williamson	47 min
Apr 16, 3:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Trousdale	62 min
Apr 16, 4:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson	46 min
Apr 16, 4:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham	32 min
Apr 16, 4:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Decatur	50 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.