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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Nashville, TN

January 22, 1999Benton County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 1999, 2:47 AM CST for Benton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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
Jan 22, 1999, 2:47 AM CST (08:47 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 1999, 3:35 AM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Benton County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 22, 3:20 AM CSTTornado F3Camden, TNThis tornado resulted in the only fatality in Middle Tennessee from the severe weather outbreak of January 22,1999. The tornado killed a 50 year old woman who left her shelter in a brick ranch home located on Cedar Grove Road. She went outside to get her dogs
Jan 22, 3:25 AM CSTHail 1.75Camden, TNSKYWARN Spotter reported golf ball size hail on Main Street in downtown Camden.

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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 1999-01-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 313 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 1999-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 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
313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 220847 RRA
TORBNA
TNC005-220935-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
247 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 335 AM CST

* AT 245 AM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF DECATURVILLE OR 23 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF GISMONDA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  GISMONDA AT 310 AM CST
  SAWYERS MILL AT 310 AM CST
  BENTON COUNTY AIRPORT AT 310 AM CST
  CAMDEN AT 315 AM CST
  NATHAN BEDFORD FOREST STATE PARK AT 320 AM CST
  CEDAR GROVE AT 320 AM CST
  HARMON CREEK AT 325 AM CST

IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 22, 3:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDecatur60 min
Jan 22, 3:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Stewart63 min
Jan 22, 3:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys63 min
Jan 22, 3:40 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys35 min
Jan 22, 3:48 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDecatur47 min
Jan 22, 3:48 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXStewart47 min
Jan 22, 3:54 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Montgomery61 min
Jan 22, 4:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Robertson65 min
Jan 22, 4:38 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys62 min
Jan 22, 4:48 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXHouston52 min
Jan 22, 5:00 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDickson65 min
Jan 22, 5:06 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery49 min
Jan 22, 5:19 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham46 min
Jan 22, 5:24 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXRobertson61 min
Jan 22, 6:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart18 min
Jan 22, 9:45 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys4 hr
Jan 22, 9:45 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXStewart4 hr
Jan 22, 10:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton61 min
Jan 22, 1:00 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDecatur60 min
Jan 22, 1:26 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton, Stewart4 hr
Jan 22, 1:59 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXDecatur4 hr
Jan 22, 3:20 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXPerry, Wayne3 hr
Jan 22, 3:20 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys, Montgomery3 hr
Jan 22, 3:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDecatur, Perry, Wayne34 min
Jan 22, 4:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles50 min
Jan 22, 4:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXHickman4 hr
Jan 22, 4:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Robertson4 hr
Jan 22, 4:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton, Stewart4 hr
Jan 22, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXLincoln45 min
Jan 22, 5:32 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXDecatur, Perry, Wayne4 hr
Jan 22, 5:32 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys, Montgomery4 hr

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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.