Alert archive / Tennessee / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this red flag warning at Nov 5, 2007, 4:01 AM CST for 37 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Nov 5, 2007, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. 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
- Nov 5, 2007, 4:01 AM CST (10:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 5, 2007, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
All 37 counties
Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 5:10 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Nashville, TN | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE |
| Nov 5, 5:10 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 5 S Nashville, TN | AT CRIVE HALL |
| Nov 5, 5:40 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Smyrna, TN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 17 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS84 KOHX 051001 RFWOHX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 401 AM CST MON NOV 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY FOR STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-078-092>096-052000- /O.NEW.KOHX.FW.W.0002.071105T1200Z-071106T0000Z/ FIRE WEATHER ZONE DISTRICT 5 NORTH CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-DICKSON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON- RUTHERFORD-STEWART-SUMNER-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- FIRE WEATHER ZONE DISTRICT 4 CANNON-CLAY-CUMBERLAND-DE KALB-FENTRESS-JACKSON-MACON-OVERTON- PICKETT-PUTNAM-SMITH-TROUSDALE-WARREN-WHITE- FIRE WEATHER ZONE DISTRICT 5 SOUTH BEDFORD-GILES-HARDIN-HICKMAN-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MARSHALL- MAURY-PERRY-WAYNE- 401 AM CST MON NOV 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID STATE TODAY BRINGING GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING...WITH GUSTS TO 30 THIS AFTERNOON. UNSEASONABLE WARMTH AND LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL RED FLAG CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 4:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 43 min |
| Nov 5, 4:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson | 33 min |
| Nov 5, 5:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 37 min |
| Nov 5, 5:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 31 min |
| Nov 5, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.