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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN

November 5, 200737 counties in Tennessee

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 5, 5:10 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGNashville, TNTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE
Nov 5, 5:10 PM CSTHAIL 15 S Nashville, TNAT CRIVE HALL
Nov 5, 5:40 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGSmyrna, TNNUMEROUS 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2007-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2007-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 4:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson43 min
Nov 5, 4:57 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson33 min
Nov 5, 5:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson37 min
Nov 5, 5:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson31 min
Nov 5, 5:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury32 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.