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Lake Wind Advisory 3, NWS Nashville, TN

February 6, 200839 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this lake wind advisory at Feb 6, 2008, 11:59 AM CST for 39 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2008, 11:59 AM CST (17:59 UTC)
Expired
Feb 6, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
All 39 counties

Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis 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, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 2008-02-06Temperature 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°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 2008-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -77 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this lake wind advisory went out at Feb 6, 1:52 AM CST, 10 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 1:52 AM CST, 10 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
152 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

.DISCUSSION...
SEVERE WEATHER EVENT EARLY THIS MORNING. SGFNT INSTABILITY...
STRONG 0-3 KM SHEAR...STRONG COLD FRONT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL LIFT.
COLD FRONT HAS PASSED MEMPHIS...INSTABILITY LINE IS WELL AHEAD OF
THE FRONT. COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY PASS BNA AROUND 7-8 AM AND
AROUND NOON FOR CSV. RAIN TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE
WEST.

TEMPS DROPPING BACK INTO THE 30S TO 50S RANGE AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE.
WEAK H5 WAVE PASSES THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY THU NGT BUT NO SGFNT
WX FOR THIS AREA EXPECTED. SLY FLOW RETURNS ON FRI AS ANOTHER COLD
FRONT APPROACHES THE MIDSTATE FRI EVE. THE ASSOCD UPPER LEVEL WAVE
DEEPENS THE GREAT LAKES TROUGH AND OPENS THE FLOOD GATES FOR PENT
UP COLD AIR IN WEST CNTRL CANADA. AS A RESULT...ARCTIC FRONT ROARS
SEWD THROOUGH THE OHIO VALLEY ON SAT PM AND THROUGH THE MIDSTATE
SAT EVE. FROM FRI MIDNIGHT TO SAT MIDNIGHT TEMPS IN THE BNDRY
LAYER DROPS ALMOST 30F.

AREA STARTS TO RECOVER TEMPERATURE-WISE AS SOUTH FLOW RETURNS ON
MON. BNDRY LAYER TEMPS MOVE INTO ABOVE ZERO TERRITORY LATE SUN NGT
AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. CHANCE OF RAIN RE-
ENTERS THE FCST MON NGT AS THE COLD FRONT DRAWS CLOSER.

TEMP AND POP GUIDANCE WAS IN DECENT AGREEMENT AND NO SGFNT
DEPARTURES PLANNED.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE      60  33  46  34 /  70   0  10  10
CLARKSVILLE    55  31  43  32 /  50  10  10  10
CROSSVILLE     61  31  42  29 /  80  10  10  10
COLUMBIA       60  32  46  33 /  60   0  10  10
LAWRENCEBURG   60  31  48  32 /  60   0  10  10
WAVERLY        55  31  44  32 /  50  10  10  10

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

JLM
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 4:31 AM CST, 7 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
431 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-071045-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN...
WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...KINGSTON SPRINGS...NASHVILLE...
LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...
COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...ALLARDT...LINDEN...
LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...
COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...
SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...FAIRFIELD GLADE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...
MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...TRACY CITY...ALTAMONT...COALMONT...
SPENCER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
431 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE EARLY THIS MORNING.

WARM MOIST AIR WILL BE IN PLACE AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES EAST
INTO THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU THIS MORNING. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
SUFFICIENTLY UNSTABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP IN THIS AREA.
STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGER ACTIVATION IN THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU
AREA MAY BE NEEDED THIS MORNING.

JLM

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 7:30 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton30 min
Feb 5, 7:39 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXPerry, Wayne36 min
Feb 5, 7:55 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart35 min
Feb 5, 8:10 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne35 min
Feb 5, 8:29 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart31 min
Feb 5, 8:35 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson25 min
Feb 5, 8:42 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys33 min
Feb 5, 8:57 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson33 min
Feb 5, 9:17 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Williamson28 min
Feb 5, 9:40 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Wilson35 min
Feb 5, 10:06 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale39 min
Feb 5, 10:48 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton27 min
Feb 5, 11:10 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys35 min
Feb 5, 11:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys, Perry30 min
Feb 5, 11:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart37 min
Feb 5, 11:40 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys35 min
Feb 5, 11:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery34 min
Feb 6, 12:02 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDickson28 min
Feb 6, 12:06 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery24 min
Feb 6, 12:19 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson26 min
Feb 6, 12:32 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXPerry, Wayne28 min
Feb 6, 12:47 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson21 min
Feb 6, 1:03 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis27 min
Feb 6, 1:05 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXSumner25 min
Feb 6, 1:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Williamson24 min
Feb 6, 1:27 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMaury, Williamson33 min
Feb 6, 1:32 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXSumner13 min
Feb 6, 1:53 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson37 min
Feb 6, 1:59 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Rutherford31 min
Feb 6, 2:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury29 min
Feb 6, 2:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson28 min
Feb 6, 3:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam and 1 more37 min
Feb 6, 4:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton, Putnam25 min
Feb 6, 5:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy28 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.