Alert archive / Tennessee / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 11, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Dec 9, 2008, 11:48 AM CST for 9 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2008, 11:48 AM CST (17:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
Counties Cumberland County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1406 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 404 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KOHX 091748 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1148 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 TNZ011-032>034-065-066-078>080-100000- /O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0011.081209T1748Z-081210T0000Z/ PICKETT-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-WARREN-GRUNDY- VAN BUREN- 1148 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH GUSTS REACHING 40 TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AFTER SUNDOWN. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 35 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ JLM
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 wind advisory went out at Dec 9, 11:46 AM CST, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 11:46 AM CST, 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1146 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 .UPDATE... WIND ADVISORY POSTED FOR THE PLATEAU COUNTIES THIS AFTEROON WITH GUSTS T0 45+ MPH POSSIBLE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1051 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008/ UPDATE... BREEZY CONDITIONS WL CONTINUE WITH SHOWERS SPREADING WEST TO EAST. UPR ENHANCEMENT OVR COLD FRONT TONIGHT...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. MODEL CONCENSUS PLACES COLD FRONT IN METRO NASHVILLE AROUND 10/06Z. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 1-2 EXPECTED. NO FLOOD WATCH ATTM WITH 6-HR FFG VALUES AROUND 3. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 236 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008/ SHORT TERM...IT WAS CLOUDY AND BREEZY ACROSS THE MID STATE EARLY THIS MORNING, WITH SOUTH WINDS FREQUENTLY GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH. SHOWERS, ASSOCIATED WITH GOOD LIFT IN THE 850-700MB LAYER, WERE OCCURRING OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE AND WILL LIKELY PROGRESS INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATER THIS MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS STILL EXPECTED TO SWEEP OUT OF THE PLAINS STATES TODAY, INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATE TODAY, AND ACROSS THE MID STATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE STRONG WITH THIS SYSTEM AS IT MOVES IN, WITH WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH BECOMING COMMON DURING THE DAY TODAY AND CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. FORTUNATELY, IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST SURFACE-BASED CAPE WILL REMAIN JUST SOUTH OF OUR AREA. THIS MEANS THAT THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY ELEVATED CONVECTION IN OUR AREA WILL PROBABLY BE LIMITED TO STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS. IF THE GFS IS CORRECT AND THE EL ENDS UP NEAR 30 K FT, WE COULD END UP WITH SOME ISOLATED DEEP CONVECTION AND POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DOWNWARD TRANSPORT OF MOMENTUM AND WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. EVEN THOUGH WINDS MAY NOT REACH SEVERE LIMITS, THEY COULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS AND, POSSIBLY, DOWN SOME SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES. THUS, WILL PROBABLY ADD A MENTION IN ZONE TEXT OF ...STRONGER WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. THE 00Z NAM SOLUTION INDICATED MUCH LOWER ELS AND LESS INSTABILITY, SO BELIEVE THIS THUNDERSTORM WIND CAVEAT IN THE ZFP WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR NOW. OF COURSE, WILL KEEP AN EYE ON ANY SPC UPDATES BEFORE MAKING ANY FINAL DECISION ON ZFP TSTM/WIND WORDING. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT SOME HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS, WITH THE EXPECTATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES AREA-WIDE. WITH SOAKING RAINFALL OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH EXPECTED TO OCCUR PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT TONIGHT, BELIEVE DOWNPOURS COMING IN WITH THE FRONT ITSELF WILL EASILY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. AFTER FRONT PASSES TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY, IT STILL LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL PROBABLY FALL DURING THE DAY TOMORROW, AND WE COULD SEE SOME SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES AS THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF AND ENDS. WEATHER SCENARIO LOOKS INTERESTING FOR LATER THIS WEEK, AS CLOSED UPPER LOW ROTATES NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL BE IN A COOL NORTHEAST FLOW AND THERES AT LEAST A SMALL POSSIBILITY FOR SOME SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. IF SURFACE COOLING IS SUFFICIENT ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU, AND SURFACE LOW GETS AS FAR NORTH AS EASTERN GEORGIA BEFORE TURNING MORE EASTERLY, THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU COULD ACTUALLY SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. OF COURSE, THATS A FEW DAYS AWAY, AND THINGS COULD CERTAINLY CHANGE...BUT THATS THE WAY IT LOOKS NOW. LONG TERM...AFTER THE POSSIBILITY OF A BRIEF PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER THURSDAY NIGHT, WEATHER PATTERN FINALLY STARTS TO CHANGE AND LEADS TO SOME MILDER WEATHER FOR THE MID STATE. UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AND HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S BECOME COMMON OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. NEXT COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE IN BETWEEN THE EARLY AND MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR TNZ011-032>034- 065-066-078>080. && 04
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 5:07 AM CST, 6 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 507 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-101130- 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- 507 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE TONIGHT, AND YOU CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A RESULT. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE, ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL IS IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, SO NIGHTTIME DRIVERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ROSE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 9, 8:55 AM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 855 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-092130- 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 855 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 A COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG WINDS...THUNDERSTORMS...AND HEAVY RAINS TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM CHICAGO ILLINOIS TO TYPER TEXAS THIS MORNING AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE THIS EVENING. OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT YOU CAN EXPECT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP...ALONG WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT MIGHT DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH COULD BREAK TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW DOWN SHALLOW ROOTED TREES. SHOWERS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY...AND BECOME NUMEROUS TONIGHT. RAINFALL OF UP ONE TO THREE INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM THIS WEATHER SYSTEM BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVIEST RAINFALL...MAINLY TONIGHT. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION DUE TO PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAY. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO RESTRICT DRIVING VISIBILITIES. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES...EARLY WEDNESDAY...YOU CAN EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO TURN COLD AGAIN...WITH READINGS DROPPING INTO THE 30S IN MOST AREAS BY LATE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY...AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES IN. JLM
Special weather statement, Dec 9, 8:55 AM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TYPO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 855 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-092130- 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 855 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 A COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG WINDS...THUNDERSTORMS...AND HEAVY RAINS TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM CHICAGO ILLINOIS TO TYLER TEXAS THIS MORNING AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE THIS EVENING. OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT YOU CAN EXPECT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP...ALONG WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT MIGHT DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH COULD BREAK TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW DOWN SHALLOW ROOTED TREES. SHOWERS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY...AND BECOME NUMEROUS TONIGHT. RAINFALL OF UP ONE TO THREE INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM THIS WEATHER SYSTEM BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVIEST RAINFALL...MAINLY TONIGHT. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION DUE TO PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAY. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO RESTRICT DRIVING VISIBILITIES. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES...EARLY WEDNESDAY...YOU CAN EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO TURN COLD AGAIN...WITH READINGS DROPPING INTO THE 30S IN MOST AREAS BY LATE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY...AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES IN. JLM
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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.