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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Nashville, TN

December 24, 200839 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Dec 24, 2008, 3:35 AM CST for 39 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 24, 2008, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2008, 3:35 AM CST (09:35 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 24, 2008, 4:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 24, 2008, 3:33 PM CST
In force
12 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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 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 00:00Z on 2008-12-24Temperature 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 2008-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 606 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
1404 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
606 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
689 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 
WWUS74 KOHX 240935
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
335 AM CST WED DEC 24 2008

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-241745-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0013.081224T1000Z-081225T0000Z/
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-
335 AM CST WED DEC 24 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO 35 MPH AT TIMES TODAY AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL COME THROUGH BY EARLY
EVENING...AND WIND WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND DIMINISH. 

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.

$$

GIRODO
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KOHX 241702
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1102 AM CST WED DEC 24 2008

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-250000-
/O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081225T0000Z/
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-
1102 AM CST WED DEC 24 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO 35 MPH AT TIMES TODAY AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL COME THROUGH BY EARLY
EVENING...AND WIND WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND DIMINISH.

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
000 
WWUS74 KOHX 242133
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
333 PM CST WED DEC 24 2008

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-242245-
/O.CAN.KOHX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081225T0000Z/
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-
333 PM CST WED DEC 24 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WIND SPEEDS OVER THE AREA HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. EXPECT
WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN THE SOUTHEAST AND EASTERN COUNTIES TO CONTINUE
SOUTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH FOR THE NEXT 2 HOURS. THEN WINDS SHOULD 
DIMINISH AND TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES.

$$

JLM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 10:29 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXBenton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.