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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Nashville, TN

December 2, 200910 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Dec 2, 2009, 1:56 AM CST for 10 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 2, 2009, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 2009, 1:56 AM CST (07:56 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 2, 2009, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 2, 2009, 3:26 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

Counties Coffee County, TN, 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), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2009-12-02Temperature 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 2009-12-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
2010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 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 020756
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
156 AM CST WED DEC 2 2009

...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU TODAY...

TNZ011-032>034-065-066-077>080-021800-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0002.091202T1200Z-091203T0000Z/
PICKETT-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-COFFEE-WARREN-
GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BYRDSTOWN...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...
JAMESTOWN...ALLARDT...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...FAIRFIELD GLADE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...TRACY CITY...ALTAMONT...
COALMONT...SPENCER
156 AM CST WED DEC 2 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE DEEP SOUTH WILL INCREASE
SURFACE WINDS TO AROUND 25 MPH TODAY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH EXPECTED
IN SOME AREAS. STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT
THE DAY...DIMINISHING AFTER SUNDOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KOHX 021757
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1157 AM CST WED DEC 2 2009

...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU THIS AFTERNOON...

TNZ011-032>034-065-066-077>080-030000-
/O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-091203T0000Z/
PICKETT-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-COFFEE-WARREN-
GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BYRDSTOWN...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...
JAMESTOWN...ALLARDT...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...FAIRFIELD GLADE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...TRACY CITY...ALTAMONT...
COALMONT...SPENCER
1157 AM CST WED DEC 2 2009

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

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVING THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE AT MID-DAY
WILL INCREASE SURFACE WINDS TO AROUND 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS
TO 40 MPH EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER
SUNDOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS GREATER THAN 25 MPH AND/OR GUSTS
OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
BOYD
000 
WWUS74 KOHX 022126
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
326 PM CST WED DEC 2 2009

...WIND ADVISORY FOR EASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE IS CANCELLED...

.ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE GUSTY OVER EASTERN PARTS OF THE MID
STATE...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLDS.
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
TO NEAR 30 MPH.

TNZ011-032>034-065-066-077>080-022230-
/O.CAN.KOHX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-091203T0000Z/
PICKETT-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-COFFEE-WARREN-
GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BYRDSTOWN...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...
JAMESTOWN...ALLARDT...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...FAIRFIELD GLADE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...TRACY CITY...ALTAMONT...
COALMONT...SPENCER
326 PM CST WED DEC 2 2009

...WIND ADVISORY FOR EASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE IS CANCELLED...

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

ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE GUSTY OVER EASTERN PARTS OF THE MID
STATE...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLDS.
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
TO NEAR 30 MPH.

$$

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.