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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

October 18, 201124 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Oct 18, 2011, 3:21 PM CDT for 24 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 54 min. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 18, 2011, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 2011, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
All 24 counties

Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 18, 3:25 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Manchester, TN
Oct 18, 3:25 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Murfreesboro, TN
Oct 18, 3:26 PM CDTHAIL 1.752 Ese Walterhill, TN
Oct 18, 3:39 PM CDTHAIL 110 S Lebanon, TN
Oct 18, 3:48 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGViola, TNPOWER LINE BLOWN DOWN IN ROADWAY AND HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE REPORTED
Oct 18, 3:48 PM CDTHAIL 0.884 Se Lebanon, TN
Oct 18, 3:52 PM CDTHAIL 0.887 Nne Red Boiling Sprin, TN

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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2011-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 142 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2011-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1391 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

340 
WWUS84 KOHX 182021
SPSOHX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
321 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011

TNZ008>011-027>034-059>066-075-077>080-094-095-182115-
BEDFORD-CANNON-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON-DE
KALB-FENTRESS-GILES-GRUNDY-JACKSON-LAWRENCE-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-
OVERTON-PICKETT-PUTNAM-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-VAN
BUREN-WARREN-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
321 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEDFORD...CANNON...CLAY...
COFFEE...CUMBERLAND...DAVIDSON...DE KALB...FENTRESS...GILES...
GRUNDY...JACKSON...LAWRENCE...MACON...MARSHALL...MAURY...OVERTON...
PICKETT...PUTNAM...RUTHERFORD...SMITH...SUMNER...TROUSDALE...VAN
BUREN...WARREN...WHITE...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON COUNTIES...

ISOLATED HAILSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER EASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE 
THROUGH 500 PM.

AT 318 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING 
SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THAT HAVE PRODUCED HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL
SIZE. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...WILL CONTINUE 
TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN PARTS OF THE MID STATE THROUGH 500 PM.  


NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3501 8759 3514 8758 3663 8608 3660 8477
      3640 8467 3629 8487 3616 8490 3591 8467
      3578 8497 3578 8523 3557 8543 3552 8559
      3539 8549 3523 8570 3536 8608 3535 8626
      3541 8628 3537 8659 3526 8682 3499 8683

$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb and 19 more58 min
Oct 18, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford48 min
Oct 18, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Rutherford64 min
Oct 18, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon14 min
Oct 18, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee41 min
Oct 18, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Smith, Wilson43 min
Oct 18, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Warren57 min
Oct 18, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon20 min
Oct 18, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGrundy, Warren32 min
Oct 18, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale27 min
Oct 18, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson37 min
Oct 18, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Putnam, Van Buren, Warren, White49 min
Oct 18, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGiles, Marshall24 min
Oct 18, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford45 min
Oct 18, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Rutherford26 min
Oct 18, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCannon28 min
Oct 18, 6:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren and 1 more52 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.