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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Nashville, TN

April 14, 201139 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Apr 14, 2011, 4:03 PM CDT for 39 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Apr 15, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2011, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 16, 2011, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
20 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 21:07 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 12:00Z, 9.1 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 2011-04-14Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2011-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
1947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 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.

810 
WWUS74 KOHX 142103
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
403 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FRIDAY...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TONIGHT. THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON
FRIDAY WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-150500-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0005.110415T1200Z-110416T0000Z/
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-DE KALB-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...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...
LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...
WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
403 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. 

* GEOGRAPHICAL AREA: ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* TIMING: 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. 

* IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE HARD TO CONTROL. LOOSE
  OBJECTS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...MAY BE BLOWN AROUND.

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.

&&

$$

04
5 follow-up statements
726 
WWUS74 KOHX 150159
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
859 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FRIDAY...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE EAST
INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON FRIDAY. SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP.

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-151000-
/O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0005.110415T1200Z-110416T0000Z/
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-DE KALB-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...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...
LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...
WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
859 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY...

* GEOGRAPHICAL AREA: ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

* TIMING: 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE HARD TO CONTROL. LOOSE 
  OBJECTS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 

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.

&&

$$
060 
WWUS74 KOHX 150912
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
412 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FRIDAY...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE EAST
INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON FRIDAY. SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP.

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-160000-
/O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0005.110415T1200Z-110416T0000Z/
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-DE KALB-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...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...
LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...
WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
412 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING: 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE HARD TO CONTROL. LOOSE 
  OBJECTS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 

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.

&&

$$

07
155 
WWUS74 KOHX 152101
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
401 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FRIDAY...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS
EVENING. THE FRONT WILL DEPART THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WINDS
WILL DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL. 

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-160500-
/O.EXT.KOHX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110416T0500Z/
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-DE KALB-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...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...
LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...
WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
401 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...

* GEOGRAPHICAL AREA: ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS
  EVENING.

* IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE HARD TO CONTROL. LOOSE 
  OBJECTS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 

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.

&&

$$

04
302 
WWUS74 KOHX 160324
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1024 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH STRONG AND
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS CONTINUING ACROSS THE MID STATE INTO THE
LATE NIGHT HOURS.

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-160800-
/O.EXT.KOHX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110416T0800Z/
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-DE KALB-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...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...
LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...
WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
1024 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT SATURDAY...

* GEOGRAPHICAL AREA: ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH UNTIL 300 AM.

* IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL SOMETIMES BE HARD TO
  CONTROL. LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...MAY BE BLOWN
  AROUND.

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.

&&

$$

19
447 
WWUS74 KOHX 160331
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1031 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH STRONG
AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS CONTINUING ACROSS THE MID STATE INTO
THE LATE NIGHT HOURS.

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-160800-
/O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110416T0800Z/
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-DE KALB-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...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...
LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...
WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
1031 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT SATURDAY...

* GEOGRAPHICAL AREA: ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH UNTIL 300 
  AM.

* IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL SOMETIMES BE HARD TO 
  CONTROL. LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...MAY BE BLOWN 
  AROUND. 

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.

&&

$$

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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.