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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Nashville, TN

November 12, 201139 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Nov 12, 2011, 3:28 PM CST for 39 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Nov 13, 2011, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 2011, 3:28 PM CST (21:28 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 13, 2011, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 13, 2011, 5:00 PM CST
In force
7 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 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.5 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 2011-11-12Temperature 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 2011-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 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
1756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 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.

207 
WWUS74 KOHX 122128
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
328 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2011

...STRONGER SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...

.SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES
REGION ON SUNDAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS 
MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH BETWEEN
10 AM AND 5 PM SUNDAY.

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-130530-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0008.111113T1600Z-111113T2300Z/
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
328 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY. 

* EVENT...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.

* TIMING...10 AM THROUGH 5 PM SUNDAY.

* IMPACT...WINDS MAY CAUSE UNSECURED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS
  AND LAWN FURNITURE TO BE BLOWN AROUND. TRAVEL ON WEST-EAST
  ROADWAYS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES. 

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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1 follow-up statement
120 
WWUS74 KOHX 130905
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
305 AM CST SUN NOV 13 2011

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES
REGION TODAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS MIDDLE
TENNESSEE PRODUCING SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS 30 
TO 40 MPH AT TIMES.

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-132300-
/O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0008.111113T1600Z-111113T2300Z/
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
305 AM CST SUN NOV 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

* EVENT...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...10 AM THROUGH 5 PM SUNDAY.

* IMPACT...WINDS MAY CAUSE UNSECURED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS 
  AND LAWN FURNITURE TO BE BLOWN AROUND. TRAVEL ON WEST-EAST 
  ROADWAYS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES. 

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.