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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Nashville, TN

February 9, 2011Montgomery County, Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this winter storm warning at Feb 9, 2011, 12:22 PM CST for Montgomery County, Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 8 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 9, 2011, 12:22 PM CST (18:22 UTC)
Expired
Feb 9, 2011, 8:33 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

Counties Montgomery County, TN, Stewart County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 9, 12:47 PM CSTSNOW 13 Wnw Clarksville, TNSNOW ONSET 10AM
Feb 9, 2:25 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 38 Nw Clarksville, TNTWO TO THREE INCHES OF NEW SNOW AT FT. CAMPBELL ON THE TENNESSEE SIDE.
Feb 9, 2:25 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 39 N Dover, TNTHREE INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN BUMPUS MILLS.
Feb 9, 6:21 PM CSTSNOW 2Dover, TN2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ON THE GROUND. HAS STOPPED SNOWING.
Feb 9, 8:30 PM CSTSNOW 25 Se Clarksville, 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2011-02-09Temperature 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 2011-02-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 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.

178 
WWUS44 KOHX 091822
WSWOHX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1222 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES PRODUCING
WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL. FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW
IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHWEST
COUNTIES. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR LATE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

TNZ005-006-100230-
/O.UPG.KOHX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110210T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KOHX.WS.W.0004.110209T1822Z-110210T0600Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE
1222 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES.

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

TNZ022>025-056-100230-
/O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110210T0600Z/
BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-PERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...
LOBELVILLE
1222 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES.

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

TNZ007>010-026>031-057>062-075-093>095-100230-
/O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110210T0900Z/
ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-
BEDFORD-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...
CELINA...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...
HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
SHELBYVILLE...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
1222 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST
THURSDAY...

* ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES.

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

TNZ011-032>034-063>066-077>080-100230-
/O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0011.110209T2100Z-110210T1200Z/
PICKETT-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-
COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BYRDSTOWN...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...
JAMESTOWN...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER
1222 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

* ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES.

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

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2 follow-up statements
040 
WWUS44 KOHX 092135
WSWOHX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
335 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES PRODUCING
WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL. FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW
IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHWEST
COUNTIES. 

TNZ005-006-100600-
/O.CON.KOHX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T0600Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE
335 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* GEOGRAPHIC AREA: STEWART AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES.

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

TNZ022>025-056-100600-
/O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110210T0600Z/
BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-PERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...
LOBELVILLE
335 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* GEOGRAPHIC AREA: PARTS OF NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE INCLUDING
  CAMDEN...WAVERLY AND DICKSON.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 3 INCHES.

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

TNZ007>010-026>031-057>062-075-093>095-100600-
/O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110210T0900Z/
ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-
BEDFORD-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...
CELINA...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...
HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
SHELBYVILLE...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
335 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST
THURSDAY...

* GEOGRAPHIC AREA: MID TENNESSEE INCLUDING
  NASHVILLE...CARTHAGE...COLUMBIA AND LAWRENCEBURG.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES.

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

TNZ011-032>034-063>066-077>080-100600-
/O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110210T1200Z/
PICKETT-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-
COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BYRDSTOWN...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...
JAMESTOWN...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER
335 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

* GEOGRAPHIC AREA: CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND ADJACENT AREAS.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES.

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

13
966 
WWUS44 KOHX 100233
WSWOHX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
833 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...SNOWFALL TAPERING OFF SLOWLY FROM THE WEST...

.A STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES HAS PRODUCED
WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL. SNOW IS STILL FALLING IN SPRINGFIELD...NASHVILLE
...LEWISBURG AND LAWRENCEBURG AND POINTS EAST. SOME SMALL ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR.

TNZ005-006-100345-
/O.CAN.KOHX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T0600Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE
833 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

NO SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

$$

TNZ022>025-056-100345-
/O.CAN.KOHX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110210T0600Z/
BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-PERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...
LOBELVILLE
833 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

NO SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

$$

TNZ007>010-026>031-057>062-075-093>095-100900-
/O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110210T0900Z/
ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-
BEDFORD-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...
CELINA...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...
HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
SHELBYVILLE...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
833 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST
THURSDAY...

* ACCUMULATIONS: ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL CONTINUE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

TNZ011-032>034-063>066-077>080-101045-
/O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110210T1200Z/
PICKETT-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-
COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BYRDSTOWN...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...
JAMESTOWN...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER
833 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

* ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY
  OCCUR.

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL CONTINUE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

JLM

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.