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Dense Fog Advisory 3, NWS Nashville, TN

May 30, 201239 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this dense fog advisory at May 30, 2012, 4:09 AM CDT for 39 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2012, 4:09 AM CDT (09:09 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2012, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
4 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 09:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this dense fog advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at May 29, 6:39 PM CDT, 9 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 6:39 PM CDT, 9 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 9:09 AM CDT, 19 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
909 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-301415-
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-
909 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A
COLD FRONT APPROACHES. SOME STRONG STORMS ARE EXPECTED...AND A FEW
MAY BECOME SEVERE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL
HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS...SMALL
STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MID TENNESSEE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. AN USUALLY STRONG LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

REPORTS IF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS MAY BE NEEDED TODAY THROUGH
THIS EVENING. ACTIVATION OF TRAINED SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED
THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA...
TORNADO
FUNNEL CLOUD
FLOODING
HAIL >= 1/2 INCH
WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED)
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWarren32 min
May 29, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWayne24 min

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Tennessee, 2012Every dense fog advisory in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.