Alert archive / Tennessee / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this freeze warning at Apr 11, 2012, 3:49 AM CDT for 39 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Apr 12, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2012, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2012, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 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 08:51 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 00:00Z, 8.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
861 WWUS74 KOHX 110849 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 349 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND FROST ADVISORY FOR THE REMAINDER OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING FOR THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU LATE TONIGHT AND A FREEZE WATCH FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU LATE TONIGHT... .A COLD CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...BRINGING WITH IT THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES IN SEVERAL WEEKS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE. LOW TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL NEAR OR BELOW THE FREEZING MARK THIS MORNING OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. PATCHY FROST IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MID STATE WITH LOWS IN THE MID 30S. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU LATE TONIGHT...WITH LOW LYING AREAS WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU ALSO LIKELY SEEING TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING. TNZ011-032>034-065-066-111245- /O.UPG.KOHX.FZ.A.0002.120412T0900Z-120412T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOHX.FZ.W.0002.120412T0900Z-120412T1200Z/ /O.CON.KOHX.FZ.W.0001.120411T0900Z-120411T1200Z/ PICKETT-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WHITE-CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BYRDSTOWN...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON... JAMESTOWN...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE 349 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING AND ALSO LATE TONIGHT FOR THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S THIS MORNING...AND TO NEAR 30 LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...RECORD SETTING WARMTH IN MARCH HAS PRODUCED AN EARLY GROWING SEASON. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS WILL BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. && $$ TNZ078>080-111245- /O.UPG.KOHX.FZ.A.0002.120412T0900Z-120412T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOHX.FZ.W.0002.120412T0900Z-120412T1200Z/ /O.CON.KOHX.FR.Y.0002.120411T0900Z-120411T1200Z/ WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER 349 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 30 DEGREES LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...RECORD SETTING WARMTH IN MARCH HAS PRODUCED AN EARLY GROWING SEASON. ANY FROST THAT FORMS COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS LIKELY. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ TNZ005>010-022>031-056>064-075-077-093>095-111245- /O.CON.KOHX.FR.Y.0002.120411T0900Z-120411T1200Z/ /O.CON.KOHX.FZ.A.0002.120412T0900Z-120412T1200Z/ STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-BENTON-HOUSTON- HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH- JACKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD- CANNON-DE KALB-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY... DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET... HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE... HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG... MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA... MANCHESTER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 349 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MID 30S THIS MORNING...AND POSSIBLY INTO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS LOW LYING LOCATIONS WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...RECORD SETTING WARMTH IN MARCH HAS PRODUCED AN EARLY GROWING SEASON. ANY FROST THAT FORMS COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS LIKELY. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION SHOULD FREEZING TEMPERATURES OCCUR. && $$ 31
2 follow-up statements
839 WWUS74 KOHX 111208 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 708 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING FOR THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND A FREEZE WATCH FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU LATE TONIGHT... .A COLD CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...BRINGING WITH IT THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES IN SEVERAL WEEKS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU LATE TONIGHT...WITH LOW LYING AREAS WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU ALSO LIKELY SEEING TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING AND AREAS OF FROST. TNZ011-032>034-065-066-112100- /O.EXP.KOHX.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120411T1200Z/ /O.CON.KOHX.FZ.W.0002.120412T0900Z-120412T1200Z/ PICKETT-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WHITE-CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BYRDSTOWN...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON... JAMESTOWN...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE 708 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 30 DEGREES LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...RECORD SETTING WARMTH IN MARCH HAS PRODUCED AN EARLY GROWING SEASON. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS WILL BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. && $$ TNZ078>080-112100- /O.EXP.KOHX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120411T1200Z/ /O.CON.KOHX.FZ.W.0002.120412T0900Z-120412T1200Z/ WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER 708 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 30 DEGREES LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...RECORD SETTING WARMTH IN MARCH HAS PRODUCED AN EARLY GROWING SEASON. ANY FROST THAT FORMS COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ TNZ005>010-022>031-056>064-075-077-093>095-112100- /O.EXP.KOHX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120411T1200Z/ /O.CON.KOHX.FZ.A.0002.120412T0900Z-120412T1200Z/ STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-BENTON-HOUSTON- HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH- JACKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD- CANNON-DE KALB-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY... DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET... HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE... HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG... MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA... MANCHESTER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 708 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS LOW LYING LOCATIONS WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...RECORD SETTING WARMTH IN MARCH HAS PRODUCED AN EARLY GROWING SEASON. ANY FROST THAT FORMS COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ 31
111 WWUS74 KOHX 111729 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1229 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .A COLD CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE SPREADING COLDER AIR ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT, BRINGING WITH IT THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES IN SEVERAL WEEKS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU LATE TONIGHT...WITH LOW LYING AREAS WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU ALSO SEEING TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING AND AREAS OF FROST. TNZ005>010-022>031-056>064-075-077-093>095-121300- /O.UPG.KOHX.FZ.A.0002.120412T0900Z-120412T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KOHX.FZ.W.0002.120412T0800Z-120412T1300Z/ STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-BENTON-HOUSTON- HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH- JACKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD- CANNON-DE KALB-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY... DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET... HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE... HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG... MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA... MANCHESTER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 1229 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE EARLIER FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS LOW LYING LOCATIONS WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...RECORD SETTING WARMTH IN MARCH HAS PRODUCED AN EARLY GROWING SEASON. ANY FROST THAT FORMS COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ TNZ011-032>034-065-066-078>080-121300- /O.EXT.KOHX.FZ.W.0002.120412T0800Z-120412T1300Z/ PICKETT-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-WARREN-GRUNDY- VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BYRDSTOWN...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON... JAMESTOWN...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT... SPENCER 1229 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 30 DEGREES LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...RECORD SETTING WARMTH IN MARCH HAS PRODUCED AN EARLY GROWING SEASON. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS WILL BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. && $$ ROSE
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Tennessee, 2012Every freeze warning 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.