Severe Thunderstorm Warning 287, NWS Nashville, TN

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WWUS54 KOHX 200217
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
917 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

TNC021-037-147-165-200230-
/O.CON.KOHX.SV.W.0287.000000T0000Z-120720T0230Z/
ROBERTSON TN-SUMNER TN-CHEATHAM TN-DAVIDSON TN-
917 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
DAVIDSON...NORTHEASTERN CHEATHAM...SOUTHWESTERN SUMNER AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ROBERTSON COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 913 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM RIDGETOP TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASHLAND CITY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE
DAMAGING WINDS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GOODLETTSVILLE AROUND 925 PM CDT.
  HENDERSONVILLE AROUND 930 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! 
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN 
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3641 8673 3631 8658 3614 8676 3638 8707
      3639 8705
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 310DEG 17KT 3635 8674 3634 8698

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
521 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

.UPDATE...ADDED AVIATION SECTION FOR 00Z TAF'S.

&&

.AVIATION...BNA/CKV/CSV...COLD FRONT CURRENTLY STRETCHED ALONG THE
OHIO VALLEY IS EXPECTED TO GATHER STEAM AND PUSH INTO MIDDLE
TENNESSEE DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE
MID STATE THIS AFTERNOON IS EXTREMELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE, SO AT
LEAST SCATTERED CONVECTION CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING AND
POSSIBLY EVEN PAST MIDNIGHT. WILL HANDLE THIS WITH TEMPO GROUPS IN
THE TAF'S, WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LESS CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IN
THE POST-FRONTAL ENVIRONMENT TOMORROW.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 313 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012/

DISCUSSION...

SUBSIDENCE HAS APPARENTLY WON THE BATTLE TODAY WITH SINKING AIR
ALOFT SUPPRESSING THE CUMULUS FIELD ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND
PREVENTING ANY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES HAVE ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO SOAR INTO THE MID 80S TO
MID 90S...AND WITH MOISTURE POOLING ACROSS OUR AREA SOUTH OF THE
COLD FRONT TO OUR NORTH...DEWPOINTS HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE LOW TO
UPPER 70S. UNFORTUNATELY THIS COMBINATION MEANS HEAT INDEX VALUES
HAVE CLIMBED TO NEAR OR ABOVE HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST HALF OF THE CWA AS EARLIER FEARED WITH CKV AND BNA BOTH
AT 106 ATTM. HOWEVER...SHORT TIME SPAN OF THESE HIGH HI VALUES
ALONG WITH CRITERIA NOT EXPECTED TO BE MET TOMORROW NEGATES ANY
ISSUANCE OF AN ADVISORY AT THIS TIME.

MAIN ISSUES FOR THE FORECAST REVOLVE AROUND POPS FOR TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW WITH COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTHWARD. LATEST LOCAL WRF AND
HRRR RUNS INDICATE CURRENT PREFRONTAL ACTIVITY DEVELOPING ALONG
THE OHIO RIVER WILL ORGANIZE INTO A SEMI-LINE AND PUSH INTO THE
NORTHERN CWA THIS EVENING BEFORE WEAKENING OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL
ACTIVITY MAY POP UP TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE LINE AS WELL.
WITH THIS THINKING AND COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING WFOS...HAVE
ADJUSTED POPS TO LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF TONIGHT WITH
CHANCE POPS SOUTH. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE STRONG TO
POSSIBLE SEVERE DUE TO THE PREDICTED INSTABILITY LEVELS...WITH
DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE
DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH PRECIP OCCURS AND WENT JUST UNDER LATEST
MOS GUIDANCE.

MODELS INDICATE CONVECTION WILL REJUVENATE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE CWA FRIDAY MORNING...WITH ACTIVITY PUSHING
SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE TREND OF LOW
POPS IN THE NORTHWEST AND LIKELY POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST. ONCE
AGAIN...SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE
MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN OUR SOUTHEASTERN
HALF. CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP WILL ALSO KEEP HIGHS LOWER THAN
TODAY IN THE 80S TO NEAR 90. MUCH DRIER AIR IN THE MID AND UPPER
LEVELS WILL FILTER INTO THE MID STATE BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH
SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS AND DRY CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED
FOR SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.

12Z GFS/ECMWF KEEP H5 RIDGE AXIS CENTERED FROM THE PLAINS STATES
INTO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST NEXT WEEK...WITH MIDDLE TENNESSEE IN
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIDGE. WITH MOISTURE
LEVELS ALSO INCREASING BY MONDAY...LOW PRECIP CHANCES WILL RETURN
TO THE FORECAST FOR EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK. 500MB HEIGHTS WILL BE
MUCH HIGHER THAN WE HAVE SEEN THIS PAST WEEK...SO ONLY ISOLATED TO
WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION IS ANTICIPATED. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO
BE ON A WARMING TREND WITH HIGHS REACHING BACK INTO THE MID TO
UPPER 90S BY THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...AND HEAT ADVISORY
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN BY THEN AS WELL.

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
357 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-202100-
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-
357 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG
THE OHIO RIVER AND MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT. SOME STORMS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY TO DAMAGING WINDS. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF MIDDLE
TN ON FRIDAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE
PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. ADDITIONALLY...LOCALIZED FLOODING
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED.

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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