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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

March 15, 2012Williamson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Mar 15, 2012, 1:20 PM CDT for Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 15, 2012, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2012, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

County Williamson County, TN

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 15, 12:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 12:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 5:14 AM CDT, 8 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
514 AM CDT THU MAR 15 2012

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-161030-
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-
514 AM CDT THU MAR 15 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR NORTHWEST
MIDDLE TENNESSEE, INCLUDING THE NASHVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT,
AND A FEW OF THESE MAY BECOME SEVERE, WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. AREAS TO THE EAST AND
SOUTH OF NASHVILLE CAN STILL EXPECT A FEW STRONG STORMS.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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

ROSE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 9:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
928 AM CDT THU MAR 15 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0428 PM     HAIL             10 S MCEWEN             35.96N 87.64W
03/14/2012  E1.25 INCH       HUMPHREYS          TN   POST OFFICE

&&

TJ

Special weather statement, Mar 15, 12:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 15, 12:39 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1239 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012

TNZ005-006-151845-
MONTGOMERY-STEWART-
1239 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONTGOMERY AND STEWART
COUNTIES...

AT 1236 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DOVER BY 1255 PM CDT.

HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3647 8731 3633 8786 3635 8794 3636 8800
      3645 8807 3646 8806 3664 8774 3665 8740

SHAMBURGER

Special weather statement, Mar 15, 1:20 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 7:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay, Macon, Trousdale	55 min
Mar 15, 1:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cumberland, White	54 min
Mar 15, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam	38 min
Mar 15, 12:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Williamson	59 min
Mar 15, 12:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Montgomery, Stewart	66 min
Mar 15, 12:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery, Stewart	35 min
Mar 15, 12:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart	61 min
Mar 15, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart	44 min
Mar 15, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Williamson	41 min
Mar 15, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart	47 min
Mar 15, 2:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Williamson	3 hr
Mar 15, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Maury, Williamson	48 min
Mar 15, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	43 min
Mar 15, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Macon, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale	63 min
Mar 15, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	26 min
Mar 15, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery, Stewart	53 min
Mar 15, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys	33 min
Mar 15, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson	33 min
Mar 15, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Humphreys	37 min
Mar 15, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	26 min
Mar 15, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson	37 min
Mar 15, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Overton, Putnam	23 min
Mar 15, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson	36 min
Mar 15, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress, Overton, Pickett	40 min
Mar 15, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson	38 min
Mar 15, 5:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Williamson	3 hr
Mar 15, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Davidson, Rutherford, Wilson	44 min
Mar 15, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Giles, Marshall, Rutherford	45 min
Mar 15, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	35 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.