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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

May 6, 2012Rutherford County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at May 6, 2012, 5:03 PM CDT for Rutherford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 57 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: May 6, 2012, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

County Rutherford County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 48 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 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.

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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 May 6, 4:53 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 4:53 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
453 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

.UPDATE...UPDATED ZFP TO ADD A LATE AFTERNOON GROUP, INCREASE
POPS A BIT ALONG AND NEAR THE I-24 CORRIDOR, AND TO MENTION
POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL. OTHERWISE, NO
CHANGE.

&&

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

19

Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 5:24 AM CDT, 11 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
524 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-071030-
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-
524 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WITH A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY REMAINING OVER THE AREA...ISOLATED
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH AND GUSTY TO DAMAGING
WIND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF
MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATER MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. SEVERE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.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

07

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 4:31 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
431 PM CDT SUN MAY 06 2012

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

0427 PM     HAIL             NASHVILLE               36.17N 86.78W
05/06/2012  E0.88 INCH       DAVIDSON           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 2ND AND
            PEABODY

&&

ROSE

Special weather statement, May 6, 4:34 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
434 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

TNZ059-062200-
WILLIAMSON-
434 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY...

AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF FRANKLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5
MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3587 8663 3579 8678 3594 8689 3600 8672

TB12

Local storm report, May 6, 4:35 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
435 PM CDT SUN MAY 06 2012

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

0433 PM     HAIL             NASHVILLE               36.17N 86.78W
05/06/2012  E1.00 INCH       DAVIDSON           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DOWNTOWN NEAR THE CORNER OF 2ND AND PEABODY

&&

ROSE

Local storm report, May 6, 4:38 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
438 PM CDT SUN MAY 06 2012

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

0436 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NASHVILLE               36.17N 86.78W
05/06/2012                   DAVIDSON           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SMALL TREES DOWN AT 8TH AND WEDGEWOOD

&&

ROSE

Special weather statement, May 6, 4:40 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
440 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

TNZ007-008-062215-
ROBERTSON-SUMNER-
440 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ROBERTSON AND SUMNER COUNTIES...

AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WHITE HOUSE...OR 10 MILES EAST OF
SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3665 8664 3638 8660 3638 8673 3641 8675
      3638 8678 3639 8690 3639 8691 3664 8702

TB12

Special weather statement, May 6, 5:03 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
May 6, 12:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Perry, Stewart	57 min
May 6, 1:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston, Humphreys	48 min
May 6, 1:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston, Stewart	27 min
May 6, 2:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery	28 min
May 6, 3:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman and 15 more	54 min
May 6, 4:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence and 6 more	55 min
May 6, 5:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Stewart	66 min
May 6, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Montgomery	24 min
May 6, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	35 min
May 6, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	29 min
May 6, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Rutherford	23 min
May 6, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Williamson	26 min
May 6, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson	35 min
May 6, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston, Montgomery, Stewart	24 min
May 6, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Robertson, Sumner	36 min
May 6, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Robertson	33 min
May 6, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	23 min
May 6, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner	32 min
May 6, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy	30 min
May 6, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson	32 min
May 6, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Williamson	27 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.