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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

June 3, 2012Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2012, 10:27 PM CDT for Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 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: Jun 3, 2012, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2012, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

County Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 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 Jun 3, 9:57 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 9:57 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 5:01 AM CDT, 17 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
501 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-041015-
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-
501 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MORE
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SOME STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT.

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

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MONDAY ACROSS
ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION ON
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...BRINGING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT MIDDLE
TENNESSEE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS...WITH A LESSER THREAT OF LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY.

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

55

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
906 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2012

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

0847 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LINDEN                  35.61N 87.84W
06/03/2012                   PERRY              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ON U.S. 412 JUST EAST OF LINDEN A FEW TREES WERE REPORTED
            DOWN.

&&

31

Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
907 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2012

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

0720 PM     HAIL             5 N CLIFTON             35.45N 87.99W
06/03/2012  M1.50 INCH       PERRY              TN   PUBLIC

            REPORTED IN WHITE OAK COMMUNITY

0817 PM     HAIL             4 E WAYNESBORO          35.32N 87.69W
06/03/2012  M1.00 INCH       WAYNE              TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HAIL REPORTED ON US HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN WAYNESBORO AND THE
            GILES COUNTY LINE.

0830 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HOHENWALD               35.55N 87.56W
06/03/2012                   LEWIS              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW TREES WERE DOWNED ON CENTERVILLE HIGHWAY.

0847 PM     HAIL             LINDEN                  35.61N 87.84W
06/03/2012  E1.00 INCH       PERRY              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0847 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LINDEN                  35.61N 87.84W
06/03/2012                   PERRY              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ON U.S. 412 JUST EAST OF LINDEN A FEW TREES WERE REPORTED
            DOWN.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:36 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
936 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2012

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

0931 PM     HAIL             2 NE LORETTO            35.10N 87.41W
06/03/2012  M0.88 INCH       LAWRENCE           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED BETWEEN LEOMA AND LORETTO

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:38 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
938 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2012

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

0720 PM     HAIL             5 N CLIFTON             35.45N 87.99W
06/03/2012  M1.50 INCH       PERRY              TN   PUBLIC

            REPORTED IN WHITE OAK COMMUNITY

0817 PM     HAIL             4 E WAYNESBORO          35.32N 87.69W
06/03/2012  M1.00 INCH       WAYNE              TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HAIL REPORTED ON US HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN WAYNESBORO AND THE
            GILES COUNTY LINE.

0830 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HOHENWALD               35.55N 87.56W
06/03/2012                   LEWIS              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW TREES WERE DOWNED ON CENTERVILLE HIGHWAY.

0847 PM     HAIL             LINDEN                  35.61N 87.84W
06/03/2012  E1.00 INCH       PERRY              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0847 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LINDEN                  35.61N 87.84W
06/03/2012                   PERRY              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ON U.S. 412 JUST EAST OF LINDEN A FEW TREES WERE REPORTED
            DOWN.

0931 PM     HAIL             2 NE LORETTO            35.10N 87.41W
06/03/2012  M0.88 INCH       LAWRENCE           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED BETWEEN LEOMA AND LORETTO

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 10:13 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 10:27 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
Jun 3, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	35 min
Jun 3, 7:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Wayne	37 min
Jun 3, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry	49 min
Jun 3, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry	38 min
Jun 3, 8:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Wayne	33 min
Jun 3, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	38 min
Jun 3, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lewis, Perry	50 min
Jun 3, 8:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	3 hr
Jun 3, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Maury	50 min
Jun 3, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	12 min
Jun 3, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence	24 min
Jun 3, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	31 min
Jun 3, 10:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	32 min
Jun 3, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis, Maury, Perry	37 min
Jun 3, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	32 min
Jun 3, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wayne	41 min
Jun 3, 11:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lawrence	62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.