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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2012, 10:46 PM CDT for Putnam County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 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 4, 2012, 10:46 PM CDT (03:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2012, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
County Putnam County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 4, 10:45 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 10:45 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 5:07 AM CDT, 17 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 507 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2012 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-051015- 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- 507 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-24 CORRIDOR. A WARM FRONT SITUATED NEAR THE I-24 CORRIDOR WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 9:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
944 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012
TNZ010-011-031-033-034-050330-
CLAY-FENTRESS-JACKSON-OVERTON-PICKETT-
944 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLAY...FENTRESS...JACKSON...
OVERTON AND PICKETT COUNTIES...
AT 940 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TOMPKINSVILLE...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CELINA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
PEOPLE IN CLAY...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...NORTHWESTERN FENTRESS...
OVERTON AND PICKETT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CELINA...SHOULD
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS
AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER
THREATEN.
SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3661 8479 3658 8476 3623 8533 3662 8577
3663 8507
13Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:46 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1046 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012 TNZ032-065-066-050415- CUMBERLAND-PUTNAM-WHITE- 1046 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CUMBERLAND...PUTNAM AND WHITE COUNTIES... AT 1044 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALGOOD...OR 5 MILES EAST OF COOKEVILLE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN WHITE...SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM AND WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3593 8509 3593 8550 3619 8555 3618 8526 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 12:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Benton | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 1:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Benton, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry | 52 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.