Alert archive / Tennessee / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2012, 5:33 PM CDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 42 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 11, 2012, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2012, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
Counties Giles County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Maury County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 11, 5:27 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 5:27 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 527 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 .UPDATE...HAVE EXTENDED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EASTWARD TO INCLUDE THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 343 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012/ DISCUSSION... FORECAST REASONING WILL LEAN TOWARD A CONSENSUS MODEL SOLUTION COMPROMISE FOR THE FORECAST PERIOD UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. FORECAST QUANDARIES...SHWR/TSTM IMPACTS TONIGHT...TEMPS. AS FOR TONIGHT...WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORING THRU PRESS TIME TO MAKE FINAL FINAL DECISIONS CURRENT TRENDS IN SHWRS/TSTMS ACROSS THE MID STATE AND INFLUENCES OF APPROACHING MCS TO OUR NW...AND WILL PROBABLY BREAK OUT A LATE AFTERNOON GROUPING TO ADDRESS THESE TIMING DECISIONS...BUT BELIEVE THAT LOCATIONS WITHIN SVR TSTM WATCH NUMBER 373 ACROSS WRN MIDDLE TN WILL EXPERIENCE DEFINITE SHWRS/TSTMS...WITH THIS AREA SHIFTING TO LOCATIONS GENERALLY W OF I-24 THRU THE EVENING HRS...AS SRN PORTIONS OF MCS MOVES INTO THE MID STATE. SHORT RANGE MODEL RUNS...INCLUDING THE LATEST HIGH RESOLUTION RAPID REFRESH CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS REASONING AS WITH GREATEST INSTABILITY...MOISTURE... AND LIFT POTENTIAL EXPECTED ACROSS THIS REGION. SFC FRONT SHOULD MOVE INTO NW PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE NEAR THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES REGION BY LATE TONIGHT...AND AREAS AHEAD OF IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNSTABLE ENOUGH AND HAVE ENOUGH AVAILABLE MOISTURE POTENTIAL... WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES IN A NWLY ORIENTATED FLOW ALOFT...TO SUPPORT LIKELY SHWRS/TSTMS THRU MOST OF THE NIGHT FOR THE AREA. WILL GO WITH LOWS CLOSE TO CONSENSUS GUIDANCE VALUES AROUND 70... MID 60S PLATEAU. EXPECT FRONT TO PUSH S OF THE MID STATE SOMETIME DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUE...AND THEN THE MID STATE WILL BE DRY UNDER SFC RIDGING INFLUENCES THRU THU NIGHT. A MORE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE THRU THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHWRS/TSTMS DURING THE AFTERNOON...CHANCE PLATEAU...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHWRS/TSTMS THRU THE EARLY EVENING HRS. AFTERNOON HIGHS DURING THIS PERIOD WILL REMAIN CLOSE TO IF NOT A FEW DEGREES ABOVE SEASONABLE NORMS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S...LOWER 80S PLATEAU. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ALSO BE CLOSE TO SEASONABLE NORMS WITH LOWS MAINLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S...LOWER 60S TO AROUND 60 PLATEAU. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && ROSE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 12:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1230 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-121000- 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- 1230 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 THROUGH TONIGHT. MAIN CONCERNS WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS THE MID STATE COULD EXPERIENCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH MAIN CONCERNS BEING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE MID STATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE MAIN CONCERNS BEING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL 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 31
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 11, 4:50 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
450 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0436 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 NW DOVER 36.58N 87.97W
06/11/2012 STEWART TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
A TREE WAS DOWNED IN THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES REGION.
&&
31Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:33 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
533 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
TNZ057>060-093>095-112315-
GILES-HICKMAN-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MAURY-WAYNE-WILLIAMSON-
533 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GILES...HICKMAN...LAWRENCE...
LEWIS...MAURY...WAYNE AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES...
AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF
CENTERVILLE TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF HOHENWALD TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
COLLINWOOD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF
CENTERVILLE TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF HOHENWALD TO 22 MILES SOUTH OF
WAYNESBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
PEOPLE IN EASTERN HICKMAN...LAWRENCE...LEWIS...MAURY...SOUTHEASTERN
WAYNE...WESTERN GILES AND WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
CITIES OF CENTERVILLE...LORETTO...LAWRENCEBURG...MOUNT PLEASANT AND
COLUMBIA...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 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
LAT...LON 3500 8795 3506 8794 3542 8760 3599 8754
3579 8695 3521 8701 3499 8710
BWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys, Perry, Wayne | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall | 40 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Tennessee, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.