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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2012, 4:44 PM CDT for Fentress County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 5, 2012, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
County Fentress County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 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 Jul 5, 3:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 327 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 .SHORT TERM...THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX CONTINUES TO DROP SOUTH SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY, TOWARD OUR EASTERN COUNTIES, AND SVR TSTM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS UP IN KENTUCKY. SOME WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED THIS AFTERNOON AT SEVERAL KENTUCKY LOCATIONS, AND SIMILAR PROBLEMS MAY OCCUR IN OUR NORTHEASTERN PLATEAU COUNTIES BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH NO. 471 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 03Z, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE KENTUCKY STORMS. IN ADDITION, ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE POPPED UP THIS AFTERNOON IN OTHER PARTS OF THE MID STATE, AND A FEW OF THOSE COULD BECOME STRONG-TO-SEVERE OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 5 HOURS AS WELL. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM AREAS YOU CAN EXPECT THE BRUTAL HEAT TO CONTINUE UNABATED. THE HEAT ADVISORY FOR AREAS WEST OF THE PLATEAU HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 08Z, SUN, IN ANTICIPATION OF MORE HOT WEATHER PROBLEMS THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. HAVE ARRANGED OUR RAINFALL GRIDS FOR TOMORROW IN SIMILAR FASHION TO TODAY'S, WITH THE EXPECTATION OF LITTLE CHANGE IN OVERALL PATTERN, AND SOME OF THE JUICIEST AIR TO OUR NORTHEAST, OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY. CHANCE POPS REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU ON SATURDAY, WITH SLIGHT CHANCE ELSEWHERE. .LONG TERM...MODELS CONTINUE TO PROMOTE A GENERAL PATTERN CHANGE FOR NEXT WEEK, AS OUR HOT BOX HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM RETROGRADES TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN THE FACE OF A DEEPENING TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. EXPECT A PERIOD OR TWO OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY PERIOD, ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. FRONT SHOULD SLIDE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS OUR AREA BY TUESDAY NIGHT, WITH LOWER DEW POINTS ACTUALLY WORKING THEIR WAY INTO AT LEAST NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF OUR FORECAST AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 76 103 76 103 / 20 20 20 20 CLARKSVILLE 72 103 72 102 / 20 20 20 20 CROSSVILLE 69 94 69 94 / 60 40 40 30 COLUMBIA 74 101 74 100 / 20 20 20 20 LAWRENCEBURG 73 100 73 99 / 20 20 20 20 WAVERLY 74 101 74 100 / 20 20 20 20 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR TNZ005>009-022>030- 056>062-075-093>095. && 19
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 5:25 AM CDT, 11 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 525 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 TNZ010-011-031>034-063>066-077>080-061030- CLAY-PICKETT-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE- CUMBERLAND-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN- 525 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL CONTINUE TODAY. HIGHEST HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. HIGHEST HEAT INDICES AROUND 100. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EVEN THOUGH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF AND ISOLATED, SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO CALL IN ANYTHING REACHING REPORTING CRITERIA. TNZ005>009-022>030-056>062-075-093>095-061030- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-BENTON-HOUSTON- HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-PERRY- HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-BEDFORD-WAYNE- LAWRENCE-GILES- 525 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL CONTINUE TODAY. HIGHEST HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. HIGHEST HEAT INDICES AROUND 105. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EVEN THOUGH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF AND ISOLATED, SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO CALL IN ANYTHING REACHING REPORTING CRITERIA. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN 04
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:07 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
407 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012
TNZ007-052145-
ROBERTSON-
407 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ROBERTSON COUNTY...
AT 406 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF CROSS PLAINS...OR 14 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...BRIEF
HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3663 8657 3658 8660 3654 8664 3650 8664
3648 8665 3647 8687 3665 8686 3665 8658
31Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:08 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
408 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012
TNZ006-052145-
MONTGOMERY-
408 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
AT 403 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLARKSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3650 8712 3649 8713 3633 8739 3651 8746
3659 8730
31Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:12 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
412 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012
TNZ094-095-052145-
GILES-LAWRENCE-
412 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GILES AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES...
AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCEBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 5 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...BRIEF
HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3526 8705 3500 8684 3502 8742 3530 8742
3541 8728
31Local storm report, Jul 5, 4:33 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
433 PM CDT THU JUL 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0428 PM TSTM WND DMG ETHRIDGE 35.32N 87.30W
07/05/2012 LAWRENCE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
A PORTION OF A ROOF ON AN OFFICE BLDG WAS BLOWN OFF IN
ETHRIDGE ALONG HWY 43.
&&
21Local storm report, Jul 5, 4:42 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
442 PM CDT THU JUL 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM HAIL ETHRIDGE 35.32N 87.30W
07/05/2012 E1.75 INCH LAWRENCE TN PUBLIC
&&
31Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:44 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 444 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 TNZ011-034-052215- FENTRESS-PICKETT- 444 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FENTRESS AND PICKETT COUNTIES... AT 444 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES EAST OF BYRDSTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3661 8489 3641 8480 3636 8502 3662 8509 31
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Wilson | 58 min |
| Jul 4, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Perry | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 3:20 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | OHX | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 30 more | 64 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Robertson | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Pickett | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Wayne | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Overton | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Coffee | 90 min |
| Jul 5, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Marshall | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Coffee | 24 min |
| Jul 5, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford, Wilson | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Putnam, White | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Warren | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 27 min |
| Jul 5, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Maury | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 18 min |
| Jul 5, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren, Warren, White | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren, Warren | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Maury | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb | 59 min |
| Jul 5, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Coffee | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Warren | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wilson | 23 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.