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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

July 21, 2012Giles County, Lawrence County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2012, 1:50 AM CDT for Giles County, Lawrence County, Tennessee. It was in force for 40 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 21, 2012, 1:50 AM CDT (06:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2012, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 130 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2012-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1648 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2012-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1176 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 Jul 20, 6:41 PM CDT, 7 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 6:41 PM CDT, 7 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 5:01 AM CDT, 20 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
501 AM CDT FRI JUL 20 2012

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-211015-
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 FRI JUL 20 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TN.

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD TOWARD MIDDLE TN TODAY.
INSTABILITY LEVELS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS SOUTHERN MIDDLE
TN...WILL ELEVATE AS TEMPERATURES WARM. AS A RESULT...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY ACROSS SOUTHERN MIDDLE
TN. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE CHIEF SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCES...THOUGH
LOWER...FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD OR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED
AT THIS TIME.

.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

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 12:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLawrence60 min
Jul 21, 12:58 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXGiles, Lawrence3 hr
Jul 21, 1:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGiles46 min
Jul 21, 2:43 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXLawrence82 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.