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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

August 1, 2012Davidson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2012, 1:54 AM CDT for Davidson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 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
Aug 1, 2012, 1:54 AM CDT (06:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2012, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

County Davidson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:55 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 11 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 2012-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1595 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 2012-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1595 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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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 Jul 31, 11:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 11:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1120 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012

.UPDATE...FOR 06Z AVIATION FORECAST

&&

.AVIATION...
ACTIVITY EARLIER IN KENTUCKY PLAYED OUT AS IT DROPPED SOUTH BUT
LEFT SOME DEBRIS CLOUDS ACROSS PARTS OF THE MID STATE. EXPECT SOME
LATE NIGHT FOG WITH MVFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING...OTHERWISE VFR
NEXT 24 HOURS.

BOYD
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 840 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012/

UPDATE...
ANALYSIS SHOWING UPPER TROUGH AXIS NEARING THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD
THIS EVENING...WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY BACK UP ACROSS THE OH
VALLEY. STORMS FIRING NEAR BOUNDARY AND TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST
SEEMINGLY BEING HELPED ALONG BY UPPER JET STREAK WHICH CURRENTLY
IS RUNNING DOWN INTO NORTHERN MIDDLE AND EAST TN. STORMS UPSTREAM
HEADING SOUTH TOWARD HIGHER CAPE BUT DO EXPECT MOST TO FIZZLE WITH
LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR ISO STORMS TO HOLD
TOGETHER/REFIRE LATER...NORTHWEST ESPECIALLY SO WILL ADD SMALL
POPS THERE. ALSO EXPECT PATCHY FOG PLATEAU. NO TEMP CHANGES AT
THIS TIME.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 630 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012/

UPDATE...FOR 00Z AVIATION FORECAST

AVIATION...
SURFACE FRONT JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER WITH 75 KNOT UPPER JET
FROM NORTH OF SAINT LOUIS DOWN INTO EASTERN TENNESSEE. CLUSTER OF
STORMS OVER FAR SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL SINK SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64
SHORTLY AND THEN MOVE SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER DURING THE NEXT HOUR
OR TWO. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS COMPLEX AS WE GO THROUGH THE
EVENING AS TO WHETHER IT WILL AFFECT THE MID STATE. FOR NOW DID NOT
INCLUDE ANY THUNDER CHANCE FOR OHX TERMINALS.

LATE NIGHT FOG WILL REDUCE VSBYS DOWN INTO THE MVFR RANGE AT
TERMINALS...OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS NEXT 24 HOURS.

BOYD

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 533 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012/

MESOSCALE UPDATE...
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA IS DROPPING SOUTHWARD
OUT AHEAD OF SURFACE FRONT DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS/INDIANA.
ALSO 75 KNOT UPPER JET EXTENDS FROM NORTH OF SAINT LOUIS DOWN INTO
EASTERN TENNESSEE. THIS ACTIVITY FORMED IN THE LEFT FRONT QUAD OF
UPPER JET. THE BULK SHEAR SOUTH OF THIS COMPLEX IS ON THE ORDER
OF 30 KNOTS. THIS ACTIVITY HAS A LONG WAYS TO GO BEFORE GETTING
DOWN THIS WAY SO WE WILL SEE HOW IT HOLDS TOGETHER ONCE THE SUN
SETS THIS EVENING. TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON REACHED 100 ALONG THE
ILLINOIS/INDIANA BORDER NORTH OF EVANSVILLE. THE MOST UNSTABLE
CAPES THIS AFTERNOON ARE ON THE ORDER OF 1200-1800 J/KG FROM
CENTRAL KENTUCKY DOWN INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE BUT WEAKEN < 1000 J/KG
DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING.

BOYD

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 332 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012/

SHORT TERM (THRU THU)...
DRIER AIR WL CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO THE AREA TNGT-WED. ISO CELLS
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTH THROUGH MID EVENING...NEAR A WEAKENING
COLD FRONT IN CENTRAL ALABAMA. TO THE NORTH...A SECONDARY FRONT WL
DROP SOUTH BUT DISSIPATE IN THE OHVLY TNGT. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES
WITH LOWS MID 60S PLAT-LWR 70S.

WED...DRY WEATHER WL CONTINUE W/SFC HIGH PRES DOMINANT. TEMPS WL
WARM QUICKLY WITH THE DRIER AIR...AND DEWPTS SHOULD MIX INTO THE
LWR 60S IN THE AFTN. EXPECT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES NORTH TO PARTLY
SUNNY SKIES SOUTH WITH A LIGHT NORTH WIND.

DRY WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES WED NGT-THU. LOWS SHOULD FALL INTO
THE LWR 60S PLAT-NEAR 70 WED NGT...WITH ANOTHER MOSTLY SUNNY AND
WARM DAY THU.

LONG TERM (FRI-TUE)...
NEXT MAJOR S/W TROF MOVES SLWLY EAST OVR THE H5 RIDGE FRI. EXPECT
DISTURBANCES TO MOVE DOWNSTREAM AND INCREASE MOISTURE. THE NEXT
CHANCE OF PCPN IS FORECAST THU NGT-FRI WITH THE LEAD WAVE. SYSTEM
SHOULD PUSH A COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST AND APPROACH THE MID-STATE THIS
WEEKEND...WITH A CHANCE OF RW/TRW ATTM.

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

01
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 7:59 AM CDT, 17 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
759 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-011300-
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-
759 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ROSE

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress, Overton, Pickett58 min
Aug 1, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Overton, Pickett24 min
Aug 1, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress27 min
Aug 1, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress, Overton, Pickett50 min
Aug 1, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSumner40 min
Aug 1, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland32 min
Aug 1, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXOverton40 min
Aug 1, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland25 min
Aug 1, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXJackson48 min
Aug 1, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Overton, Putnam32 min
Aug 1, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale29 min
Aug 1, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland28 min
Aug 1, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMontgomery48 min
Aug 1, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXOverton36 min
Aug 1, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne40 min
Aug 1, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart54 min
Aug 1, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne27 min
Aug 1, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart53 min
Aug 1, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson50 min
Aug 1, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson46 min
Aug 1, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence30 min
Aug 1, 6:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham39 min
Aug 1, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCoffee, Grundy52 min
Aug 1, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Wilson36 min
Aug 1, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMaury48 min
Aug 1, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGiles45 min
Aug 1, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury26 min
Aug 1, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy44 min
Aug 1, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Williamson41 min
Aug 1, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman34 min
Aug 1, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Maury12 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.