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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

August 1, 2012Fentress County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2012, 2:18 PM CDT for Fentress County, Tennessee. It was in force for 27 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, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2012, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

County Fentress County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 1, 2:15 PM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:15 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 5:07 AM CDT, 9 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
507 AM CDT WED AUG 1 2012

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-021030-
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 WED AUG 1 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ROSE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 9:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
926 AM CDT WED AUG 1 2012

TNZ005>008-022>028-056>062-075-093>095-012115-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-
MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-BEDFORD-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...
NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...
HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...
MURFREESBORO...SHELBYVILLE...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
926 AM CDT WED AUG 1 2012

...HOT WEATHER SAFETY WILL BE IMPORTANT TODAY AND THURSDAY...
...HEAT INDEX VALUES EXPECTED TO TOP OUT BETWEEN 100 AND 103 DEGREES...

MIDDLE TENNESSEE IS EXPECTED TO ENDURE ANOTHER BURST OF WARMING
TODAY AND THURSDAY...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER THE
WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA EXPECTED TO PUSH TO BETWEEN 100 AND 103
DEGREES.

HOT WEATHER SAFETY WILL...ONCE AGAIN...BE VERY IMPORTANT. IF YOU
HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY...BE
SENSITIVE TO WHAT YOUR BODY IS TRYING TO TELL YOU. KNOW THE
SYMPTOMS OF HEAT STROKE AND HEAT EXHAUSTION. DRINK PLENTY OF NON-
ALCOHOLIC LIQUIDS AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM WORK ACTIVITIES.
DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN A VEHICLE...WHERE TEMPERATURES
CAN QUICKLY RISE TO DEADLY LEVELS.

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 1:32 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 2:18 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
218 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012

TNZ034-011945-
FENTRESS-
218 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FENTRESS COUNTY...

AT 218 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...SMALL HAIL...WINDS 40
TO 50 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3636 8470 3637 8473 3635 8473 3633 8474
      3632 8478 3640 8498 3655 8490 3649 8471
      3643 8469 3641 8466 3640 8466

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 1:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson36 min
Aug 1, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress, Overton, Pickett58 min
Aug 1, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Overton, Pickett24 min
Aug 1, 2:55 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.