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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

August 1, 2012Coffee County, Grundy County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2012, 8:13 PM CDT for Coffee County, Grundy County, Tennessee. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2012, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

Counties Coffee County, TN, Grundy County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 1, 8:35 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGNormandy, TNSEVERAL TREES DOWN IN NORMANDY.
Aug 1, 9:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGAltamont, TNSEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2012-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2342 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2012-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
2342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

832 
WWUS84 KOHX 020113
SPSOHX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
813 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012

TNZ075-077>079-020215-
BEDFORD-COFFEE-GRUNDY-WARREN-
813 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEDFORD...COFFEE...GRUNDY AND
WARREN COUNTIES...

AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANCHESTER...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PEOPLE IN COFFEE...EASTERN BEDFORD...GRUNDY AND SOUTHERN WARREN
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MANCHESTER...SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3523 8587 3529 8594 3534 8604 3535 8614
      3543 8630 3568 8617 3565 8609 3566 8599
      3558 8558 3553 8555 3552 8559 3549 8553
      3543 8553 3541 8550 3534 8552 3531 8556
      3528 8570 3524 8569 3521 8577

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury, Williamson39 min
Aug 1, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys42 min
Aug 1, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Grundy34 min
Aug 1, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy, Warren44 min
Aug 2, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLewis64 min
Aug 2, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles37 min
Aug 2, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGiles, Lawrence59 min
Aug 2, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence41 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.