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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Sep 6, 2012, 7:16 PM CDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 74 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
- Sep 6, 2012, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 74 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
Counties Benton County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Stewart County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 1851 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1142 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 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 Sep 6, 7:05 PM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 7:05 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 6, 6:41 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 641 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-072345- 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- 641 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY THIS EVENING WILL MOVE EASTWARD BUT WEAKEN AS IT APPROACHES NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE IS MUCH LESS FAVORABLE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS THAN AREAS FURTHER TO THE NORTHWEST...A FEW SHOWERS AND STRONG STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS THIS ACTIVITY MOVES INTO THE AREA. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH AND MOVE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHEST RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LINDEN TO LAFAYETTE. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN SHAMBURGER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 7:16 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
716 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012
TNZ005-006-022>025-070130-
BENTON-DICKSON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-MONTGOMERY-STEWART-
716 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BENTON...DICKSON...HOUSTON...
HUMPHREYS...MONTGOMERY AND STEWART COUNTIES...
AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BENTON TO MURRAY TO
DRESDEN...EAST AT 50 MPH.
PEOPLE IN HOUSTON...MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN BENTON...NORTHERN
HUMPHREYS...STEWART AND WESTERN DICKSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
CITIES OF CAMDEN...DOVER...WAVERLY...TENNESSEE RIDGE...ERIN...MCEWEN
AND CLARKSVILLE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY.
LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
LAT...LON 3667 8786 3664 8784 3665 8726 3603 8740
3604 8822 3612 8822 3626 8809 3636 8810
3637 8801 3644 8807 3653 8804 3665 8807
3668 8807
SHAMBURGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 46 min |
| Sep 6, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 48 min |
| Sep 6, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Robertson | 30 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.