Alert archive / Tennessee / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Jan 1, 2012, 1:55 PM CST for 39 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Jan 2, 2012, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2012, 1:55 PM CST (19:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 2, 2012, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2012, 6:01 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
All 39 counties
Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
754 WWUS74 KOHX 011955 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 155 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED FOR MONDAY... .A STRONG AND COLD HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY BRINGING STRONG GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH IN MANY LOCATIONS. THIS SITUATION WILL PRESENT PROBLEMS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ANYONE WHO MUST WORK OUTSIDE. TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-020400- /O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0001.120102T1400Z-120103T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON... MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE... LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD... FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO... WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE... TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER... WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 155 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * EVENT...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...8 AM THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY. * IMPACT...OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON THE ROAD MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES... PARTICULARLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS TRACTOR- TRAILER RIGS...CAMPERS AND CRANES. ALSO BOATERS ON AREA LAKES MAY EXPERIENCE VERY CHOPPY CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO SECURE LOOSE ITEMS ON DECKS AND PATIOS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 35 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JLM
4 follow-up statements
415 WWUS74 KOHX 020200 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 800 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED ON MONDAY... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A STRONG AND COLD HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER TEXAS AND A DEEP LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER EASTERN CANADA WILL CREATE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE MID STATE ON MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-021400- /O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0001.120102T1400Z-120103T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON... MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE... LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD... FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO... WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE... TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER... WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 800 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... * EVENT...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...8 AM THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS ON AREA ROADWAYS MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS TRACTOR TRAILER RIGS...CAMPERS...AND CRANES. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE VERY CHOPPY CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO SECURE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS TRASHCANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND POTTED PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 35 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 55
800 WWUS74 KOHX 020943 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 343 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .A SHOT OF ARCTIC COLD AIR WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. THE TIME FOR HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DROP OFF THIS EVENING. TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-021800- /O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0001.120102T1400Z-120103T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON... MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE... LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD... FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO... WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE... TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER... WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 343 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...8 AM THROUGH 6 PM TODAY. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS TRACTOR TRAILER RIGS...CAMPERS...AND CRANES. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES WILL EXPERIENCE VERY CHOPPY CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO SECURE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 35 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 13
809 WWUS74 KOHX 021605 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1005 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .A SHOT OF ARCTIC COLD AIR WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE... WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. THE TIME FOR HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DROP OFF THIS EVENING. TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-030000- /O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON... MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE... LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD... FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO... WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE... TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER... WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 1005 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...8 AM THROUGH 6 PM TODAY. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS TRACTOR TRAILER RIGS...CAMPERS...AND CRANES. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES WILL EXPERIENCE VERY CHOPPY CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO SECURE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 35 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JLM
685 WWUS74 KOHX 030001 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 601 PM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-030115- /O.CAN.KOHX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON... MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE... LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD... FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO... WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE... TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER... WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 601 PM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED THIS EVENING TO AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH ACROSS THE MID STATE...AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THIS EVENING. $$ SHAMBURGER
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.