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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Nashville, TN

November 11, 201230 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Nov 11, 2012, 3:42 AM CST for 30 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Nov 11, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 2012, 3:42 AM CST (09:42 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 11, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 12, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
All 30 counties

Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Giles 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, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:46 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 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 28 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 2012-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2210 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

574 
WWUS74 KOHX 110942
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
342 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2012

...GUSTY WINDS ACROSS MID TENNESSEE TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES MIDDLE
TENNESSEE. WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

TNZ005>010-022>031-056>064-075-077-093>095-111800-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0010.121111T1800Z-121112T0600Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-BENTON-HOUSTON-
HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-
JACKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-
CANNON-DE KALB-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...
DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...
HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...
HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...
MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...
MANCHESTER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
342 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

* LOCATION...MOST OF MID TENNESSEE...WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.

* WINDS...GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME DIFFICULT.
  LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE WILL BE
  BLOWN AROUND. SOME BRANCHES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN.

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.

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement
420 
WWUS74 KOHX 112136
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
336 PM CST SUN NOV 11 2012

...GUSTY WINDS ACROSS MID TENNESSEE THROUGH TONIGHT...

.GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES
MIDDLE TENNESSEE. WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

TNZ005>010-022>031-056>064-075-077-093>095-120600-
/O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121112T0600Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-BENTON-HOUSTON-
HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-
JACKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-
CANNON-DE KALB-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...
DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...
HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...
HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...
MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...
MANCHESTER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
336 PM CST SUN NOV 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...MOST OF MID TENNESSEE...WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND 
  PLATEAU.

* WINDS...GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. 
  LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE WILL 
  BE BLOWN AROUND. SOME BRANCHES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. 

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

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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.