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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Nashville, TN

January 12, 20125 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Jan 12, 2012, 3:25 AM CST for 5 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Jan 12, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 12, 2012, 3:25 AM CST (09:25 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 12, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 12, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Perry County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2012-01-12Temperature 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 2012-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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.

022 
WWUS74 KOHX 120925
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
325 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS IN SOUTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MARCH ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS
MORNING. WESTERLIES ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. 

TNZ056-058-093>095-130000-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0002.120112T1800Z-120113T0000Z/
PERRY-LEWIS-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOBELVILLE...HOHENWALD...WAYNESBORO...
LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
325 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...NOON THROUGH 6 PM CST TODAY.

* WINDS...WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORIST
  SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING THIS
  AFTERNOON. 

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
182 
WWUS74 KOHX 121032 CCA
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
431 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS IN SOUTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MARCH ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS
MORNING. WESTERLIES ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. 

TNZ056-058-093>095-130000-
/O.COR.KOHX.WI.Y.0002.120112T1800Z-120113T0000Z/
PERRY-LEWIS-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOBELVILLE...HOHENWALD...WAYNESBORO...
LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
431 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...NOON THROUGH 6 PM CST TODAY.

* WINDS...WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORIST
  SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION DUE TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING THIS
  AFTERNOON. 

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 3:21 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryOHXCannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress and 16 more30 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Tennessee, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012

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.