Alert archive / Tennessee / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Nashville, TN
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 3:21 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress and 16 more | 30 hr |
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.