Alert archive / Tennessee / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Feb 21, 2012, 2:40 AM CST for 39 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 21, 2012, 5:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2012, 2:40 AM CST (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2012, 5:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2012, 9:20 AM CST
- In force
- 4 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 08:39 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, 8.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2080 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
872 WWUS74 KOHX 210840 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 240 AM CST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL GENERATE STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-211645- /O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0004.120221T1300Z-120221T2300Z/ 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 240 AM CST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...7 AM THROUGH 5 PM TODAY. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION ON AREA ROADWAYS. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE ITEMS ON PATIOS AND DECKS. SOME TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN DUE TO THE RECENT RAINS AND THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ JLM
2 follow-up statements
424 WWUS74 KOHX 211044 AAA NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 444 AM CST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL GENERATE STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-211845- /O.EXT.KOHX.WI.Y.0004.120221T1100Z-120221T2300Z/ STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON- HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE- SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS- WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE- CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- GILES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON... MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE... LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD... FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO... WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE... TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER... WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 444 AM CST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...5 AM THROUGH 5 PM TODAY. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION ON AREA ROADWAYS. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE ITEMS ON PATIOS AND DECKS. SOME TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN DUE TO THE RECENT RAINS AND THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 35 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JLM
874 WWUS74 KOHX 211520 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 920 AM CST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR MIDDLE TN IS CANCELLED... .AS THE SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUES TO SLOWLY DECREASE TODAY...WIND SPEEDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH OR SURPASS ADVISORY CRITERIA. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW CANCELLED. TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-211630- /O.CAN.KOHX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120221T2300Z/ 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 920 AM CST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED IS CANCELLED FOR MIDDLE TN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ 21
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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.