Alert archive / Tennessee / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Feb 23, 2012, 3:48 AM CST for 39 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 23, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2012, 3:48 AM CST (09:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2012, 7:36 PM CST
- In force
- 8 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 09:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.8 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
- 365 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
565 WWUS74 KOHX 230948 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 348 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN OHIO RIVER VALLEY REGION BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A SURFACE FRONT MOVING INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY MIDNIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE... SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 T0 30 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED. TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-231800- /O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0005.120223T1800Z-120224T0600Z/ 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 348 AM CST THU FEB 23 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. * TIMING...NOON TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION ON AREA ROADWAYS. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE ITEMS ON PATIOS AND DECKS. SOME SMALL 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. && $$ 31
2 follow-up statements
300 WWUS74 KOHX 231825 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1225 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN OHIO RIVER VALLEY REGION BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A SURFACE FRONT MOVING INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY MIDNIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE... SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 T0 30 MPH RANGE... WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED. TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-240230- /O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ 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 1225 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...NOON TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION ON AREA ROADWAYS. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE ITEMS ON PATIOS AND DECKS. SOME SMALL 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
843 WWUS74 KOHX 240136 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 736 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-240245- /O.CAN.KOHX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ 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 736 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS OVER 20 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 6:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy | 26 min |
| Feb 22, 6:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 16 min |
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.