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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2012, 4:00 AM CST for 39 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Mar 2, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2012, 4:00 AM CST (10:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 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 09:59 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, 10.0 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
- 3173 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
628 WWUS74 KOHX 021000 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 400 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE WESTERN QUARTER OF MIDDLE TN... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. IN ADVANCE OF THIS...A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT AND AMPLE WARMING WILL ALLOW WIND SPEEDS TO ELEVATE TO ADVISORY LEVELS...MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN AREAS OF MIDDLE TN. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED. TNZ005-006-022>025-056>058-093-094-022200- /O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0006.120302T1500Z-120303T0000Z/ STEWART-MONTGOMERY-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN- LEWIS-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY...DICKSON...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD... WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG 400 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * GEOGRAPHIC AREA...WESTERN ONE QUARTER OF MIDDLE TN...OR THE AREA ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY THROUGH LAWRENCE COUNTY. * TIMING...9 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 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. && $$ 21
3 follow-up statements
965 WWUS74 KOHX 021523 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 923 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TN... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. IN ADVANCE OF THIS...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP. SUSTAINED SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP. TNZ007>011-026>034-059>066-075-077>080-095-030000- /O.EXA.KOHX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/ ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON- TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY- MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD- COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-GILES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE... CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON... MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE... LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA... LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA... CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE... ALTAMONT...SPENCER...PULASKI 923 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * GEOGRAPHIC AREA...MOST OF MIDDLE TN. * TIMING...UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION ON AREA ROADWAYS. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE ITEMS ON PATIOS AND DECKS. SOME SMALL TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN DUE TO THE RECENT RAINS AND THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 35 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TNZ005-006-022>025-056>058-093-094-030000- /O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/ STEWART-MONTGOMERY-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN- LEWIS-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY...DICKSON...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD... WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG 923 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * GEOGRAPHIC AREA...MUCH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. * TIMING...UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 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. && $$ 13
455 WWUS74 KOHX 022124 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 324 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TN... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. IN ADVANCE OF THIS...STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE. TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-030300- /O.EXT.KOHX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120303T0300Z/ STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON- HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE- SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS- WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE- CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- GILES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON... MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE... LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD... FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO... WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE... TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER... WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 324 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * GEOGRAPHIC AREA...MOST OF MIDDLE TN. * TIMING...UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION ON AREA ROADWAYS. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE ITEMS ON PATIOS AND DECKS. SOME SMALL TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN DUE TO THE RECENT RAINS AND THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 35 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 13
663 WWUS74 KOHX 030247 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 847 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... .THE THREAT FOR HIGH WINDS HAS LESSENED OVER THE MIDSTATE. TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-030400- /O.EXP.KOHX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120303T0300Z/ 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 847 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... HIGH WINDS HAVE LESSENED OVER THE MIDSTATE. WE EXPECT WINDS TO GUST TO 25 TO 30 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST BUT THEY SHOULD NOT EXCEED ADVISORY CRITERIA. WINDS WILL FURTHER DIMINISH WITH TIME TONIGHT. $$ JLM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 5:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 5:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Robertson | 18 min |
| Mar 2, 6:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson | 15 min |
| Mar 2, 6:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Trousdale | 12 min |
| Mar 2, 6:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Trousdale | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 6:59 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay, Macon | 16 min |
| Mar 2, 8:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Rutherford | 20 min |
| Mar 2, 9:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 9:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Smith, Wilson | 10 min |
| Mar 2, 9:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Overton, Putnam, White | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 9:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 9:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Putnam | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 10:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 11:12 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb and 12 more | 54 min |
| Mar 2, 1:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 2:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 2:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 2:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 20 min |
| Mar 2, 2:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 2:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Humphreys | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 3:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 3:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 3:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 3:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 3:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 3:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 3:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Williamson | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 3:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 4:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale and 1 more | 51 min |
| Mar 2, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Robertson, Williamson | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 4:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 5:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam and 1 more | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 5:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury, Williamson | 21 min |
| Mar 2, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 5:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 5:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 5:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Rutherford | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 5:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 5:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury | 31 min |
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.