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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2012, 11:15 AM CDT for 22 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2012, 11:15 AM CDT (16:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
All 22 counties
Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
052 WWUS74 KOHX 151615 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1115 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON... .A COLD FRONT OVER THE PLAINS IS MOVING TOWARD THE MIDSTATE. WINDS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL LIKELY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND PRESENT A DANGER TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WILL CAUSE MUCH HIGHER WAVES ON AREA LAKES. TNZ005>008-022>028-056>062-075-093>095-152300- /O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0007.120415T1615Z-120415T2300Z/ STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS- DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON- MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-BEDFORD-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY... NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE... HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG... MURFREESBORO...SHELBYVILLE...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 1115 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...UNTIL 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...TRACTOR TRAILER RIGS...TALL CRANES...SHOULD USE CAUTION THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO... BOAT OPERATORS WILL ENCOUNTER HIGH THAN NORMAL WAVE ACTION ON AREA LAKES. 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
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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.