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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Nashville, TN

October 14, 201239 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Oct 14, 2012, 7:13 AM CDT for 39 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Oct 14, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 14, 2012, 7:13 AM CDT (12:13 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 14, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 14, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT
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 12:17 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 12:00Z, 0.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2012-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2012-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 437 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
437 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
506 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

351 
WWUS74 KOHX 141213
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
713 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVER THE MIDSTATE TODAY...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL
GENERATE STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OVER THE AREA FROM MID-MORNING TO
7 PM THIS EVENING.

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-142015-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0008.121014T1500Z-121015T0000Z/
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
713 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...WINDS AT THE SURFACE WILL BE INCREASING DURING THE
  MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS AT THE SURFACE FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE OPERATION OF HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES DIFFICULT AT TIMES. ALSO...LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN
  FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. ALSO...BOATERS
  MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG 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
2 follow-up statements
892 
WWUS74 KOHX 141943
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
243 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE MID STATE TODAY...

.GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE DAY AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES THE MID STATE.

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-150000-
/O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121015T0000Z/
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
243 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...UNTIL 7 PM TODAY.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AT
  TIMES.

* IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE OPERATION OF HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES DIFFICULT AT TIMES. ALSO...LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN
  FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. BOATERS MAY
  EXPERIENCE CHOPPY CONDITIONS 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.

&&

$$

13
073 
WWUS74 KOHX 142357
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
657 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE MID STATE THIS EVENING...

.GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES THE MID STATE.

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-150300-
/O.EXT.KOHX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121015T0300Z/
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
657 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AT 
  TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE OPERATION OF HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES DIFFICULT AT TIMES. ALSO...LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN 
  FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. BOATERS MAY 
  EXPERIENCE CHOPPY CONDITIONS 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.

&&

$$

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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.