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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Nashville, TN

April 12, 201332 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this frost advisory at Apr 12, 2013, 2:02 PM CDT for 32 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Apr 13, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2013, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 13, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 13, 2013, 7:36 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

All 32 counties

Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon 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, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this frost advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at Apr 11, 2:12 PM CDT, 23 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 2:12 PM CDT, 23 hours 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
212 PM CDT THU APR 11 2013

.DISCUSSION...SURFACE FRONT MOVING INTO WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
THIS HOUR, WITH LINE OF CONVECTION WELL AHEAD OF THE SURFACE
BOUNDARY AND A WIDE AREA OF RAIN EXTENDING BACK TO THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER. INSTABILITY PARAMETERS IN THE RAIN-FREE AREA TO OUR EAST
REMAIN MODEST, WITH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THE REST OF
THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE FRONT WILL CONTINUE PUSHING ACROSS MIDDLE
TENNESSEE INTO THE EVENING, WITH GRADUAL CLEARING FROM WEST TO
EAST LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING AS DRIER, COOLER AIR WORKS
ITS WAY INTO THE MID STATE. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN
BEHIND THE FRONT, WITH THE UPPER RIDGE PASSING TO OUR EAST BY
SUNDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES THE NEXT 48 HOURS OR SO WILL BE MUCH
COOLER THAN WHAT WE EXPERIENCED BEFORE THE COLD FRONT, WITH MUCH
WARMER AIR ARRIVING BY SUNDAY. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE LOOKING AT
SLIGHT CHANCE POP'S FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK AS A SERIES OF WEAK
SHORTWAVES AFFECTS THE MID STATE, WITH THE NEXT MAJOR FROPA NOT
EXPECTED UNTIL THURSDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE      47  64  42  65 /  50  05  10  05
CLARKSVILLE    42  62  38  65 /  30  05  10  05
CROSSVILLE     46  58  38  62 /  90  10  10  10
COLUMBIA       46  66  42  67 /  50  05  10  05
LAWRENCEBURG   44  66  41  69 /  40  05  10  05
WAVERLY        43  63  39  66 /  30  05  05  05

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 7:45 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Perry	59 hr
Apr 11, 11:55 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Lawrence	10 hr
Apr 12, 8:10 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Hickman	14 hr
Apr 12, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren	18 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.