Alert archive / Tennessee / Ice Storm Warnings in 2013
Ice Storm Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this ice storm warning at Dec 5, 2013, 10:54 AM CST for 6 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 6, 2013, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2013, 10:54 AM CST (16:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 6, 2013, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 6, 2013, 9:13 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
Counties Benton County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Stewart County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:58 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2:39 PM CST | ICE STORM 0.25 | Dickson, TN | DICKSON COUNTY EOC MEASURED 0.25 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON SITE |
| Dec 6, 4:53 PM CST | ICE STORM 0.3 | Dickson, TN | SPOTTER MEASURED 0.30 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION MEASURED IN DICKSON |
| Dec 6, 5:56 PM CST | ICE STORM | 3 Ene Clarksville, TN | WILMA RUDOLPH BLVD AT PURPLE HEART PKWY IN CLARKSVILLE CLOSED DUE TO ICING |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 384 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS44 KOHX 051654 WSWOHX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1054 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013 ...ICE STORM TO IMPACT NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .CONDITIONS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR A WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING AMPLE RAINFALL. AS COLD AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT ON FRIDAY...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIX ACROSS NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES FALL TO FREEZING...SOME SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIKELY BY FRIDAY EVENING OVER NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO SOME SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE BEFORE ENDING LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS FROM THIS WINTER STORM COULD BE QUITE HAZARDOUS FOR NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH ICE STORM CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...THERE COULD BE SOME HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ACROSS THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA INTO FRIDAY EVENING AS THE RAIN CHANCES TO MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. TNZ005-006-022>024-060300- /O.UPG.KOHX.WS.A.0002.131206T1500Z-131207T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOHX.IS.W.0002.131206T1500Z-131207T0600Z/ STEWART-MONTGOMERY-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY 1054 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...9 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ TNZ007-025-026-056-057-060300- /O.UPG.KOHX.WS.A.0002.131206T1500Z-131207T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOHX.WW.Y.0013.131206T2200Z-131207T0600Z/ ROBERTSON-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-PERRY-HICKMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY... LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE 1054 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...FROM 4 PM FRIDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE WITH AROUND ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY LATE FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TNZ008-027-058>060-093-094-060300- /O.NEW.KOHX.WW.Y.0013.131206T2200Z-131207T0600Z/ SUMNER-DAVIDSON-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...NASHVILLE...HOHENWALD... FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG 1054 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...FROM 4 PM FRIDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE WITH AROUND ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY LATE FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 13
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS44 KOHX 052146 WSWOHX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 346 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013 ...ICE STORM TO IMPACT NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .CONDITIONS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR A WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING AMPLE RAINFALL. AS COLD AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT ON FRIDAY...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIX ACROSS NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES FALL TO FREEZING...SOME SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIKELY BY FRIDAY EVENING OVER NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO SOME SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE BEFORE ENDING LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS FROM THIS WINTER STORM COULD BE QUITE HAZARDOUS FOR NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH ICE STORM CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...THERE COULD BE SOME HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ACROSS THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA INTO FRIDAY EVENING AS THE RAIN CHANCES TO MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. TNZ005-006-022>024-060600- /O.CON.KOHX.IS.W.0002.131206T1500Z-131207T0600Z/ STEWART-MONTGOMERY-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY 346 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...9 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ TNZ007-008-025>027-056>060-093-094-060600- /O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0013.131206T2200Z-131207T0600Z/ ROBERTSON-SUMNER-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS- WILLIAMSON-MAURY-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...GALLATIN...DICKSON... ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD... FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG 346 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...FROM 4 PM FRIDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE WITH ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP... ESPECIALLY LATE FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 13
000 WWUS44 KOHX 060259 WSWOHX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 859 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013 ...ICE STORM TO IMPACT NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .CONDITIONS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR A WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING AMPLE RAINFALL AND AS COLD AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIX ACROSS NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT. AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES FALL TO FREEZING...SOME SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIKELY OVER NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO SOME SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE BEFORE ENDING LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS FROM THIS WINTER STORM COULD BE QUITE HAZARDOUS FOR NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH ICE STORM CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...THERE COULD BE SOME HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ACROSS THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA INTO FRIDAY EVENING AS THE RAIN CHANGES TO MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. TNZ005-006-022>024-061200- /O.NEW.KOHX.WW.Y.0014.131206T0600Z-131206T1500Z/ /O.CON.KOHX.IS.W.0002.131206T1500Z-131207T0600Z/ STEWART-MONTGOMERY-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY 859 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...MIDNIGHT THURSDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT FRIDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH THROUGH 9AM FRIDAY ...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH 9AM FRIDAY THOUGH MIDNIGHT... ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES . * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TNZ007-008-025>027-056>060-093-094-061200- /O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0013.131206T2200Z-131207T0600Z/ ROBERTSON-SUMNER-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS- WILLIAMSON-MAURY-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...GALLATIN...DICKSON... ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD... FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG 859 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...FROM 4 PM FRIDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE WITH ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP... ESPECIALLY LATE FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 07
000 WWUS44 KOHX 060944 WSWOHX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 344 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...ICE STORM TO IMPACT NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY AND TONIGHT... .CONDITIONS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR A WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS BROUGHT WITH IT AMPLE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL AND AS COLD AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIX ACROSS NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS MORNING. AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES FALL TO FREEZING...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIKELY. UPWARDS OF ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE FOR NORTHWEST COUNTIES OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO SOME SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE BEFORE ENDING LATE TONIGHT. IMPACTS FROM THIS WINTER STORM COULD BE QUITE HAZARDOUS FOR NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH ICE STORM CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...THERE COULD BE SOME HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ACROSS THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA INTO THIS EVENING AS THE RAIN CHANGES TO MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT. TNZ005-006-022>024-061800- /O.CAN.KOHX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-131206T1500Z/ /O.CON.KOHX.IS.W.0002.131206T1500Z-131207T0600Z/ STEWART-MONTGOMERY-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY 344 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...THIS MORNINGS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS CANCELLED THIS MORNINGS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * TIMING...9 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH 9AM FRIDAY THOUGH MIDNIGHT... ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES . * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ TNZ007-008-025>027-056>060-093-094-061800- /O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0013.131206T2200Z-131207T0600Z/ ROBERTSON-SUMNER-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS- WILLIAMSON-MAURY-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...GALLATIN...DICKSON... ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD... FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG 344 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...FROM 4 PM FRIDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE WITH ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP... ESPECIALLY LATE FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS44 KOHX 061553 WSWOHX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 953 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...ICE STORM TO IMPACT NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY AND TONIGHT... .FREEZING RAIN WAS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS MORNING...AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. AMPLE MOISTURE INTERACTING WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE TO ACCUMULATE IN THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES OF MID TENNESSEE. ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE FOR THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO SOME SLEET... SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE BEFORE ENDING LATE TONIGHT. IMPACTS FROM THIS WINTER STORM COULD BE QUITE HAZARDOUS FOR NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH ICE STORM CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...THERE COULD BE SOME HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ACROSS THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA INTO THIS EVENING AS THE RAIN CHANGES TO MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT. TNZ005-006-022>024-070000- /O.CON.KOHX.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-131207T0600Z/ STEWART-MONTGOMERY-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY 953 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ TNZ007-008-025>027-056>060-093-094-070000- /O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0013.131206T2200Z-131207T0600Z/ ROBERTSON-SUMNER-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS- WILLIAMSON-MAURY-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...GALLATIN...DICKSON... ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD... FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG 953 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...FROM 4 PM TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE WITH ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP... ESPECIALLY LATE FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 13
000 WWUS44 KOHX 061936 WSWOHX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 136 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...ICE STORM TO IMPACT NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY AND TONIGHT... .FREEZING RAIN WAS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS MORNING...AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. AMPLE MOISTURE INTERACTING WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE TO ACCUMULATE IN THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES OF MID TENNESSEE. ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE FOR THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO SOME SLEET... SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE BEFORE ENDING LATE TONIGHT. IMPACTS FROM THIS WINTER STORM COULD BE QUITE HAZARDOUS FOR NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH ICE STORM CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...THERE COULD BE SOME HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ACROSS THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA INTO THIS EVENING AS THE RAIN CHANGES TO MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT. TNZ025-070345- /O.UPG.KOHX.WW.Y.0013.131206T2200Z-131207T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KOHX.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-131207T0600Z/ DICKSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DICKSON 136 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ TNZ005-006-022>024-070345- /O.CON.KOHX.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-131207T0600Z/ STEWART-MONTGOMERY-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY 136 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ TNZ007-008-026-027-056>060-093-094-070345- /O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0013.131206T2200Z-131207T0600Z/ ROBERTSON-SUMNER-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON- MAURY-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...GALLATIN...ASHLAND CITY... NASHVILLE...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN... BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG 136 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...FROM 4 PM TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE WITH ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP... ESPECIALLY LATE FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 13
000 WWUS44 KOHX 062130 WSWOHX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 330 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...ICE STORM TO CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS EVENING...WITH OTHER AREAS OF THE MID STATE HAVING SOME ICY SPOTS AND SLICK ROADS ... .FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS EVENING AS AMPLE MOISTURE INTERACTS WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT. SIGNIFICANT ICE AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND SLICK ROADS. ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE. ALTHOUGH ICE STORM CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...THERE COULD BE SOME HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR OTHER PARTS OF MID TENNESSEE THIS EVENING AS RAIN CHANGES TO MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT. TNZ005-006-022>025-070600- /O.CON.KOHX.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-131207T0600Z/ STEWART-MONTGOMERY-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY...DICKSON 330 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ TNZ009-010-028>031-062-070600- /O.EXA.KOHX.WW.Y.0013.131206T2200Z-131207T0600Z/ MACON-CLAY-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-RUTHERFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...LEBANON... MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...MURFREESBORO 330 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...FROM 4 PM TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATION...A THIN LAYER OF ICE WITH SOME SLEET WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TNZ007-008-026-027-056>060-093-094-070600- /O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0013.131206T2200Z-131207T0600Z/ ROBERTSON-SUMNER-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON- MAURY-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...GALLATIN...ASHLAND CITY... NASHVILLE...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN... BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG 330 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...FROM 4 PM TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE WITH ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 13
000 WWUS44 KOHX 070313 WSWOHX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 913 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 .PRECIPIATION HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. TNZ005-006-022>025-070415- /O.CAN.KOHX.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-131207T0600Z/ STEWART-MONTGOMERY-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY...DICKSON 913 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE ICE STORM WARNING. .ROADS HOWEVER WILL REMAIN SLICK AND CAUTION IS ADVISED IF TRAVELING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. $$ TNZ007>010-026>031-056>060-062-093-094-070415- /O.CAN.KOHX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-131207T0600Z/ ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE- SMITH-JACKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-RUTHERFORD- WAYNE-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE... CELINA...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET... HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE... HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...MURFREESBORO... WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG 913 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .ROADS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP SLICK SPOTS AND CAUTION IS ADVISED IF TRAVELING TONIGHT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ice storm warning 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 ice storm warning went out at Dec 5, 10:33 AM CST, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 10:33 AM CST, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1033 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013 .UPDATE...NEW MODEL DATA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT OUR FORECAST FOR WINTER WX FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. SO...WE WILL GO AHEAD WITH AN ICE STORM WARNING FOR OUR FAR NORTHWEST COUNTIES...WITH MAIN IMPACTS WEST OF A LINE FROM CLARKSVILLE TO CAMDEN. THESE AREAS WILL HOVER AROUND FREEZING THROUGH MIDDAY...THEN GRADUALLY SLIP INTO THE UPPER 20S AFTERNOON...THEN MID 20S EVENING. MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE ICE COLLECTING ON ELEVATED SURFACES...LIKE POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS AND BRIDGES. ROADS MAY BE MOSTLY FINE THROUGH MIDDAY...BUT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE INTO FRIDAY EVENING AS TEMPS DROP. FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF TIERS OF COUNTIES...INCLUDING DAVIDSON (NASHVILLE)...WE WILL GO WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY EVENING FOR TRAVEL IMPACTS AS RAIN TURNS TO A MIX AND TEMPS FALL INTO THE 20S. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE NASHVILLE METRO RUSH HOUR WILL BE OK...BUT LATE EVENING TRAVEL AND EVENTS WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED. IN THE MEANTIME...THE COLD FRONT WAS ALONG A PORTLAND TO NASHVILLE...CENTERVILLE AND LINDEN LINE. THE FRONT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A BAND OF SHOWERS WITH ENHANCED WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH. LOOK FOR INCREASING SHOWERS AND FALLING TEMPS OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF OUR AREA THROUGH THE DAY. REGARDING HYDROLOGY...RAIN JUST GETTING STARTED...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WE DO NOT PLAN A FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH MATERIALIZES IN THE NEXT 2 DAYS...WE MAY HAVE GREATER FLOODING CONCERNS FOR THE SECOND EVENT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. 13 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 523 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013/ UPDATE...ADDED AVIATION SECTION FOR 12Z TAFS. AVIATION...BNA/CKV/CSV...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY BEFORE STALLING ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. LOOK FOR MAINLY SCATTERED SHOWERS EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SHOWERS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH CIGS REMAINING BELOW 3 KFT THROUGHOUT THE TAF PERIOD. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN JUST STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT ANY FOG, ALTHOUGH CIGS WILL WORSEN AFTER NIGHTFALL. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 422 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013/ SHORT TERM...SURFACE COLD FRONT FINALLY EDGING INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS MORNING WITH MAINLY SCATTERED CELLS AT THE MOMENT OCCURRING ALONG THE FRONT. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW MODEST LOW- AND MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY IN THE PRE-FRONTAL AIR MASS, SO WILL LEAVE ISOLATED STORMS IN THE FORECAST TODAY FOR LOCATIONS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. HOWEVER, MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE JUST SHOWERS. HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE SURFACE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT AS THE UPPER TROUGH REMAINS TO OUR WEST AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT INCREASES DUE TO ISENTROPIC LIFT. THUS, MODERATE RAINFALL WILL PERSIST EVEN AS COLDER ARCTIC AIR PLUNGES INTO THE MID STATE. STILL LOOKS LIKE A WINTRY MIX WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY OVER THE NORTHWEST AND OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE MID STATE FRIDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH IS ANTICIPATED IN THE WINTER STORM WATCH AREA, WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS FURTHER EAST TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH FREEZING ALONG THE HIGHLAND RIM, NORTH OF NASHVILLE, BY LATE FRIDAY AND DIP TO FREEZING IN THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA EARLY FRIDAY NIGHT. AS ARCTIC AIR PUSHES IN ON SATURDAY, EXPECT HIGHS TO STAY IN THE 30S OVER THE BIGGEST MAJORITY OF THE MID STATE. TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EVEN EXPECTED TO GET ABOVE FREEZING ALONG THE HIGHLAND RIM AND OVER THE NORTHWEST. THIS WILL ONLY WORSEN THE SITUATION FOR THE UPCOMING ICING EVENT ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING, WHEN ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN .25 AND .40 INCH COULD OCCUR OVER THE NORTHWEST, WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF .10 TO .20 INCH AS FAR EAST AS DALE HOLLOW LAKE, LEBANON, COLUMBIA AND WAYNESBORO. LATEST MODEL RUNS SHOW COLD TEMPERATURES PUSHING A LITTLE FURTHER EAST AND SOUTH THAN PREVIOUS RUNS AND HAVE EXPANDED THE POTENTIAL FREEZING RAIN AREA OVER A BROADER SWATH OF THE MID STATE FOR SATURDAY NIGHT. STILL EXPECT WARMING TO OCCUR ON SUNDAY, AS SURFACE TROUGH PUSHES WESTWARD. HOWEVER, IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT THIS FEATURE WILL ONLY WORK AS FAR WEST AS THE I-65 CORRIDOR. THEREFORE, TEMPERATURES WILL PROBABLY JUST MANAGE TO BARELY CREEP ABOVE FREEZING IN THE NORTHWEST. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FORECAST AT CLARKSVILLE ON SUNDAY IS 35 DEGREES. MEANWHILE, A MUCH MILDER 49 DEGREES IS FORECAST FOR CROSSVILLE. QPF IS RUNNING PRETTY HIGH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT, WITH MOST AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF I-65 LIKELY TO SEE BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN. LONG TERM...THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST LOOKS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS IT DID EARLIER: PERHAPS A LITTLE FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE NORTHWEST AS THE CONDITIONS TURN COLDER AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY, THEN MAYBE A FEW FLURRIES MONDAY NIGHT OVER ALL OF THE MID STATE AS THE REALLY COLD AIR STARTS TO FINALLY PUSH ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. LOWS BY SUNRISE TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TEENS TO MIDDLE 20S. HIGHS ON TUESDAY ARE ONLY FORECAST TO BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO MIDDLE 30S, WITH LOWS TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE TEENS AREA-WIDE (BRRRR). CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE KEEPS US COLD...BUT DRY...NEXT WEDNESDAY. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT FOR TNZ007-008-025>027-056>060-093-094. ICE STORM WARNING FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT FOR TNZ005-006-022>024. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 5, 8:50 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 850 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-061130- 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- 850 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF NASHVILLE FOR FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW COULD BRING SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS TO THE WATCH AREA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. LESSER AMOUNTS OF ICING WILL OCCUR AT LOCATIONS TO THE EAST OF THE WATCH AREA... INCLUDING METRO NASHVILLE. MEANWHILE RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH MODERATE PRECIPITATION CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS DURING THIS 48 HOUR PERIOD WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 3 INCHES. AT THIS TIME...FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED BUT WATER TABLES WILL NO DOUBT INCREASE WITH THESE HIGH AMOUNTS. A SECOND ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...EXCEPT THE FAR SOUTH AND SOUTHERN PLATEAU...AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BRING MORE ICE ACCUMULATIONS. CONDITIONS WILL WARM UP THOUGH...AND THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN ON SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING ACROSS THE MID STATE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND RAINFALL TOTALS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE FROM NOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 5, 10:27 AM CST, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1027 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013
TNZ009-010-029-051700-
CLAY-MACON-TROUSDALE-
1027 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLAY...MACON AND TROUSDALE
COUNTIES...
AT 1023 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HARTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE LAFAYETTE AND RED BOILING SPRINGS.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...AS WELL AS
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.
LAT...LON 3662 8567 3651 8570 3652 8570 3652 8573
3650 8572 3650 8575 3652 8577 3650 8581
3648 8581 3641 8619 3654 8623 3657 8621
3664 8600
ALSpecial weather statement, Dec 5, 10:47 AM CST, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1047 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013 TNZ057-059-060-051730- HICKMAN-MAURY-WILLIAMSON- 1047 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HICKMAN...MAURY AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES... AT 1042 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTH OF FAIRVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE PRIMM SPRINGS...LEIPERS FORK... THOMPSONS STATION AND FRANKLIN. WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...AS WELL AS BRIEF BUT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. LAT...LON 3604 8684 3582 8666 3573 8724 3585 8727 AL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 10:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Macon | 33 min |
| Dec 5, 10:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Williamson | 43 min |
| Dec 5, 10:54 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | Cheatham, Clay, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Jackson and 13 more | 34 hr |
| Dec 5, 11:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay | 20 min |
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