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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Jan 13, 2013, 4:39 PM CST for 13 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2013, 4:39 PM CST (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2013, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
Counties Cannon County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Smith County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jan 13, 4:23 PM CST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 4:23 PM CST, 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 4:11 PM CST, 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 411 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-141100- 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- 411 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG A COLD FRONT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...AND WILL BRING INTENSE RAINFALL RATES AT TIMES TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL TOTAL ONE TO THREE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS MUCH RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES ON SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS PRODUCE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS. THERE ARE SEVERAL RIVER FLOOD ADVISORIES IN EFFECT AS WELL AS AREAL FLOOD WARNINGS BLANKETING MUCH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE WEST OF THE PLATEAU. IN ADDITION...A FEW STRONGER STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT CONTINUES MOVING EAST ACROSS THE MID STATE. A FEW CELLS HAVE SHOWN SOME PERSISTENT ROTATION...SO WE CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED...BRIEF TORNADOES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AS WELL AS ANY SEVERE THREATS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE. AL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 13, 3:51 PM CST, 48 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jan 13, 4:19 PM CST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
419 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0341 PM FLOOD 2 W BRENTWOOD 36.00N 86.82W
01/13/2013 WILLIAMSON TN TWITTER
FLOODING REPORTED IN THE COMMUNITY OF BELLE RIVE. WATER
OVERFLOWING CREEK BANKS AND INTO ROADWAYS.
&&
CORRECTED EVENT TIME
EVENT NUMBER OHX1300007
TB12Local storm report, Jan 13, 4:28 PM CST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
428 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0259 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N COLUMBIA 35.67N 87.05W
01/13/2013 MAURY TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ALONG RALLY HILL ROAD AND CHESTNUT RIDGE
ROAD IN MAURY COUNTY
&&
EVENT NUMBER OHX1300008
TB12Special weather statement, Jan 13, 4:39 PM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
439 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013
TNZ009>011-028-030>034-062>066-075-077>080-132330-
BEDFORD-CANNON-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DE
KALB-FENTRESS-GRUNDY-JACKSON-MACON-OVERTON-PICKETT-PUTNAM-RUTHERFORD-
SMITH-VAN BUREN-WARREN-WHITE-WILSON-
439 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEDFORD...CANNON...CLAY...
COFFEE...CUMBERLAND...DE KALB...FENTRESS...GRUNDY...JACKSON...
MACON...OVERTON...PICKETT...PUTNAM...RUTHERFORD...SMITH...VAN
BUREN...WARREN...WHITE AND WILSON COUNTIES...
AT 430 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...EXTENDING FROM NEAR
LAFAYETTE...TO NEAR MURFREESBORO....AND INTO SOUTHERN MARSHALL
COUNTY. HAIL TO DIME SIZE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE LINE WAS MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH...AND BY 530 PM...IS EXPECTED TO REACH FROM NEAR
BYRDSTOWN...TO NEAR SPARTA AND ALTAMONT.
BRIEF SPIN UP TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.
DUE TO THE NATURE OF THESE STORMS...THESE TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP
QUICKLY AND DISSIPATE JUST AS QUICKLY. IF A MORE PERSISTANT TORNADO
SIGNATURE DEVELOPS...A TORNADO WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED.
IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH...WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SHALLOW ROOTED
TREES AND BLOWING DOWN LARGE BRANCHES.
LAT...LON 3660 8479 3557 8548 3554 8550 3552 8559
3549 8553 3532 8565 3525 8583 3534 8599
3537 8617 3536 8626 3539 8628 3536 8634
3534 8644 3660 8577
19The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 5:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 8:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 8:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Humphreys | 38 min |
| Jan 13, 9:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry | 45 min |
| Jan 13, 9:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 24 min |
| Jan 13, 10:07 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Robertson | 53 min |
| Jan 13, 10:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 31 min |
| Jan 13, 10:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Hickman, Robertson, Williamson | 60 min |
| Jan 13, 10:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 13, 10:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson | 4 hr |
| Jan 13, 11:26 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 49 min |
| Jan 13, 12:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Macon, Trousdale | 37 min |
| Jan 13, 12:55 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Cheatham | 36 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 44 min |
| Jan 13, 1:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 35 min |
| Jan 13, 1:49 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 36 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:58 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Perry | 36 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 28 min |
| Jan 13, 2:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 38 min |
| Jan 13, 3:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford, Davidson, Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury and 3 more | 44 min |
| Jan 13, 3:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury | 24 min |
| Jan 13, 3:18 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Montgomery | 48 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 24 min |
| Jan 13, 3:38 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Houston and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 33 min |
| Jan 13, 3:43 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Giles, Marshall, Rutherford, Wilson | 46 min |
| Jan 13, 4:01 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 36 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:07 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Cannon, Clay, Jackson, Macon, Rutherford, Smith and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon, Clay, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Jackson and 7 more | 50 min |
| Jan 13, 5:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 34 min |
| Jan 13, 5:27 PM CST | River Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 14 hr |
| Jan 13, 5:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Grundy, Overton, Pickett, Putnam and 3 more | 45 min |
| Jan 13, 5:38 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Hickman | 6 days |
| Jan 13, 5:51 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Grundy, Hickman, Overton, Putnam and 5 more | 177 days |
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Special Weather Statements in Tennessee, 2013Every special weather statement in 2013
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.