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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

March 18, 20135 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Mar 18, 2013, 6:07 AM CDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 38 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: Mar 18, 2013, 6:07 AM CDT (11:07 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2013, 6:45 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

Counties Cheatham County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Houston County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Robertson County, TN

The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

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 Mar 18, 5:50 AM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 5:50 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 5:28 AM CDT, 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
528 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-191030-
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-
528 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR AREAS EAST AND
SOUTH OF NASHVILLE. THE BEST TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT WILL BE IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS
WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING HIGH WINDS AND HAIL. ALTHOUGH THE
CHANCES ARE LOW, ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN'T BE RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED.

SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA...
TORNADO
FUNNEL CLOUD
FLOODING
HAIL >= 1/2 INCH
WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED)
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 18, 3:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 18, 5:16 AM CDT, 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
516 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

TNZ006-022>025-181045-
BENTON-DICKSON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-MONTGOMERY-
516 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BENTON...DICKSON...HOUSTON...
HUMPHREYS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

AT 511 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WAVERLY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3645 8745 3604 8724 3596 8786 3614 8797

BOYD

Local storm report, Mar 18, 5:55 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
555 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0518 AM     HAIL             WAVERLY                 36.09N  87.79W
03/18/2013  E0.50 INCH       HUMPHREYS          TN   PUBLIC

            REPORT VIA WSMV PAUL HEGGEN -DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR
            WALMART IN WAVERLY.

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300290

BOYD

Special weather statement, Mar 18, 6:07 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
607 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

TNZ005>008-023>027-057-181145-
CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-DICKSON-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-MONTGOMERY-
ROBERTSON-STEWART-SUMNER-
607 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEATHAM...DAVIDSON...DICKSON...
HICKMAN...HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS...MONTGOMERY...ROBERTSON...STEWART AND
SUMNER COUNTIES...

AT 602 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
STORM MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3585 8743 3633 8791 3665 8741 3666 8659
      3664 8656 3666 8651 3666 8635

BOYD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 18, 5:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Humphreys	29 min
Mar 18, 7:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys	38 min
Mar 18, 7:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson, Montgomery	24 min
Mar 18, 8:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson	25 min
Mar 18, 8:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson	45 min
Mar 18, 9:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon, Rutherford, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, Wilson	45 min
Mar 18, 9:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale and 1 more	39 min
Mar 18, 10:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam	42 min
Mar 18, 11:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Maury	47 min
Mar 18, 11:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Marshall, Maury	42 min
Mar 18, 11:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Maury	37 min
Mar 18, 12:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	44 min
Mar 18, 12:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cannon, Rutherford	30 min

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Sources

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